Joywave - Tongues (ft. KOPPS)

Here's another track from a couple months back, but I haven't been able to get enough of it recently.  Rochester, NY natives, Joywave, and their crazysexycreepy friends from KOPPS once again formed like Voltron and combined their creative powers for this piece of musical art.  As soon as the "boom-pops" hit, you'll be hooked.  Strangely enough, that part ends up seeming the most structured; it grabs you by the collar and starts running, but refuses to reveal where you're going.  Trust me, it's a fun ride.

Yes, of course, something this fresh and cool would deserve the remixical touch of RAC, but for once I prefer the raw original with its raucous drums and moments of a cappella.

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Visit the Joywave website to stream and download their entire 88888 mixtape for free.  The songs are wildly different from "Tongues" and one another, but I still recommend you 'kopps' it.  There are even a couple features from STS!

Khari Mateen - Full Moon (ft. STS)

Khari Mateen is a young, Philly-based producer, but he already has an impressive portfolio of production credits to his name (That's right, he was behind the boards for The Roots a few times).  He's also a singer and multi-instrumentalist with plenty of songs of his own.  For "Full Moon" he brought in STS, or Sugar Tongue Slim, to spit some sweet verses over the syrupy instrumental.  I enjoy the production a lot, but the cello part at the end really brings the track to life for me.

[BONUS] Because of the lyrics "Soooon, she gon' have me in a dark room", I like to follow this track with "Darkroom" by one of my emerging favorites, Misun.

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Make sure to check out his Bandcamp account for a slew of free releases.  I thought his instrumental tape "Roy G. Biv" was a cool concept.