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Talib Kweli
The BK-emcee returns with a gritty music piece today appropriately titled “So Disgusting.” Just the type of flow fans have grown to appreciate from Talib over the years and although not included on his latest album, the song will still find its way on an upcoming mixtape hosted by Mr. E called We Run This Volume 7. Talib’s latest album Gutter Rainbows is available now through iTunes.
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DefSeed
DefSeedis a Bucknell University student, Darren Harris also known as DefSeed has just released his first track. This leak off of his debut mixtape, ‘Reality Check’ samples Kid Cudi’s “Falling Star (R3K Remix)” and is produced by mashup artist and fellow Bucknell student Doug Bogan. This track is an extremely impressive freshman effort from DefSeed, as he handles the beat with easy, display a confident flow and mixes up his tempos throughout the track.
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Back in June, Bon Iver’s self-titled sophomore album hit stores with an impact, charting at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and selling 104,000 copies in its first week. The other day, Iver’s brainchild Justin Vernon appeared on NPR’s World Cafe and performed the album-ending track, “Beth/Rest.” However, instead of playing the instrumentation heard on the album cut, Vernon sat down with nothing but a piano and microphone in front of him and gave a beautiful, stripped-down rendition of the song. Given the stark contrasts between the 80s-esque sound of the original version and the raw sound of this solo piano version, the two might as well be considered different songs. Which do you like better?
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