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January 10th

Boombox LA 01.03.26

J.Period x Native Tongues


A true LA institution. Always the move

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November 1st

P A I N L E S S

Father Darko Randomly Generated Sensations

Him Pronouns

Orlando Coolridge The Almighty GOAT Tier

Watch The Throne? Nah Watch Your Own

Säge, The 64th Wonder

Exclusively Artist Direct

Low Vibrations (feat. Alex Denae)

Pluto Black

Motivate, Elevate

HAKIM-64, Orlando Coolridge Kings Are Not Gods

The Singularity

Okugawa Jr. Zero Point: Age of The 808 Lord

Wraith

JonFletch LESS EFFORT FOR LESS REASON


Seven selections from the Slump Gang 777 section. A rabbit hole worth following down…On Sol

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August 30th


Futuristic Floss Mode

Orlando Coolridge إن الأعلى من الأسفل والأسفل من الأعلى

ALL ENGINES FIRED

Brainorchestra Jet Force Orchestra

The Lost Tapes

Ghostface Killah Constant Struggle

Featuring Killah Priest and Bishop Lamont

Almost Cut My Hair

Zane One LA Woman

Top Down

Slim Jeff Top Down (single)


Orlando Coolridge brings a raw, unfiltered dive into his stash, Brainorchestra’s one of the best & most generous to his supporters out the tri-state. You can’t buy these Lost Tapes from GFK no more – stop takin’ shit for granted. LA’s Tunnel Rats making a lot of noise rn, this Myspace-era Zane One lets you know why. Top Down got pulled from Bandcamp – stop takin’ shit for granted. Good to see it pop up back up elsewhere with a new video.

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August 16th

Funkdoobiest

Lost in Thought Brothas Doobie

Highest 2 Lowest

A Spike Lee Joint Starring: Denzel Washington, Jeffrey Wright, Ilfenesh Hadera, and A$AP Rocky

AJ Snow, Kool Kid Kalvo & Jansport J

Lose My Mind Tomorrow, We Eating Steaks

Pre Save Tomorrow, We Eating Steaks

American Sweatshop

Director: Uta Briesewitz Starring: Daniela Melchior, Jeremy Ang Jones, Lili Reinhart

CiCi Zhu

In Between Escape


A dig through Los Angeles Negros samples led to this Funkdoobiest cut. Spike Lee remakes Kurosawa’s High & Low for the early 21st century. AJ Snow, Kool Kid Kalvo & Jansport J have Taco Tuesday canceled until further notice. Uta Briesewitz’s American Sweatshop trailer leaves you questioning all online interaction. Shanghai native CiCi Zhu’ and her guzheng infused beats pair well with the photos of Greg Girard.

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August 9th

The Pharcyde

Pandemonium Street Fighter II Official Soundtrack

6BLOCC

“HIP HOP” JNGL RMX

Orlando Coolridge & emperor bohe

WALLS! Heavy is the Crown

Kingpen Slim

10 PM in Hyattsville Freestyle

AJ Snow feat. Jay Worthy

1988 I Want the World Chico


Deep cut from The Pharcyde off the Street Fighter II soundtrack. 6Blocc’s big soundsystem jungle remix of Dead Prez’s Hip Hop. Chicago’s Orlando Coolridge and emperor bohe team up for the excellent WALLS! off of Heavy is the Crown. Kingpen Slim recently popped up on my timeline whippin’ through the DMV. AJ Snow and Jansport J have some new music on the way – here’s a recent hitter from AJ feat Jay Worthy.

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August 2nd


Staz

Big Ol’ Not Your Ordinary

Raekwon the Chef

Bear Hill The Emperor’s New Clothes

Säge The 64th Wonder

Sagewav: Red Version

Es-k

From Es-k Long Live Dilla

Vince Staples

LA Leakers Freestyle #114

“If Senzo Tanaka is his Shidoshi, then show us the Dim Mak”

New music on Bandcamp from Staz. Lex Diamonds is back outside. A small batch Gameboy cart inspired press of Sagewav: Red Version from Chicago’s Säge The 64th Wonder. Press play on Es-k’s tribute to James DeWitt Yancey off the Long Live Dilla comp. Vince Staples added his own X on Xxplosive with his 2021 LA Leakers freestyle.