His homey, Earl Sweatshirt, just dropped his album as well.... and it's freaking awesome.

Yeah, that popped up on my Rhapsody new album queue this morning and got me in the mood for some hip-hop.

Started browsing through this thread while listening and switched over to Tyler, the Creator and haven't went back.

I'm gonna give it a more thorough listen.

The A$AP Ferg album is also streaming on soundcloud, and is very good.

I've been digging on "The Night's Gambit" by Ka as well, which is a little different hip hop, but really cool.

This. Is. Awesome.

I've been looking for a sound like this.

Here's their bandcamp. Lots of stuff up there:
http://shawnjamessoul.bandcamp.com/

They tour pretty extensively, but they haven't made it out West further than Colorado, afaik. They're all around this area (CO/KS/MO/AR/OK) regularly.

Not sure if anyone has followed the K-Dot controversy over his "King of NY" line, but the ASAP Mob recently showed up on Flex and dropped some freestyle, riffing and freestyling on Kendrick's line. Fun stuff. These guys just seem to really love hanging out together and have a great time doing it. Not sure I've ever heard ASAP Twelvy before, but his spot is freaking badass.

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I actually enjoy this IWABO song. I don't know if I've been able to say that in quite a while.

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Just something to think about.

**** yea it is. love this album

"Promised Aaron I'd put my fist up after I got my dick sucked"

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In recent Shawn James news, they were just up in the Lawrence/Wichita area. Look who they ran into:

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It's a Blunderbuss sort of morning for me.

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If you have the time, watch the entire Austin City Limits.

It's ****ing great.

I interviewed the singer for Chicago's Weekend Nachos this week for a local KC fanzine. Track off their upcoming 4th LP set for Nov.

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Kansas City's Sorry Excuse pregame, unfortunately these songs will never see the light of day.

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I'm not quite sure what the **** is going on with Arcade Fire; or if I even like it. I think I'll have to listen this one through a few more times.

I dig it. It's a little more derivative than what I expected a new AF track to be. Lots of LCD Soundsystem with some Daft Punk thrown in. They're riding the electro pop wave as well, I guess.

Anyway, I'm a sucker for long songs, so I'm a fan.