Besides making and playing the techno, I’ve listened to a lot of rap this summer. There’s so many good producers and MCs in the game right now, especially of the ‘weird’ variety, those who hip hop traditionalists seem to despise. And while I don’t feel anything Odd Future related (overt unrelenting homophobia just ain’t my thing brah), their many contemporaries have been killing it, from The Jealous Guys to Man Attrakionz to the onslaught of new Lil B material. Juicy J has provided a never-ending supply of quality music and entertaining web presence, from his Twitter stream to his Ustream sessions (legendary). Kirko Bangz gives me a Drake alternative when I want to floss, good to see Texas on some new new. Lex Luger keeps making a quality beat here and there, everything Clams touched turns to gold, and Riff Raff is on some Andy Kaufman/Tony Clifton life parody ish. Rap is amazing right now, and old heads who want to live in the 90′s can go stand in the corner. More of my summer 2011 favourites after the jump, and please feel free to comment on how wrong/right/bad/good my tastes are.
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