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Kid Cudi: Indicud [Clean]

CD / Universal Music / 2013-04-23

Tracks: Resurrection of Scott Mescudi, The; Unf***Wittable; Just What I Am; Young Lady; King Wizard; Immortal; Solo Dolo, Pt. II; Girls; New York City Rage Fest; Red Eye; Mad Solar; Beez; Brothers; Burn Baby...
Artists: Kid Cudi

After an amicable split with Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music label, Kid Cudi's third official album landed on Island proper, but it comes off as a label sampler itself, perhaps for the mythical Indicud Re...continue...

Kid Cudi: Indicud [PA]

CD / Universal Music / 2013-04-23

Tracks: Resurrection of Scott Mescudi, The; Unfuckwittable; Just What I Am; Young Lady; King Wizard; Immortal; Solo Dolo, Pt. 2; Girls; New York City Rage Fest; Red Eye; Mad Solar; Beez; Brothers; Burn Baby ...
Artists: Kid Cudi

After an amicable split with Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music label, Kid Cudi's third official album landed on Island proper, but it comes off as a label sampler itself, perhaps for the mythical Indicud Re...continue...

Blu: NoYork! [PA] [Digipak]

1 CD / Nature Sounds / 2013-03-26

Tracks: Doin' Nothin; Everything OK - (featuring Jack Davey); Everybody Nose - (featuring Sa-Ra); Above Crenshaw - (featuring Co$$ AKA Cashus King); SLNGBNGrs; Soupa - (featuring Suzi Analogue); Hours; Annie...
Artists: Blu

Audio Mixer: Ken Bts.

Recording information: Los Angeles; Mt Washington; New York; Philadelphia.

On his own, without his DJ sidekick Exile, Blu went all out for his fearlessly explorator...continue...

Swollen Members: Beautiful Death Machine [PA] [Digipak] *

CD / Battle Axe Records (USA) / 2013-03-19

Tracks: Inception (Darker Side Interlude); Death to You - (featuring Ill Bill/Vinnie Paz/Slaine); Bax War; King of Diamonds (Disagree Interlude); Juggernaut; Difference, The; River Monster (Underground Inter...
Artists: Swollen Members

Audio Mixer: Mike Kumagai.

Recording information: Madchild's Loft; The Chamber Studio, Vancouver, BC, Canada; the Kitchen.

Arranger: Rob the Viking.

If beautiful death machines ar...continue...

Ill Bill: The Grimy Awards [CD/DVD] [Digipak]

CD / Fat Beats / 2013-02-26

Tracks: What Does It All Mean?; Paul Baloff; I Don't Know How Long It's Gonna Last; Acceptance Speech - (featuring A-Trak); Truth; Exploding Octopus; Forty Deuce Hebrew; How To Survive the Apocalypse; Vio-Le...
Artists: Ill Bill

Audio Mixer: Scott Stallone.

Recording information: Busy B Studios, Kill Devil Hills, NC; Found Sound, Philadelphia, PA; HeadQcourterz Studios Ltd, New York City, NY.

Photographer: Eden ...continue...

k-os: Black on Blonde

CD / EMI Music Distribution / 2013-02-05

Artists: k-os

"Mellowing out" after his move from Toronto to Vancouver, Canadian rapper K-Os decides that genre ain't nuthin' but a major category header, and that millennial artists aren't bound by such labels, so...continue...

Brotha Lynch Hung: Mannibalector [PA] *

CD / Strange Music / 2013-02-05

Tracks: Newsflash (Skit); Krocadil; Bacon n Eggs (Skit); MDK - (featuring Trizz); Disappeared; Fucced Up (Skit); Eating You - (featuring Wrekonize); Package, Tha - (featuring Yelawolf); Something About Susan...
Artists: Brotha Lynch Hung

Audio Mixer: Robert Rebeck.

Recording information: ¡MAYDAY! Studios; Chapman Recording; Funk Volume Basement; SoundCap Audio; Tree Sound Studio.

Photographer: James Meierotto.
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Dead Prez: Information Age [PA] [Digipak] *

CD / / 2013-01-29

Tracks: Upload (Begin With); New Beginning, A - (featuring Anthony David); What If the Lights Go Out?; GHN: Global Hood News; Dirty White Girl; Intelligence Is Sexy; No Way as the Way; Learning Growing Chang...
Artists: Dead Prez

Audio Mixer: Charlton Williams.

Photographer: TT Coles.

Brooklyn's militantly minded hip-hop duo Dead Prez practice revolution even with their discography, so while Information Age is th...continue...

A$AP Rocky: Long.Live.A$AP [Deluxe Edition] [PA]

CD / Polo Grounds Music / 2013-01-15

Tracks: Long Live A$AP; Goldie; PMW (All I Really Need) - (featuring ScHoolboy Q); LVL; Hell - (featuring Santigold); Pain - (featuring Overdoz); Fuckin' Problems - (featuring Drake/Noah Shebib/2 Chains/Kend...
Artists: A$AP Rocky

Recording information: Clockwork Studios, Los Angeles, Van Nuys, CA; Deuce Mobile Studios; Downtown Studios, New York, NY; Fight Klub Studios, New York, NY; Glenwood Place Studios, Burbank, CA; Mondo ...continue...

A$AP Rocky: LongliveA$AP [Clean]

CD / Polo Grounds Music / 2013-01-15

Tracks: Long Live A$AP; Goldie; PMW (All I Really Need) - (featuring ScHoolboy Q); LVL; Hell - (featuring Santigold); Pain - (featuring Overdoz); F**kin' Problems - (featuring Drake/Noah Shebib/2 Chains/Kend...
Artists: A$AP Rocky

Recording information: Clockwork Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Clockwork Studios, Van Nuys, CA; Deuce Mobile Studios, USA; Downtown Studios, New York, NY; Mondo Studio, Los Angeles, CA; Noble Street Studi...continue...

A$AP Rocky: Long.Live.A$AP [PA]

CD / Polo Grounds Music / 2013-01-15

Tracks: Long Live A$AP; Goldie; PMW (All I Really Need) - (featuring ScHoolboy Q); LVL; Hell - (featuring Santigold); Pain - (featuring Overdoz); F**kin' Problems - (featuring Drake/Noah Shebib/2 Chains/Kend...
Artists: A$AP Rocky

Recording information: Clockwork Studios, Los Angeles, Van Nuys, CA; Deuce Mobile Studios; Downtown Studios, New York, NY; Mondo Studio, Los Angeles, CA; Noble Street Studios, Toronto, Canada; Parklan...continue...

Twenty One Pilots: Vessel *

CD / Fueled by Ramen Records / 2013-01-08

Tracks: Ode to Sleep; Holding on to You; Migraine; House of Gold; Car Radio; Semi-Automatic; Screen; Run and Go, The; Fake You Out; Guns for Hands; Trees; Truce
Artists: Twenty One Pilots

Columbus, Ohio-based pop duo Twenty One Pilots spent the few short years leading up to Vessel, their debut recording for Atlantic Records subsidiary Fueled by Ramen, touring ceaselessly and reaching o...continue...