HUS KINGPIN – Wavo Forever
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HUS KINGPIN – Wavo Forever

The best Wu-Tang Clan album since the glory days is not a Wu-Tang Clan album. It is the one that Hus Kingpin - that great 90s nostalgist - put together by compiling his varied collaborations with some of the group's members, affiliates, and a few others besides, all set to music that, with its string sounds, piano lines and soul samples feels more Wu than Wu itself. Wu-Tang Forever. Wavo Forever.
TRAPMAT SAVIOR & NICHOLAS CRAVEN – Scottie Trippin
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TRAPMAT SAVIOR & NICHOLAS CRAVEN – Scottie Trippin

Nicholas Craven may collaborate with Boldy James, Tha God Fahim, Mach-Hommy, Billy Woods, and even France's Akhenaton, but he hasn't forgotten his roots. For the second time, the Canadian producer teams up with Montreal-based Haitian rapper Trapmat Savior. And to complement the latter's haunting voice and understated humor, he delivers one of his finest works.
GORILLA GLUE & LIL NAKUR – Russian Trap House
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GORILLA GLUE & LIL NAKUR – Russian Trap House

Long live globalization. It makes this kind of glorious absurdity possible. Trap-A-Holics-style trap music, complete with all the sounds and imagery that come with it, but cooked up by real muzhiks, by backwoods hicks from deep rural Russia rapping about saunas, and eating pancakes. And what's more, their music actually works, as if this style of rap had truly been born over there.
IDK – e.t.d.s. A Mixtape by .idk
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IDK – e.t.d.s. A Mixtape by .idk

Duality is embedded in the very meaning of IDK's stage name: his rap is both "ignorant" and "conscious." On "E.T.D.S.", however, it is the "I" that takes center stage. Its content is devilish and gangsta. Yet in reality, this faux mixtape- which takes us back to the days of DJ Whoo Kid and G-Unit - is a carefully crafted album, one that does not abandon its urge to preach a moral message.