widontplay Weekly: Hip-Hop Releases CW 33
August 14, 2026 · This Week in Hip-Hop CW 33 has one major album landing today, one preview of an important upcoming underground collaboration, and…
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August 14, 2026 · This Week in Hip-Hop CW 33 has one major album landing today, one preview of an important upcoming underground collaboration, and…
Inspectah Deck pulled up to New York City for a live session with Chinatown Sound , and the result is exactly the kind of raw, no-frills footage th…
KNOCKTURNAL does what any serious producer does when the acapella fits: he builds a world around it. Motel June dropped August 11 on Bandcamp. KNO…
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Who Coppin keeps delivering and "California Dream" is the most personal statement on the album yet. Larry June's latest LP dropped J…
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More than four decades in and The Teacha is still asking the same question. "What Is The Message" finds KRS-One returning to the principle…
Inspired by his hometown's iconic G-Funk legacy yet rooted in the lyricism and soul of L.A.'s underground, Blu embodies the full spectrum of …
This track arrives in the middle of one of the most significant stretches of Inspectah Deck's career. "Czariana Grande" is produced b…
August 7, 2026 · This Week in Hip-Hop CW 32 brings an official video for one of the year's better underground albums, two strong West Coast vis…
It's that time of year again. "Summer '26" continues what has quietly become one of the most consistent annual traditions in the …
Tom Hardy makes rap music. And it's good. "All It Takes Is One Bad Day" is the second single off Czarface Meets Frankie Pulitzer , th…
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