Post by @AlgoCompSynth@mastodon.social

So who is young and making smart ("conscious") hip-hop right now? Like, who is the modern equivalent of Talib Kweli, Mos Def, and that crowd? (If that's even a reasonable question)

#hiphop

Okay I'm finding a few entrypoints by searching around. Just checking out SA-ROC and Armand Hammer for the first time, both are really cool.

SA-ROC seems like a badass MC so far. I'm geeked that she has so much music I can check out.

(I have zero idea how popular these people are or if everyone knows them bc I have no way of knowing that. But I currently have a streaming subscription for the first time in ages, so I'm popping around checking out stuff.)

See also Little Simz

Just popping through a new album by Rapsody: God Gotta Afro & Gold Hoops. It sounds GOOD and feels GOOD. Can't wait to listen to this whole album.

So I guess the ladies are carrying this torch? That's cool.

Okay, this☝️album is going in my collection for sure. I'm on track 4 and there's no way I'm doing anything else until I listen to the whole thing. Absolutely carrying the Talib/Mos Def vibe into the present.

I'm listening in my studio and the production is immaculate, with plenty of space and punch, which really matters to me w/ this kind of music.

(And yeah, she's also almost as old as I am.)