Post by @alisynthesis@io.waxandleather.com
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)
@alisynthesis I’m going to suggest Little Simz from the UK. In more global hip hop, I always enjoy and recommend Baloji from DRCongo whose music is often introspective and sociopolitically aware, and tells stories that way, for example this nearly 10 minute epic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzHM_JLgqO0
@cassana @alisynthesis There's also Kae Tempest. Sometimes I wonder if is hip-hop though or poetry with a beat. Anyway he's good,
@alisynthesis @cassana :) My favourites are his new album and Let Them Eat Chaos. the latter is like a modern Under Milk Wood.