Spin.com has chosen 88-Keys as the “Artist Of The Day.” Check out an excerpt from the feature below.
What? “Hip-hop superstar Kanye West may have stretched sonic boundaries on his latest record, 808s and Heartbreak, but there was one small problem — he forgot to rap. Enter New York indie hip-hop producer/rapper 88-Keys, whose debut, The Death of Adam, was executive produced by his buddy West and features a healthy mix of melodic hooks, distorted vocal effects, and killer rhyming skills. Adam tells the story of a man’s suspicious death that may or may not have been caused by his main vice — sex. The record features some truly nasty rhyming — but always with a giggle instead of a snarl — and the beats are top-notch, ranging from the soulful (“Handcuff ‘Em”) to the sexy (the Wings-sampling “Dirty Peaches”)…”
Read the entire feature here.
Izza Kizza’s “Millionaire” was picked by Blender Magazine as #47 on their “Top 144 Songs” of 2008. If you haven’t had a chance to get a copy of Izza’s “Kizzaland” mixtape, download it here!
Kizza also just dropped a new joint on the 10 Deep x DJ Benji Mixtape “The New Deal.” Download “Back to Miami” here!
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