Busta Rhymes

This week’s playlist includes new music by Salaam Remi, Phoebe Bridgers, Anti-Flag, The Antlers, System Of A Down, Deftones, Django Django, Loyle Carter, KALI, Chilly Gonzales (ft. Feist & Jarvis Cocker), Tricky, Pa Salieu, Future & Lil Uzi Vert, Tribulation, Nubya Garcia (Makaya McCraven remix), and more.

“We were Black before the election and we will be Black after the election,“ Salaam says of his powerful new album, which features a ”Strange Fruit” cover by the late Betty Wright, and themes of racial injustice and Black excellence over a backdrop of rap, soul, gospel, reggae, and more…

Black Thought also did a ‘Colors Show’ live performance and talked about the rapper whose co-sign made him say ”My work is done here! Mission accomplished!”

As advertised, Busta Rhymes and Funk Flex were indeed out on the streets for Election Day, playing brief sets outside of polling places in Harlem and the Bronx as part of the “Joy to the Polls” voter campaign. That included outside a stop outside the Apollo Theatre…

The song is one of four new tracks Busta released just days after releasing his new album, and Funk Flex and Offset are also reportedly playing at polling stations.

Our October playlist includes tracks by Kurt Vile, Busta Rhymes & Kendrick Lamar, Julien Baker, Adrianne Lenker, Tierra Whack, Pinkshift, Stevie Nicks, Roisin Murphy, Deftones, Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou, Sleaford Mods, The Antlers, Bright Eyes, Benny the Butcher, Westside Gunn, Carcass, and more.

The Jackson 5-sampling song features Kendrick’s first verse in a while, and it’ll appear on Busta’s new album, due out this Friday.

Chris Rock, Q-Tip, Pete Rock, Rapsody, the late ODB, Rick Ross, Mariah Carey and more also appear.

The two new protest songs are out on Stevie’s new label, So What The Fuss Music, and proceeds from one benefits Feeding America.

This week’s Notable Releases include Laura Jane Grace’s surprise mostly-acoustic album, Westside Gunn’s third album of 2020, Jonsi’s first solo album in ten years, and more…