Which 8 current gems will make it on this Hip Cassette round-up? Plug that rusty tape player in, press play and make sure you keep notes…
by Christos Doukakis
SIDE A
Mars Alva
‘CRASH!’
cloud rap/trap
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Kowloon
‘Today’
lo-fi rock/psych
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Amadi
‘Pilot’ (feat. Mane)
emo rap/autotune
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Yung Revenge
‘BEAM!’ (feat. Ajami22k)
cloud rap/trap
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SIDE B
Bando Black
‘So Simple’
hip-hop/afrobeats
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Saint Djuni
‘Drifter’
pop
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BOO SEEKA
‘Real’
alt pop
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Loren Berí
‘Greta’s Inn’ (feat. Kishi Bashi)
indie pop
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A lot of times Mick will play me different things, or I’ll listen to a cassette, and out of twenty ideas or whatever, I’ll find two or three that are just blowing me away, and we’ll start working on them right away.
Lou Gramm