Blog: Stereogum

Much has been made of the reanimation of New York's present day rap scene, thanks to the style-encompassing, radio-friendly rap of Harlem's A$AP Rocky, the gritty, precise flow of Brooklyn's Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire, the flash and sizzle of Harlem's Azealia Banks, the straightforward hustle of the Bronx's French Montana, as well as traditional-outsiders-now-sort a-insider-y lenses of people like El-P and Das Racist. While those people get thrown out front as the most visible icons of "the movement," the ranks below are packed with distinctive up-and-comers, artists like Fort Greene's thoughtful, light-hearted Kilo Kish , the zonked-out drug rap crew Flatbush [...]