Whatever Session – 20 – Hark & Dan – American Hiphop Stuff 2011 to 2012 – 19-0-2012 by Hark1karan on Mixcloud

Originally posted here.

Love it. Hate it. Whatever you think of American hip hop, is everywhere. Blogs, music television, radio, magazines, clubs and booming out of car sound systems. From Danny Brown, to ASAP, to Odd Future, to Rick Ross, to Kanye, to MF Doom and many more, the variety and diversity of hip hop has never been more diverse. It’s not just male rappers, its female rappers and a new wave of producers that are mashing up dance floors around the world as well. Azealia Banks, Nicki Manaj and Iggy Azeala are a few of the females there. As for the producers, Lunice, Diplo, Trapshit, Lex Luger, Spaceghost Purrp, Clams Casino are defining hip hop. The hip hop instrumental is strong at the moment. People are taking inspiration from everywhere and anywhere, each coming from a different angel. For example Baauer’s Harlem Shake. What is this? Is it hip hop? You tell me. I would say it is. Every dance has felt its force, it even smashed up Notting Hill Carnival (2012). I even chucked in two American Sikh rappers Mandeep Sethi and Hoodini to show how far hip hop is coming along. Even the old guard is still going strong. Nas, JayZ and Dre are all mingling with the current kings and future kings of hip hop.

There are a number of reasons why American hip hop is doing strong (We will leave the discussion of Americanization of British culture for another day). It is, to do with the fact that, the artist has a lot more control. With social media and niche media outlets making it easier to market. Waka Flocka tweets and retweets the majority of his followers. Mixtapes can be downloaded for free. BET channel is available on satellite providers. All star hip hop is basically a hip hop version of youtube. Plus bloggers are loving the visual element of the hip hop life style. The same can be said for Grime in the UK. Grime is strong and doing very well. In charge of its own destiny, with wise heads at its realm. The way music is consumed has changed and offers listeners far more choice. It is easy to access and interact with. Hip hop community probably has a more loyal following than those that listen to mainstream pop. The vast quantity and quality of the music at the moment made it hard for us to play everything in the show. We tried to cover all bases and artists. However it didn’t happen that way. After all it is a whatever session. We missed out so many artists that deserved a play. I won’t show of and make a list. Seriously it’s scary how much good music this scene has produced in the last two years. Regardless of this hope you enjoy the show. Peace and love.

Tracklist

1. TNHGT – Top Floor
2. Bo Deal ft Chief Keef & Wocka Flocka
3. ASAP Rocky – Purple Kisses
4. ASAP Rocky ft Chace Infinite & Spaceghost Purrp – Keep It G
5. Lil Wayne ft Big Sean – My Homies Still
6. Rick Ross – Hold Me Back
7. Mandeep Sethi – Unfilmed Fantasia
8. Hoodini & King – Hoodlums
9. Theophilus London ft ASAP Rocky – Big Spender
10. Tyga ft Lil Wayne – Faded
11. Darq E Freaker ft Danny Brown – Blueberry (Pill & Cocaine)
12. French Montana – Shot Caller
13. French Montana ft Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne – Pop That
14. Azealia Banks – Liquorice
15. 2 Chainz ft Kanye West – Birthday Song
16. Kanye West – Mercy (RL Grime & Salva Remix)
17. Odd Future – Rella
18. Ludacris – Jingalin
19. Waka Flocka Flame ft Kebo Gotti – Grove St. Party
20. Tyga – Rack City (Remix) ft Wale, Fabolous, Meek Mill, Young Jeezy, T.I.
21. Danny Brown – Radio Song
22. Meek Mill ft Rick Ross – Black Magic
23. Baauer – Harlem Shake
24. Azealia Banks ft Shystie – Neptune
25. ASAP Rocky – Goldie
26. TNGHT – Higher Ground
27. Clams Casino – Illest Alive
28. Gemini Twins – Get It Too
29. ASAP Rocky ft ASAP Ant & Flatbush Zombies – Bath Salt
30. SBTRKT ft Little Dragon & Drake – Wildfire (Remix)
31. UZ – Trap Shit V6
32. UZ – Trap Shit V7
33. Azealia Banks – Fuck Up The Fun
34. Pusha T ft Tyler The Creator – Trouble On My Mind
35. Lil B – I Own Swag
36. Kendrick Lamar – A.D.H.D
37. ASAP Rocky ft Lana Del Rey – Ridin
38. Drake ft The Weeknd – Crew Love
39. Kanye West ft Pusha T, Chief Keef, Jadakiss & Big Sean – I Don’t Like
40. Wiz Khalifa ft ASAP Rocky & Curren$y – We Get High