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1 week agoMike D Releases New Solo Single "What We Got"
Hardcore, saturated hip-hop with brash swagger and slap-back echo shifts into an emotional, dreamy coda, released alongside sold-out Brooklyn live shows.
The constant oscillation between tenors over the album's 12 tracks creates a battle to maintain lyrical focus and intensity, which Nokia handles to mixed success. She's at her best when she locks into the understated flow rooted in the tradition of her city's boom-bap rap that barely rises above the whisper: "I'm drinking blood in the mountain, I got the fountain of youth/I'm scaring men off with rumors, can't tell the lies from the truth," she raps along ghostly shrieks