Chuck D, Bishop Lamont and Mykill Miers flex their voices on “I Rap Black” from Swedish producer Max I Millions’ forthcoming Maxtape Vol.1. They critique America’s classicism, the current trend of “being woke” and police brutality. Swedish DJs Create & Devastate mixed the song and the new project. Devastate passed away last month and is remembered at the opening of the song. Maxtape Vol.1 has a release date for sometime in the fall and there are features from CL Smooth, Skyzoo, Edo G and more. 

 

Black Milk is launching his FEVER tour in Europe next month with his band Nat Turner. The tour will go through Europe and the United States for a total of 24 dates. The first show will take place in Milan and the journey will conclude in Las Vegas at the end of June. FEVER is the title of Black Milk’s critically acclaimed sixth album and he addresses racism, the problem with social media amongst other problems in the world. Tickets for the tour are on sale and there is a FEVER Tour playlist you can stream below. 

[youtube id=”_tROC2KdRLc”] Junglepussy talks to The FADER about her new album State Of The Union, climate change, the need to diversify the water we drink and more. State Of The Union comes out later this year. 

Twenty years ago Slum Village completed their seminal Fantastic Volume 2 which announced their arrival as Detroit’s premier hip-hop group. The album was not actually released until 2000 after Dilla spent years producing people like The Pharcyde, De La Soul and more and also being a member of The Ummah music collective. Busta Rhymes, D’Angelo and Pete Rock are some of the artists that appeared on Fantastic Volume 2 alongside T3, Baatin and Dilla. Today the group acknowledges the 20 year anniversary of FV2 by sharing the Lost Remix of “Hold Tight” featuring Q-Tip. Slum Village now consists of T3 and Young RJ and this summer they will re-emerge and go on tour to honor their official beginning. The “Hold Tight” Lost Remix is available on The Lost Scrolls Vol. 2.