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INSTRUMENTAL HIP-HOP SONGS
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1

Sounds like:
Spaze Windu,
Made in M,
ntourage
By
RSkotarczyk
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Feb 7, 2018
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Ok. It's a simple crunchy, acoustic hip-hop beat. Simple, but far from trash, despite the artist's moniker.
Recognize the loop? Same vocal that m o a d used in this nifty UK garage track "keep you safe". So now we're blessed with two versions on the...
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2

By
sean o
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Jan 29, 2018
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I'm sitting here thinking, "I'm Mr. Cool Guy, reveling in how I'll be the first person to properly hype New York producer LAIKO," but wouldn't you know it, someone beat me (pun not intended, but I'll take it) to the punch by nearly a year. So it goes...
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3

By
Dylan Heneck
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Jan 17, 2018
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Gotta love a boom-bap track, otherwise when else are you supposed to hear a harp? The last time for me was when I visited the harp store looking to buy one for my friend Loreena McKennit.
Yeah, that's right, I'm friends with Loreena McKennit. She's ...
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4

Sounds like:
Chilly Gonzales,
DJ Shadow,
Gold Panda
By
Jason Grishkoff
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Jan 8, 2018
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I can't say I'd ever heard the song before, but Ouska's "Gonzo" is a modern take on Chilly Gonzales' 2012 song "Rideaux Lunaires." Now that I've listened to the original, I must say it's an absolute stunner. So thank you, Ouska, for exposing me to th...
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5

By
Jason Grishkoff
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Jan 4, 2018
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Okay so I'll readily admit that the main thing to hook me on this song was the sweet-ass and richly layered synth that kicks in right from the start. Yum.
As the name implies, Audio Dope makes dope music -- primarily in the electronic instrumental v...
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6

Sounds like:
FKJ,
Tom Misch,
Max I Million,
Le Babar
By
RSkotarczyk
on
Dec 22, 2017
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"New Space" is exactly where my head is at – a new space. And it's not just me. It's this beautiful and terrifying cosmic collision called life that's suddenly feeling new for everyone.
Good or bad, better or worse, you all felt the shift over the ...
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7

Sounds like:
Goldwater,
Sam Gellaitry,
Medasin
By
sean o
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Dec 18, 2017
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This track is solid fucking gold. Like, before you try your hand at making beats, do us all a favor, and take a detour through the SwuM. discography, and take with you the realization that not everyone can do what he does, and that's OK.
"Told u so ...
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8

Sounds like:
Nick Murphy,
Flume,
ATELLER
By
Gabe Kahan
on
Dec 7, 2017
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It's a weekday in the city and rain is falling hard, but you can't get enough of it. There couldn't be a better song than Nomenclature's 2016 single to soothe away any evening confusion.
The faded and compressed synth takes me straight to Noname's d...
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