Wyclef Jean offers advice to his homeboys on Mr October, from the first of seven planned solo albums in different genres by the former Fugee.

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I’m so not the target audience for Canadian hyperpop singer 8485, but this song is such an earworm I can’t resist it.

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East London rapper Ghetts creates a chill vibe for his afrobeats and amapiano-influenced tune Tumbi.

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What I love most about Bonita Applebaum is that it’s musically a hybrid of reggae, jazz and hip-hop – and even a sitar sample.

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New York instrumental outfit El Michels Affair team up with rapper Black Thought on Grateful from their 2023 album Glorious Game.

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A Tribe Called Quest laid down a marker as one of the more original and eclectic voices in hip-hop with 1990 single Bonita Applebaum.

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Electro-funk would not have existed without this landmark tune from back in 1982, blending krautrock with the embryonic genre of hip-hop.

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Guè enjoys a cameo in the film La Grazia, about an elderly hip-hop-loving Italian president who presents the rapper with a knighthood.

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Girl Talk is the stage name of Gregg Gillis, a master of mashup music who makes albums entirely out of classic samples. This is from his best album, Night Ripper.

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I vividly remember the first time I heard Public Enemy. It was the most exciting new music since I first saw and heard the Pistols, Ramones and Clash.

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