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Northern Culture, Art, Hip Hop & Working Class
Today (March 24, 2016), I published a big story on the Wisconsin Hip Hop scene to HipHopDX. Sparkle Pratt approached me with the idea – as I’ve been blowing her up with Wisconsin and Midwest rap music since last March – and since she’s been spending a lot of time in The Mil lately. Together,...
Allan Kingdom is unstoppable now. He’s got the Northern Lights and everyone is watching. The Northern gentleman is cliqued up too. Kevin Abstract mixed a few light melodies into “The Potion”. Kiko Merley made the dreamy beat. The song is a Hip Hop lullaby that you won’t be able to fall asleep to. “I just...
Allan Kingdom is a beacon of light for The North (February 8, 2016). The bright young man keeps it grimy in the Northern Lights video, though. Observe as “All Day” Allan leads the isolated metropolis in a new direction from Atmosphere, while staying true to who he is and where he comes from. The artist...
Allan Kingdom created his own sound for Northern Lights. He brought Hip Hop and Folk together with a nerdy flow and a folksy way of singing, fitting the two seemingly contrasting styles together more beautifully than one would ever expect. Yesterday (January 6, 2016), the emcee went Minnesota weird with his latest album. The artist...
Madison, Wisconsin raised Trapo dropped his highly anticipated debut tape today (November 11, 2015). According to the artist’s SC, The Black Beverly Hills EP is “A Short Project About Black Prosperity.” Trapo has a way of his own. He was raised in a town with many problems yet he’s found a way to rise above...
WebsterX and Allan Kingdom are two of the leading voices out of Wisconsin and Minnesota, and this desolate “Kinfolk” record could be the most important Hip Hop collab to ever come of the culture (October 8, 2015). The song itself is incredible. The Boathouse-produced “Kinfolk” is so wavy, it washes over you like a wave...
Allan Kingdom has his own style of Trap and Pop, that’s never been clearer than on this slop collab from yesterday (October 6, 2015). Pollári abuses the auto-tune, and I dislike that overly playful style of mixing vocals, but the Twin Cities artist is a smooth artist on this otherwise messy “Remember” track. Dexter went...
Allan Kingdom dropped some more heat a few days ago (July 24, 2015). For those unfamiliar with the St. Paul, Minnesota singer-rapper-producer, he’s one that shocked the world with his Kanye West collab in March. Take a listen to “Take It” though, and it’s easy to see why Yeezy worked with him. Kingdom is unapologetically...
