"Pale White Cutie Pie" - DJ Multiple Sex Partners

Since Sweaty Summer, the Ol' Dirty Russian has been seldom seen. That's probably a good thing in any language. Every year, though, World Around drops a new label compilation -- to the limited and laughable extent that what they do can be considered a "label" at all -- and Ivan Vilavonavich takes a break from his rollercoaster Hollywood life to dust off the MPC 1000 and get to work. The latest sculpture is this "Pale White Cutie Pie" jamalam, presumably inspired by, or dedicated to, Charlotte Stokely.

Word to Vault 46.

#CLASSIC: "Broken Language" - Smoothe da Hustler ft. Trigger tha Gambler

Aside from the dress code in the video, this really hasn't aged a single f'ing day.

"Brick In Yo Face" - Stitches

This has been on repeat for awhile here in the RYR office. Unhinged Mystikal fan who loves selling blow -- LOVES SELLING BLOW -- gets the full B&W, Hi-Res, Strobe-Cut, Rental-Car 8.1 Trap Video Treatment here. And it's fucking awesome.

Stay classy, Florida. Don't ever change for nobody.

#CLASSIC: "Terror Works" - Sir Menelik

One of the first rap songs to truly blow my mind. The drugs helped, sure, but this still stands as a highwater mark for NYC lyrical wildstyle 90's shit.

"Fake Surfers" - Zilla Rocca & The Shadowboxers

A superbly hot mess of a video that perfectly suits this fever dream of a rap track. A strong, weird lead single from the upcoming Zilla Rocca & The Shadowboxers album No Vacation for Murder. Best enjoyed in gently altered states.

Algorhythms: Deluxe Edition - THE TURQUOISE TAPE

EELRIJUE is coming. To celebrate, Algorhythms has remastered their eponymous debut EP, along with several salient singles, to create The Turquoise Tape. If you're not into rap cassettes, no worries: you can get this digitally, too, in all the multifarious formats that Bandcamp provides. A great soundtrack for Tulpa creation, egregore binding, or just general experimentation with Solomon's Lesser Key.

"Math" - Wombaticus Rex x Es-K

Fresh produce from NEKtones Studio. One big surprise about the response to this track: a lot of rap fans catch feelings on behalf of Socrates. I blame Inspectah Deck for this.

"Straight Flowin on Em" - Motion Man & Kutmasta Kurt

"People Hear What They See" - Oddisee

Dense, thoughtful, brilliant. This is one hell of an album.

"Wrecking Crew Presents Wu-Tang Pulp"

Day Two is a pretty easy pick: this Wu-Tang tribute project is completely unhinged, meticulously accurate yet casually blasphemous. It winds up taking nearly every track over the event horizon, from cover songs into something more like an unauthorized sequel. It also bangs.



The writing stays fresh and you probably don't have to get the 10,000 in-joke that got origami folded into fabric here in order to enjoy the show. As headphone candy and slow ride soundtrack, this is one hell of a trip.

"The Everafter LP" - Witness

Starting off 2014 with a week of album recommendations. This is a tasty, jazzy and distinctly boozy piece of art and a beautifully coherent album. That's rare enough to get some gushing praise from a grizzled hater like Uncle Hump. This album immediately finds an original angle and sticks to it, front to back.

Witness writes damn fine bars and also produces most of the tracks on this album. As I'm sure he would put it himself: this shit goes hard in the paint.