Champion Sound #11: Feat. Exclusive Friendzone mix
If you didn’t notice already, hip hop has gotten weird. The sound of rap in 2013 is no longer shaped by baggy-jeaned Dre and Premier worshippers mining their parents funk and soul records, but is being made by kids who grew up on the internet, bombarded by a broad spectrum of culture. That isn’t meant to in any way to discredit hip hop production of the past thirty years, only to acknowledge that it’s an exciting time to be a rap fan. At the moment it feels like anything is possible, as new sounds are created with increasing frequency and old styles are revived from new perspectives.»

