LEHGO! Another actual freestyle from Metro Zu and the Raider Klan. Watch as they make up sounds as they go, and defy bullshit hip hop conventions. SpaceghostPurrp has been pushin’ his retro notions pretty hard lately, and it would seem that the intention here is about getting back to the 90s as much as being in the moment.

Meanwhile Metro Zu is on that Odd Future but without all the self-referential baggage that Los Angeles creates. All these dudes are on some bonafide South Florida irreverence, there’s nothing cool about what they do except for the fact that they don’t give a fuck about what anybody else is sayin.

The utmost homie L.W.H. has his CIA TV project on the way, and it is going to be dope. As far as I know there aren’t any rappers on it, and it’s definitely soundin like the vintage rare pepsi commercial of your dreams. He dropped the first single with Astrronomy late last year, and I didn’t hear much about the project for a while, but it’s nearing completion, and it’s def gonna be some chilled ass vibes and banging drums, and good times.

Twitter has led me to discover yet more incredible artists in the Detroit area. Zelooperz, Chavis Chandler, and T Deezy are threee artists that you need to be knowing more about. I’m still getting familiar with their stuff myself, but I suggest you make haste and start catching up. Zelooperz is a young dude who is hungry, and has obviously put a lot of care into developing his craft, go download his album Coon ‘N the Room for a taste. Chavis Chandler is one of those natural do it all type rappers who can invent a new flow every bar of a song for the rest of his life. And T Deezy is making beats somewhere between Keyboard Kid, AraabMuzik, and Machinedrum.

I’m not sure what is going on in Detroit exactly, but it’s making people into incredible artists, and I think these dudes are moreso a sign of the times than just the next hot thing. I got a feeling Detroit is gonna have a lot of New Yorkers very very jealous this year.

And here goes another Raider Klan video to wrap it up! Key Nyata got that serious chill vibe on lock. Props to these dues for keepin shit so damn phonky down in Dade. I think folks prolly forgot that South Florida made a huge impact on the sound of hip hop at one time, perhaps we’re about to be thoroughly reminded? OH YEAH! AND KEEP AN EYE/EAR OUT FOR #HCM. IT’S COMIN!!!

- Zachg