The electronic trio made up of Kevin Ford, Trevor Dahl and Matthew Russell most recently teamed up with UK based DJ Daniel Blume on Who’s Got Your Love. Having recently just finished supporting Steve Aoki on his UK tour, the band have collaborated with the likes of Demi Lovato on No Promises and the UK’s biggest girl band Little Mix on iconic Only You. A lost DOOM verse, apparently from The Mouse and the Mask sessions, makes its way onto the sauntering and sunny “Belize,” another gift for the fans.US-based trio Cheat Codes have quickly made a name for themselves on both sides of the pond. From living legend Raekwon to A$AP Rocky to Conway the Machine, New York artists play a pivotal role here. Black Thought luxuriates over these luxurious beats, his lyrical lexicon put to excellent use over the feverish funk of “No Gold Teeth” and the rollicking blues of “Close to Famous.”Īs if their team-up wasn’t enough, an intergenerational cabal of rapper guests bless the proceedings. Danger Mouse’s penchant for quirkily cinematic, subtly soulful soundscapes remains from the old days, but the growth from his 2010s work with the likes of composer Daniele Luppi gives “Aquamarine” and “Sometimes” undeniable big-screen energy. Yet Cheat Codes is real-perhaps realer than real. Uniting these low-key hip-hop powerhouses is the stuff of hip-hop dreams, the kind of fantasy-league-style draft you’d encounter on rap message boards.
His discography from that period contains no shortage of microphone dynamos, most notably MF DOOM (as DANGERDOOM) and Goodie Mob’s CeeLo Green (as Gnarls Barkley). Meanwhile, Danger Mouse had a short yet monumental run in the 2000s that made him one of that decade’s most beloved and respected producers. Though he’s earned GOAT nods from listeners for earth-shaking features alongside Big Pun, Eminem, and Rapsody, his solo catalog long remained relatively modest in size. Black Thought may be best-known as part of The Roots, performing night after late night for Jimmy Fallon’s TV audience, yet the Philadelphia native concurrently boasts a staggering reputation as a stand-alone rapper.
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