MCKINLEY DIXON
Far too often, the rap community doesn’t embrace the full scope of literature the way we should. Artists might champion books of advice on ascending through capitalism, but we too rarely reference probing, disruptive writers like the great Toni Morrison, who asked questions of us that we’re too afraid to face. McKinley Dixon isn’t. He titled his new album — Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?, due June 2 on City Slang Records — as a direct homage to three novels by Morrison, whom he calls “the greatest rapper ever.”
-Rolling Stone
EUGENIUS
Eugenius, the Cincinnati-based Hip-Hop artist channels multiple genres in pursuit of a completely unique approach that is an amalgam of punk, industrial, hip-hop, and electronic "Seeing Eugenius take the stage is to see the fury of punk and metal set free through driving and passionate lyrics. Who else can meld together the industrial intensity of Nine Inch Nails, the punk experimentalism of The Mars Volta, the bizarro world of Bjork, and the rap skills of Childish Gambino all while touring the U.S. playing guitar for hardcore legend Nathan Gray in the punk band the Iron roses"
-Rob Faroese, Friendclub records
