What's Good (Week of 11/24)

The cover of miles cooke's CECI N'EST PAS UN PORTRAIT. An image an outdoor concrete stairwell in black and white.

It's a holiday week here in the U.S., but that doesn't mean the new tunes have taken a break, so get braced for another does of What's Good! Plenty of stuff that you can purchase instead of fighting through crowds or purusing Amazon during a strike, including:

New Albums

  • AshTreJinkins
  • Brian Nasty
  • SINAI. aka Sleep Sinatra
  • Tuamie

New Singles

  • Kenny Segal & K-The-I??? with Open Mike Eagle
  • The LOX
  • MIKE
  • Miles Cooke
  • ShrapKnel

Before were get into the drops, you should already know the drill, here's some Bonus Beats.

Bonus Beats

TV On The Radio paid a trip to the NPR Tiny Desk as part of their run to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes.

The homies Zilla Rocca, Curly Castro, and Alaska have you covered for your post-Thanksgiving listening. For their 300th episode they've lined up 3.5 hours of all things Indelible, with a discussion of the MC crew that includes interviews with Company Flow (El-P, Big Jus, Mr. Len), J-Treds, and Breeze Brewin. Tap in and tell 'em I sent you.

(UPDATE: Found the lyric video of "Lune TNS" that Castro mentions with animated writing styles. Courtesy of the Extraordinary Rap YouTube channel, video by Video by El Funy & VeskOne)

Def Sound & TRU visited Los Angeles' Audubon Center at Debs Park for a live performance, with accompaniment by Brandon Samuels.


Music

7xvethegenius - Deuce feat. Raheem Devaughn (From Death of Deuce, out now. Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

Kendrick Lamar - Squabble Up (From GNX, out now. Purchase: Physicals and digital via Kendrick's Official Store, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

HiTech - SHADOWREALM feat. ZelooperZ (From the SHADOWREALM single, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

DJ Rude One - Ain't It Great feat. YNOT DUSABLE (From Upper Space, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

Fabiano do Nascimento - Ilza na Feijoada (From Solstice Concert, out on 2/7/25 Preorder: Bandcamp | Leaving Records, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

Philmore Greene - Smoke Dat feat. UFO Fev (From The Grand Design, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Physicals via Mello Music Group, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

Liv.e - POOR DADDY (From PAST FUTUR.e, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

jerrard - offa cliff (Out now. YouTube loosie.)

The LOX - Isley Money (Out now. Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

Darko The Super - Johnny Mathis feat. Ghostface Killah (From Hold Me Closer Tiny Darko, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Spotify)

Hakushi Hasegawa - Wonderful Christmastime (Out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Brainfeeder/Ninja Tune, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

ShrapKnel - Below Freezing feat. Doseone and Illogic (Out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Backwoodz Studioz Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

MIKE - You're The Only One Watching (Out now. Purchase: 10k Global, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

miles cooke - sangria (From ceci n'est pas un portrait, out on 1/10/25. Preorder: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

Rap Man Gavin - Scientifik (From SINAI.'s aka Sleep Sinatra's ASHES2ASHES, out now. Purchase/Stream: Bandcamp)

AshTreJinkins - NEED U (From BUT FOR A TIME, IT WAS GOOD_VOL​.​2, out now. Purchase/Stream: Bandcamp)

Tuamie - brown rice and radiation (From Attempting, out now. Purchase/Stream: Bandcamp)

Brian Nasty - Here With You (From Anywhere, But Here With You out now. Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

Kenny Segal & K-The-I??? - Local Anastasia feat. Open Mike Eagle (From Genuine Dexterity, out on 12/6. Preorder: Cassette, Digital, & Vinyl via Backwoodz Studioz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

The Doppelgangaz - Leap Frog (Out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

Skiifall - Mystery Man (Out now. Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

Raz Fresco - 4AM in Amsterdam feat. Daniel Son (From Pocket Operators III, out on 12/13. Preorder: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

Knucks & K-Trap - Cautionary Tales (From Can't Decide 3P, out now. Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

Fat Jon - Test The World (From Obscurity Continuum, out on 12/20. Preorder: Bandcamp | Limited vinyl via Sichtexot Records, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

Standing On The Corner - Ghost Friend 6★ (Out now. YouTube loosie.)


Playlists

TIDAL

BNCMPR

YouTube

That does it for this week. Be sure to share this with your folks, and don't hesitate to let me know what you're listening to this weekend down in the comments. Take care, and make good choices.

DJ Regular

DJ Regular

Game and Music Lover. Writer. Unfortunate optimist. "Spare me the Hallmark Karl Marx."
SF Bay Area