I Bleed Hip-Hop

  1 By Storm - My Ghosts Go Ghost The vibe: The victorious, emotionally charged return of Ritchie and Parker Corey (Formerly of Injury Reserve). This is their debut of their bandmate Stepa J. Groggs, and it's a relentlessly beautiful but demanding and jarring listen. Key Players: Features a verse from billy woods. Production is handled by Parker Cory. Grief is a strange muse. For the duo formerly known as Injury Reserve, it forced a reinvention that resulted in one of the most engrossing and emotionally clear experimental rap albums of the year. This isn't post-rap; it's post-healing.  It's much less abrasive than their previous work but retains their bold and nothing is off limits mentality. It's been called one of the first crucial releases of 2026 and a phenomenal blend of radical surrealism, brutally personal and honest lyricism. 2 ELUCID & Sebb Bash - I Guess U Had To Be There The vibe: A masterclass in abstract, dense hip-hop. It's jarring yet cinemati...

Devy Questions Below   1 What's the weirdest, most unexpected sample you slipped into the album that nobody has noticed yet - and are you willing to tell us what it is?   Answer: JACKIE AND ONEIDA - TURN OUR RAIN INTO SUNSHINE (1983) was sampled to create "SUNSHINE". Towards the back end of the song, it's like the sun has finally risen and wanted to encompass that feeling.  2 While making this album, did you ever accidentally zone out so hard that you forgot you were supposed to be producing, or is that just the Gateway Experience working as intended?   Answer: Yeah it was easy to zone out. haha. We integrated a CIA sample into most of the songs and the frequencies were pretty jarring. I tried to tune all the beats on the project to a high frequency during the production and mixing.  3 The declassified Gateway Process is a complex subject involving "brain hemisphere synchronization". How did you use instrumentation, samples, and soundscapes to musically ...