Ka - "Lost Prophets Report"

As you might already know, the good people at Adult Swim drop a series of singles every summer showcasing a wide variety of modern musical artists. This year has been an impressive one with new tracks from Run the Jewels, Machinedrum, Tim Hecker, Deafheaven, Future, Captain Murphy, and many more.

Now I'm incredibly excited to see New York rapper Ka thrown into the mix with the track "Lost Prophets Report." Here, Ka is giving us his typically subdued lyrical delivery with an instrumental that features a strange synth groove. Murky, eerie, and ominous. That's Ka!

Stream the song above and give a listen to Ka's last full-length album, too. It was one of my favorite rap records of last year!

Ka - "You Know It's About"

Brooklyn rapper Ka has taken it upon himself to direct and edit this fittingly bleak new music video for The Night's Gambit highlight "You Know It's About." Above, let Ka be your tour guide through some of New York's dank, desolate, and decaying urban landscape.

A reminder that The Night's Gambit is a thoroughly gripping piece of old-school hip hop:

Ka - "Jungle"

New York rapper Ka has a new video out for the song "Jungle," which comes off the guy's latest full-length, The Knight's Gambit. If you like your rap beats subtle and your MCs loaded with wordplay, this might be up your alley. Enjoy!

Ka - The Night's Gambit

Despite his quiet demeanor, Ka might be one of the most intense, thought-provoking, and creative MCs you run across this year.

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Ka - "Off The Record"

This video is for "Off the Record", off of Ka's new record The Knight's Gambit. The song is a minimal ode to rap music, employing classic album titles as fuel for his wise-man on the corner sermons. The video is equally minimal, as Ka explores the biggest record collection in New York and flips through a stack of all of the records he mentions in the rap. A rap nerd's music video for a rap nerd's song.

Mick Jenkins - "Lack"

This video is from a track off of Mick Jenkin's mixtape, Trees & Truth. Mick hails from Chicago, and affects the same cold stare and disaffected voice as those from the drill scene, but spits over soul beats that sound like something Ka or Roc Marciano would cook up on an MPC, and avoids the cliche violence of the Chi-town for something more interesting. He comes across as dangerous and intelligent, the man who would both talk about revolution and then actually incite it. The video keeps this vibe intact: Mick, dressed in an all black suit, follows a man while rapping and at the start of the second verse grabs the man and begins to rap in his face. It's as if Mick Jenkins is a street preacher who can't stay polite, and has to resort to physical means to get his points across. Enjoy!