Joey Purp was easily one of our favorite artists to interview down at SXSW 2017. The man took his own approach when speaking to Pursuit Of Dopeness on iiiDrops, forthcoming EP Quarter Thing (which he previewed at the festival), and his love for Sean Paul and Lupe Fiasco. You can see the mega entertaining interview […]
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Joey Purp is taking Chano’s advice and isn’t signing any contracts anytime soon, but that doesn’t mean we can’t get some new bars from the Chicago emcee. Listen as Purple lays some fire bars over Drake’s “Gyalchester” off of More Life below.
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Day 3 of SXSW 2017 was packed with dope showcases throughout downtown Austin, which helped give us that much more to choose from regarding the artists we’d want to see for the night… but that also made it so much more difficult to decide on an action plan because
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SaveMoney’s Knox fortune has been killing the game for a minute in Chicago. One of his biggest moments of late was his appearance on Chance The Rapper’s “All night”, where he added vocals over Kaytranada’s instrumental. Over the past few years, Knox has established himself as one of
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It’s the most…. wonderful time… of the yeeeeear! SXSW is back, and we couldn’t be more pumped to attend again this. For as much as we make sure to take full advantage of this festival every year to discover new sounds and find new bands to follow, we always
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Ay-ooooooh! Friday is a little bit more Dope now with the release of the 2017 Pitchfork Music Festival lineup! Following the announcement of its headliners LCD Soundsystem, A Tribe Called Quest, and Solange, today we get the rest of the roster. Added to the lineup are POD-certified dope
Chicago producer Thelonious Martin has been making moves in the city for a minute, from Djing around town to producing some of the hottest tracks out. Putting out songs with Chance The Rapper, A$AP Rocky, & Joey Purp has quickly risen him to not only one of the
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A-Trak has recruited Joey Purp for his remix of Phantogram’s hit track “You Don’t Get Me High Anymore.” Purp delivers one dope rhyme after the next, while A-Trak delivers a mix that will get your body moving from the second it hits your eardrums. Vibe to this jam
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It’s that time of year again during which we summarize the best music we heard over the last 12 months. Because Pursuit of Dopeness is composed of an eclectic mix of individuals, this is just one in a series of posts for 2016’s Dopest, so keep an eye
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Samples have always been the foundation of hip-hop since the beginning, from a Dj scratching different songs together to producers flipping a beat over for a hit single. Through each year its interesting to see how producers continue to evolve and dig up never before used samples for
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oddCouple has delivered his new LP Liberation one day ahead of its scheduled release date. The project brings together 9 tracks with features from Mike Golden, Joey Purp, Kweku Collins, and GLC, joining previous releases off Liberation that included guest work from Mick Jenkins and WebsterX, as well as Jamila Woods. Jack
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KAMI has released his visuals for “Home Movies”, the first track off his upcoming, debut LP coming early 2017. One half of Leather Corduroys KAMI, bka Kami de Chukwu, recruited Knox Fortune for the lead single on which we see him take a stark change in direction towards New Wave. The video
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