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Photo by Isaac Barnes The rap renaissance of 2025 is continuing in 2026, and one of the releases we're most looking forward to is the upcoming mixtape from .idk.. For his latest single, he's enlisted Pusha T. "LiFE 4 A LiFE" is a chill but completely intense new song. It takes everything we first loved about hip hop in the golden years of the late 80's and early 90's, but instead of sounding like a throwback, it's moving the genre forward. And then there's .idk.'s flow. As soon as the vocals start, you're completely engrossed in everything he says. He's simply one of the most engaging new artists we've discovered in a long time. "LiFE 4 A LiFE" is a killer song that's going to work for fans of both classic and modern underground hip hop. .idk. says of his latest single: “'LiFE 4 A LiFE' speaks to a way of thinking shaped by survival, retaliation, and inherited codes, not to justify it, but to illuminate it. I’m obs...

Photo by Nico Lareau .idk. is the moniker of London born and Maryland raised rapper, singer, and producer Jason Mills. His latest single, "SCARY MERRi," might be the least Christmas-y Christmas song we've covered this year. It's a hip hop banger that could be played all twelve months of the year, with only the word "holiday," the occasional reference to Christmas Eve, and the "Jingle Bells Batman smells" intro giving it away. This is underground hip hop perfection, and if you love the type of rap we usually cover, you're going to love this one. It also doesn't hurt that .idk. has one of the smoothest flows around in 2025. .idk. says of his latest single: "This project goes more in-depth into my incarceration, the mentality during the events that led to it, and the mindset I had while inside. It confronts that reality head-on, blending sharp lyricism with raw storytelling about incarceration, betrayal, spiritual conflict, and the moment...