Darren Hanible drops his new mixtape, XX, after a lot of waiting. Some older but great records on here (“Late Nights, Early Mornings”) and some great new records (“XX”, “Don’t Worry”). Hanible is really on to something here, with a mixture of great struggle raps (“Don’t Worry”, “YBN”) an some catchy pop-sounding tracks (“Stars”, “I Don’t Need U”) all with his own twist. A great tape from a guy who has been flying just under the radar for a minute, but probably not for much longer.

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