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Brooklyn-raised, D.C.-based artist, KingKla$$, has shared a contemplative new single, "Rackson" featuring Buffalo, NY's ChaunSAY Mackin. It marks a first glimpse of the Howard University student and multimedia platform Noble Black Society-affiliate's forthcoming self-titled EP, which was initially brought to our attention with a raving recommendation from Brooklyn producer Joel Ford AKA Airbird. Hitting the ghostly, antique beat with agility, the rapper brings his skills to bear with equal parts sincerity and lightheartedness, evoking the sound of classic east coast hip-hop without losing his singular voice in the process.The artist gave THUMP some backstory on the track via email: "I made Rackson in like two nights," he explained. "This was at a time when I had given up on physically writing and would write entire songs in my head. It was a chill process that didn't really feel like a process. We basically sat down found a beat, smoked a j, and in its culmination we had a song. A song I don't even know where I got the lung capacity to record." Check it out below, and stay tuned for the full release of the KingKla$$ EP.
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