T.A.D.E.DThe Underachievers · 2012

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“While New York rap culture's borders have always been porous, over the last few years its participants have reinvented the city's scene as omnivorous, drawing inspiration from outside as much they do from within. Case in point: Brooklyn duo the Underachievers (who recently signed to Flying Lotus' Brainfeeder label) flow like they're from the Midwest and grew up listening to a ton of Southern rap. ”