“Maybe it’s a reaction to a few years of militarized blare in rap beats; maybe it’s the result of Soundcloud becoming ground zero for releasing new music. But rap has been getting... quieter lately. The loaded pause, the sly mutter, the half-chuckle to yourself; you can hear these ideas reintroducing themselves at the margins. Traditionalists like Earl Sweatshirt and Ka mumble from their journals, ”
