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OffStereo builds narrated music history shows around real records. Dom Kennedy runs through 4 of them, 1 that take them as the subject and 3 more where they surface inside someone else's story. They appear most often alongside Jay Dee, Larry June and Kendrick Lamar.
Dom Kennedy, Nipsey Hussle, and peers like Curren$y pioneered the 2010s indie rap model, building authentic West Coast empires from Los Angeles.
Featuring My Type of Party · When I Come Around · After School
From sampling Kool & The Gang to his unquantized beats with Slum Village, J Dilla's radical sound on Welcome 2 Detroit shapes hip-hop's future, from Kanye West to Larry June.
1 of 8 tracks — When I Come Around
Dom Kennedy and Nipsey Hussle's independent hustle in Inglewood and Leimert Park defined a laid-back, luxury-adjacent West Coast sound and a DIY blueprint for hip-hop's future.
3 of 8 tracks — My Type of Party · When I Come Around
Larry June's smooth, unhurried cadence and luxe sound trace a direct lineage from Donald Byrd's jazz grooves to J Dilla's samples, MF DOOM's production, and Dom Kennedy's West Coast cool.
1 of 6 tracks — My Type of Party