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The Foreign Exchange
OffStereo builds narrated music history shows around real records. The Foreign Exchange runs through 4 of them, each one placing them inside a wider story. They appear most often alongside Little Brother, Kanye West and Drake.
Shows where The Foreign Exchange appears
Connected: Rewiring Soul Online
Phonte Coleman and Nicolay's Foreign Exchange pioneers cross-continental internet collaboration from an early 2000s Okayplayer forum, laying the independent blueprint for artists like Larry June.
2 of 8 tracks — Connected · Asking For A Friend
The Internet's Foreign Exchange
From Utrecht to Durham, The Foreign Exchange's online collaboration forged a new hip-hop soul blueprint, inspiring Drake, Frank Ocean, and The Weeknd to build their sounds online.
2 of 7 tracks — All Or Nothing / Coming Home T · Daykeeper (feat. Muhsinah)
Soul-Loop Roots: Dilla to Foreign Ex
From J Dilla's Donuts to Slum Village, Common, Little Brother, and Kanye West, a generation of hip-hop built its soulful, sample-driven sound on an off-kilter swing.
2 of 10 tracks — Sincere · Come Around
Culture, Hustle, & Mainstream Flow
Hip-hop's journey from AZ's '90s East Coast street narratives to Yung Joc's Atlanta snap reveals an ambition that challenges the mainstream, echoing Kanye West and Marvin Gaye.
1 of 8 tracks — All Or Nothing / Coming Home T