Themselves

Okay, so theFREEhoudini isn't a single song, but it's a single mp3 that packed quite a wallop upon its release. Themselves is the duo of Anticon cofounders Doseone and Jel, who have been involved in a number of projects over the years, but hadn't released anything as a duo since 2002. In 2009, they came back, seemingly out of nowhere, with theFREEhoudini, a free half-hour single mp3 mixtape that included pieces of songs from the group's upcoming CrownsDown, collaborations with fellow indie rap elite, and snippets of freestyles from a rapping class Doseone teaches. Although it's a hodgepodge of tracks mixed together, its electronic textures bang something fierce, and it's an incredible reintroduction to the group's formidable skills.

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