Listen: Cities Aviv - "Coastin"

I freely admit that I don't cover as much hip-hop up here as I would like to. While it may or may not surprise you, I do like hip-hop. Thing is, a song either hooks me as soon as I hear the first beat or it doesn't at all. I thrive off thoughtful samples and a certain elegance to the pacing. Requisites like these may it hard to like much of the hip-hop coming out these days, but "Coastin" has all that. Cities Aviv raps about how he's sailing to the top of hip-hop, if only just because there's no one to stand in his way, and ravishing motown strings back up the free floating imagery. While this song doesn't seem to be part of any future release for Cities Aviv, you can grab older releases at his bandcamp (all free), such as his latest album, Digital Lows.