When faced with the problem of how one makes indie hip-hop sound fresh, many artists look backwards to the boom-bap of the genre’s golden age. Not so for Baltimore-based trio Food For Animals. Rappers Vulture V and Hy bounce lyrics back and forth while Ricky Rabbit’s fractured beats provide a futuristic, sometimes puzzling, but always interesting foundation for the tracks.

Food For Animals – Swampy (Summer Jam)