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Pitchfork: Do you know where you want to take your sound next? 70. CN Entertainment. 70. Your California Privacy Rights. All this publication's reviews; Read full review; Dusted Magazine. Prior to his career as a rapper, Mays was a lead singer of a Memphis-based hardcore punk band, Copwatch. Reception. They're about the production coming at you from the left, knocking you inside the fucking head. Memphis' Gavin Mays is an eclectic hip-hop act with his own perspective. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at Last.fm. 88. Not embraced by the fashion world enough to … Tonight, season 2 of VICE TV's Dark Side of the Ring continues. Pitchfork: Both of your singles "Araw" and "Coastin'" have these really breezy samples, and there are songs on Digital Lows that sample Steely Dan and the Alessi Brothers. Our favorite songs from the last 12 months, including tracks from Wild Flag, Fucked Up, M83, Danny Brown, Kurt Vile, James Blake, Jay and Kanye, and many more. The album is like a depiction of who I am as a person: scatterbrained. Do you ever listen to any 70s soft rock or yacht rock? Worst of 2014. Gavin Mays (born 1989), better known by his stage name Cities Aviv, is an American rapper and record producer, based in Memphis, Tennessee. Gay Dog Food is a 2014 mixtape by American rapper Mykki Blanco. © 2018 Condé Nast. Cities Aviv’s “Turn to Smoke” May Be as Intimate as Experimental Rap Gets, Cities Aviv Levels Up His Experimental Rap on “Black on Earth/Thorns”, Hear Cities Aviv's Vision of Jazz-Rap on “Melanin Drop”, Risings of the Past Predict Risings of the Future. Prior to his career as a rapper, Mays was a lead singer of a Memphis-based hardcore punk band, Copwatch. 70. Listen free to Cities Aviv – Black Pleasure 2012 (Intro, FOREVER (2012) and more). He also further stated: "Even the usual hip-hop clichés are afforded specificity thanks to his expressive wit and precise determination not to use words in the same exact way as every other rapper." Gavin Mays (born 1989), better known by his stage name Cities Aviv, is an American rapper and record producer, based in Memphis, Tennessee. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement (updated as of 1/1/21) and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement (updated as of 1/1/21). Ad Choices. Music videos were created for "Still I Hear the Word Progress" and "Magnolia". This week, we’re celebrating the past, present, and future of Pitchfork’s Rising series, which has offered profiles of exciting new artists for the last eight years. Stream the first 2 songs off this amazing Soundtrack here now ! My mission for the next album is to throw Digital Lows off the cliff, that's where I want to take it. 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