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If you don’t follow Definitive Jux closely, you may have missed the news that a new artist, Despot, joined the label last year. (I sure did.) For the past year, he has worked on his debut recordings for one of the biggest underground rap labels.

At some point he’s scheduled to release an EP, Hooray for Me, later this year. In the meantime, he’s dropped two singles, "Crap Artists" and "Homesickness," and a track for the recent Definitive Swim ("Get Rich or Try Dying").

You can get familiar with Despot when he hits the road with New York rhythm duo Ratatat. For those who don’t know, Ratatat is strictly guitars and drum machines. Decent stuff. The tour begins in mid-March and lasts through early April.

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