Pitchfork

Hip-hop is a nerdy enterprise. From old school heads likening their skills to a science to current MCs obsessing over the intimate details of their whips, chains, and, ahem, business practices, there's no escaping the fact that it takes quite a bit of time to go digging through records for samples or coming up with words that rhyme with "block".

Recently, the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim has been feeding the nerdy side of the genre by teaming up with artists and labels to bring you exclusive music. First came Danger Doom's free-to-download Occult Hymn EP, and a collaborative compilation with Stones Throw Records is scheduled for a September release. Now it's time to add Chicago label Chocolate Industries to the list of Adult Swim collaborators, as June 26 will bring the appropriately named Chocolate Swim, the label's mini-album collaboration with the network.

Chocolate Swim will feature contributions from several artists on the Chocolate Industries roster, including Lady Sovereign, Ghislain Poirier, and Diverse, as well as some superstar guests. As usual, all of the music on the six-song compilation is previously unreleased and will appear exclusively on the Adult Swim website.

Dive in:

01 Kovas - "Up in Here"
02 Lady Sovereign - "Hoodie" (Spank Rock remix)
03 Mos Def and Diverse - "Wylin Out" (Kut Masta Kurt remix)
04 Diverse - "Ain't Right" (Dj Misu remix)
05 Ghislain Poirier Feat. DJ Collage - "Mic Diplomat"
06 Vast Aire Feat. MF Doom - "Super Friendz" (Edan remix)