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    Heat Check Roundup: Yungmorpheus, Marlowe, Dee Watkins and more

    In this week's Heat Check selects, an insular rapper reestablishes the terms of his savvy music, a hotshot gets schooled by his OG, a singer-songwriter neutralizes a source of her depression and more.
    by Sheldon Pearce Nov 03, 2022 5 minutes
    L.A. rapper Yungmorpheus releases two new songs, "Figure-Four Leg Lock" and "Sonny's Triangle."

    The Heat Check playlist is your source for new music from around the worlds of hip-hop and R&B with an emphasis on bubbling, undiscovered and under-the-radar acts. Who's got the hot hand? Who's on a run? It's a menagerie of notable songs curated by enthusiasts from around NPR Music.

    In this week's Heat Check selects, an insular rapper reestablishes the terms of his savvy music, a hotshot gets a lesson from his OG and a singer-songwriter neutralizes a source of her depression. Elsewhere, there's melodic rap from NYC, throwback R&B from a small town in Virginia, old-school revivalism from North Carolina and more. Stream the playlist on Spotify. Check in.

    Yungmorpheus,
    "Figure-Four Leg Lock" / "Sonny's Triangle"

    There is a temptation to call the work of the Los Angeles rapper Yungmorpheus low stakes but really it's

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