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I finally got around to reviewing Thank You Later. I had a lot more to say about it, but I had to show restraint (yeah, even as a staunch supporter of the long review format).
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24 days ago.
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"You don't say good luck, you say don't give up" sings John Legend in the chorus to 'The Fire', and it's a perfect summary of what 'How I Got Over', The Roots eleventh studio album, is all about.
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28 days ago.
Posted by Ivan over at Hip Hop Is Read
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Back in elementary school, my English professor taught our class about haikus. Describing the well-known 5-7-5 syllable structure, she explained that this was actually a simplification of the original Japanese standard of haiku form. But in the end, she basically said "fuck it" and told us to come up with whatever 5-7-5 nonsense we could [...]
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29 days ago.
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Hypes. I’ve never been a fan of them. You’ll never see me wearing Crocs, I can’t stand the Twilight trilogy and talent shows on television are not my cup of tea. Still, there’s one hype going on with me on the bandwagon: Dubstep.
Music: Cookie Monsta – Flubberdub
Some people think it’s random noise, but I [...]
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The Find Magazine |
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1 month, 1 day ago.
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If you’ve followed the NBA playoffs over the past few months you may have seen some of Split/Second and Blur’s (both for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC) eye catching ad spots. Both games are entertaining in their own right and should serve well for the inevitable summer gaming drought. But your pockets likely won’t stand [...]
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1 month, 3 days ago.
Posted by SBK over at nappyafro.com
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“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending”
Marshall Mathers’ today started a long time ago and now he’s on the road to a new destination (take the album’s cover as evidence). At the height of his addiction to alcohol and prescription drugs in 2005, [...]
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1 month, 5 days ago.
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It’s been 17 years since The Legendary Roots Crew dropped their first album. After years of being the livest show on tour, the crowned Kings of live Hip-Hop instrumentation, and most recently, the soundtrack that even white America has been going to bed to on Late Night TV, have brought along a host of friends [...]
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1 month, 6 days ago.
Posted by H20 over at nappyafro.com
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Arguably one of, if not the, most anticipated albums of the year, the Hip-Hop rookie with the most buzz out of anyone else in the game right now is back with his debut album on Young Money. After three amazing mixtapes, touring with Weezy, and a couple top ten singles later, Drizzy was able to [...]
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1 month, 12 days ago.
Posted by Ivan over at Hip Hop Is Read
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I'm sure you know by now that I'm a diehard, unapologetic 2Pac fan - so much so that you might think I was from Pakistan (*crickets*). Right. Well, another year has come by and it's time once again to wish 'Pac a happy birthday. Tupac Amaru Shakur would've been 39 years old today and Combat [...]
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1 month, 13 days ago.
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Fresno emcee Fashawn released his debut album Boy Meets World last year. The record received highly positive acclaims, and was considered one of 2009’s most slept on albums. Less than a year later, Fashawn returns with DJ Green Lantern to release a tribute to one of Hip-Hop’s most infamous records Illmatic.
Ode to Illmatic isn’t like [...]
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1 month, 13 days ago.
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What can you say about Plies that hasn’t been said? The man is releasing his fourth album in three years. He has two gold albums and another one that went almost gold. Plies has been involved in controversy most of his career, whether it being the lyrics, his chains, or his criminal background (or lack [...]
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1 month, 17 days ago.
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Four years. Four years since we heard about Rhymefest as well.. After launching what appeared to be a promising career with co-writing “Jesus Walks”, taking the lead as the face of Hip-Hop for the uninitiated with his humor and flow, and dropping a commercially disappointing yet highly regarded debut album, the fest was over…or so [...]
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1 month, 19 days ago.
Posted by B-Easy over at nappyafro.com
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Four years. Four years since we heard about Lil’ Jon’s solo debut Crunk Rock. It was 2006 when we heard “Snap Yo Fingers”, the supposed first single off Crunk Rock. Four years since King Jerm called me commenting on the epilepsy causing “Snap Yo Fingers” music video featuring E-40 & Sean Paul of YoungBloodZ (“B, did [...]
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1 month, 20 days ago.
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It would appear that Hydra Entertainment is back in effect with the release of Godfather Don‘s Donnie Brasco. I guess this is the project that Jerry Famolari told me about years ago:
Jerry Famolari: I’m actually working on a Don album right now. An unreleased album. I just put together a Hydra single – a white [...]
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1 month, 20 days ago.
Posted by Ivan over at Hip Hop Is Read
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Original release date: June 7th, 1990As long as you're talking about overlooked gems and underrated emcees, Lord Finesse and his 1990 debut album Funky Technician oughta come up in the discussion. Released on Wild Pitch Records - also criminally slept on, just check their catalog - Funky Technician was the product of a diabolical hip [...]
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1 month, 22 days ago.
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Drake's Thank Me Later is no doubt among the most anticipated projects of the year. His incredibly fast rise to the top rings of the rap game without a studio album under his belt had everyone on the...
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1 month, 23 days ago.
Posted by Rizoh over at The Rap Up
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Nearly 20 years after Pete Rock & CL Smooth dazzled with the intoxicating "They Reminisce Over You" off their Mecca & the Soul Brother album, CL Smooth and producer Mr. Chop have updated the classic tune with new vocals and a shittier beat.
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1 month, 28 days ago.
Posted by lllPoetic over at The Rap Up
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After listening to this album more than a few times I have come to the conclusion that this is going to be an important album in the history of music – an album that will be referenced many years from now for its message and for its method of sharing that message.
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2 months, 5 days ago.
Posted by SBK over at nappyafro.com
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Roughly ten years since the release of their debut album Train Of Thought, Reflection Eternal return to the scene with their latest offering entitled Revolutions Per Minute. When you examine a group like Reflection Eternal you come to understand just how rare of an entity they are in present day Hip-Hop/Rap music. Following in the [...]
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2 months, 9 days ago.
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Nas and Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley began recording Distant Relatives in 2008. The album was originally supposed to be released as an extended play with their leftover tracks from their last albums. However, the duo decided to release a full length after working with each other. The two developed chemistry during last summer’s international Rock [...]
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2 months, 11 days ago.
Posted by B-Easy over at nappyafro.com
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Orange Mound, Memphis should be proud. If Hip-Hop were professional sports, it’d be no arguing that 8Ball & MJG would make it in easy. Almost 20 years of making music Hip-Hop as well as influencing generations of upcoming rappers (Especially Southern rappers), the duo has a lot to be proud of. Recently, after releasing two [...]
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2 months, 14 days ago.
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Trina hits us with her fifth studio album titled Amazin’, and on this album we have a different Trina. Long gone are the days of “The Baddest Bitch”. It does rear its head every now and then like on tracks like the Lady Saw and Nicki Minaj featured “Dang A Lang”. Not that I can [...]
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2 months, 15 days ago.
Posted by B-Easy over at nappyafro.com
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When word got out that Scarface, one of Southern Hip-Hop’s legends, was gonna release his first mixtape I think most fan were excited. Sure, he had announced retirement with his last album Emeritus, but we all knew Brad Jordan couldn’t stay away from the game. I personally thought Dopeman Music would be a free mixtape [...]
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2 months, 17 days ago.
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Earlier in the week, Nas openly admitted that his procrastination and laziness was the prime factor in some of his beat selection being less than…well, Illmatic. Quite understandable as The N usually has a lot on his mind (with weed being 75% of the problem). But his lollygagging has cost him a classic album–or three. [...]
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2 months, 22 days ago.
