Month: June 2013

• June 29, 2013

  Deniro Farrar-Patriarch II mixtape review

  Deniro Farrar-Patriarch II mixtape review by Dan-O The world of hip hop has a whole class of artists who I really do respect and listen to the projects they put out, but don’t like yet. It’s just a matter of understanding what makes an artist great. Some artists are great but I have no idea […]
• June 25, 2013

  Song of the year-Strictly 4 My Jeeps by Action Bronson produced by Harry Fraud

  Song of the year-Strictly 4 My Jeeps by Action Bronson produced by Harry Fraud by Dan-O I am one of these dudes that can’t help but talk about hip hop with whoever can converse about it. The discussions are the best part, arguments over Das Racist or Rick Ross help me understand other people’s perspective […]
• June 22, 2013

  Project Pat-Cheez N Dope mixtape review

  Project Pat-Cheez N Dope mixtape review by Dan-O History is not always written by the winners. Sometimes it gets written by random people. For most of my generation all narratives formed about hip hop were written from New York publications, often times about New York Hip Hop. Once Southern hip hop took over the radio […]
• June 19, 2013

  Song Review-Rollin’ by The Bobby Effect produced by Ade Cruse

  Song Review-Rollin’ by The Bobby Effect produced by Ade Cruse If you’ve never heard The Bobby Effect your first reaction could be the teeth sucking realization that this is another one of those people influenced by Nicki Minaj. The problem with the who-influenced-who game is it always ends with me yelling about how much Jay […]
• June 15, 2013

  Young Moe-Humble Hustle 2 mixtape review

  Young Moe-Humble Hustle 2 mixtape review by Dan-O Free Music Empire contributor D.L. aptly characterized the goals of Humble Hustle 1 in the last sentence of his review from April of last year (https://freemusicempire.com/2012/04/16/young-moe-humble-hustle-2012/), “Here is a bizarro gangster Trap Rap mixtape that fills in the gaps left by caricature, and shows a real person’s […]
• June 12, 2013

  song review-Nite & Day produced by Marco Polo (scratches by Shylow) featuring Big Daddy Kane

  Song Review-Nite & Day produced by Marco Polo (scratches by Shylow) featuring Big Daddy Kane by Dan-O This song is off of Marco Polo’s Newport Authority 2 mixtape (a bunch of great songs he couldn’t clear the samples for and put out for free). He’s a Canadian born producer who worked with Rawkus Records at […]
• June 7, 2013

  Hologram Kizzie(aka Psalm One)-Free Hugs mixtape review

  Hologram Kizzie(aka Psalm One)-Free Hugs mixtape review by Dan-O Psalm One has always been an immeasurable talent. When she broke out a fickle hip hop underground built her to be something they wanted. I believe the comparison that always followed her 2006 debut The Death of Frequent Flier was “a mix between Lupe Fiasco and […]
• June 4, 2013

  The Art of Spiderwebbing p.2: Champagne Sunday by Niko Is

  The Art of Spiderwebbing p.2: Champagne Sunday by Niko Is by Dan-O Whenever I think about who the best pure lyricists in hip hop are, I have a hard time not including Niko Is. After stumbling upon his newest mixtape on DJ Booth (https://freemusicempire.com/2012/12/22/363/) I bookmarked his home site(www.nikoismusic.com) working my way through his catalog […]
• June 1, 2013

  Chuck D, Basketball, Word Choice, and the Ludacris song Hell Of A Night by DJ Mustard

  Chuck D, Basketball, Word Choice, and the Ludacris song Hell Of A Night by DJ Mustard by Dan-O If you are a hip hop head your first follow on twitter should be Chuck D. It doesn’t matter what you think about his music, he’s as thoughtful and well-schooled a voice as the genre has. I […]