Month: January 2014
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Song Review-Old Street by Allen Poe featuring Emma Shaheen produced by Jaze Baqti
Song Review-Old Street by Allen Poe featuring Emma Shaheen produced by Jaze Baqti by Dan-O I was always going to do a song highlight for Allen Poe’s mixtape Pocket Full of Ohms. My original thought was the song Gina which is a classic hit-on-the-hot-chick-she-turns-you-down song. It’s a lot of fun as Von Pea and Basement […]
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From The Inbox….
From The Inbox…. Soulmate by Moss Da Beast by Dan-O Moss Da Beast-Soulmate mixtape submission is a great indicator of the evolution our FME submission mailbox has undergone. While at first most of our submissions were NYU students stringing together their most intricate phrasing and vocabulary we now have the full spread; sophisticated political rappers […]
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Song of The Year- Double Up and Rewind by 2 $ Fabo produced by King Dominus
Song of The Year- Double Up and Rewind by 2 $ Fabo produced by King Dominus by Dan-O I don’t believe that any trend in music is without a valid foundation. That’s why things are so cyclical. As maligned and mocked as the crunk trend became the most popular and best mixtape of 2014 so […]
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Mixtape Review-Winters Diary 2 by Tink
Mixtape Review-Winters Diary 2 by Tink by Dan-O The unquestionable sincerity of emotion that runs right through the center of Winters Diary 2 holds it together despite all other limitations. The fact that her voice doesn’t have that Beyonce or Jennifer Hudson range actually turns into a positive. She sings in an affectionate coo throughout […]
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Song Review-Home Again by E-40 featuring Mike Marshall
Song Review-Home Again by E-40 featuring Mike Marshall by Dan-O Criticism by its very nature is reductive, by writing an “angle” or “theme” into a review you cut away all the other rough edges that don’t fit. It’s been a gift and a curse for E-40. Being from the East Coast I always knew you […]
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Mixtape Review-Iller Than Most by Del Tha Funkee Homosapien
Mixtape Review-Iller Than Most by Del Tha Funkee Homosapien by Dan-O Del Tha Funkee Homosapien is the answer to the question; who is the person I have seen closest to death because of drugs. I saw him live in Boston and his eyes were never less than three fourths closed the entire time; his skin […]
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Song Review-N The Traffic by Droop-E, J Stalin, and Nite Jewel
Song Review-N The Traffic by Droop-E, J Stalin, and Nite Jewel by Dan-O The first four times you listen to this song off of Droop-E’s Itunes EP Hungry and Humble you may only be able to focus on the beat. I’m sure he wouldn’t mind. He’s one of the best producers in hip hop today […]
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Classic Relisten: A Kid Named Cudi by Kid Cudi
Classic Relisten: A Kid Named Cudi by Kid Cudi by Dan-O It sounds strange to say that a mixtape can be a classic regardless of whether or not its quality merits that title. I’m speaking of course of influence and given a thorough re-evaluation of the mixtape that made Cudi a household name…it becomes apparent […]
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Song Review-The Constant by PHZ-Sicks featuring Lyriciss produced by Best Kept Secret
Song Review-The Constant by PHZ-Sicks featuring Lyriciss produced by Best Kept Secret by Dan-O PHZ-Sicks (Physics, get it? Could be worse…could be Lil PHZ-Sicks) new mixtape The Moment has some moments but none as penetratingly arresting as this song. It’s a song I hadn’t thought of reviewing until I realized how much I kept coming […]
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