Month: August 2022
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Producer Fantasy Ranking: Preservation
by Dan O Every song feels like it came from a different world but it knocks right through to your hip hop heart. This series asks the question ‘if I had the ability to take one of my favorite producers and let them develop a full album with anyone alive who would it be?’ This…
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#Bandcampgold-Up Against The Wall; A Degree of Lunacy by Yungmorpheus x Theravada
by Dan O Fans of Yungmorpheus and Theravada know them to be artists who never step out of character. Up Against The Wall makes it real hard for me to care about pop rap. The kind of giant-sized pop rap albums sprinkled with high profile singles twenty three tracks long without any cohesion sold by…
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Song of The Year-The Race is About To Begin by Black Midi
by Dan O I wasn’t ready for the album Hellfire by Black Midi. I was lucky to have Anysia Kym’s wise words on Call Out Culture’s sub-podcast Sabbath Bloody Sabbath to guide me. To paraphrase; she mentioned Black Midi as a band that gets tighter and more efficient as they play faster…making them a bit…
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Earful Session-Rip The Jacker by Canibus recommended by Ricky Robertson Jr
by Dan O Listening to it now I think Stoupe outperforms Canibus.
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Album Review-Wolves Don’t Eat with Shepherds by Knowledge The Pirate and Big Ghost Ltd
by Dan O The flyness of Roc and the weight of Ka woven together in one of the most interesting rap artists on the East Coast. Knowledge The Pirate sounds DIFFERENT. Lot of rappers are flashing money, sitting in exotic chairs on album covers and sounding like Griselda. You got to think about this lane…