Author: FREE MUSIC EMPIRE
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Killa Kyleon-Lean on Me: The Adventures of Joe Clark
Killa Kyleon-Lean on Me: The Adventures of Joe Clark by Dan-O As active as my imagination is its still hard for me to envision a situation where Killa Kyleon would apologize for a lyric. His music exists within such strict street code that every recommended course of action feels lived within. That’s part of what…
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Song of the Year-Eastside Moonwalker by Freddie Gibbs produced by GMF
Song of the Year-Eastside Moonwalker by Freddie Gibbs produced by GMF by Dan-O All of the debate about Kanye West’s new album Yeezus versus Jay-z’s Magna Carta Holy Grail obscures the real best rap album of 2013 so far from its rightful spotlight….and that’s Freddie Gibbs #ESGN (Evil Seeds Grow Naturally). If you want the…
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Song Review-Mucho by Young Dro produced by FKi
Song Review-Mucho by Young Dro produced by FKi by Dan-O My mind always puts Dro in the same place with Lloyd Banks. Guys that are #2’s to really important rappers and remain under-appreciated due to that proximity. I think this comparison bears analysis. While TI and 50 Cent have struggled to clarify their musical identity…
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Run The Jewels-Run The Jewels review
Run The Jewels (El-P and Killer Mike)-Run The Jewels review by Dan-O Freemusicempire has two founding reasons for me: as a fan of rap I didn’t have any reliable place to go to get sensible music recommendations, also the best and most articulate hip hop critics were writing reviews(even positive) that were insulting to the…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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