Author: FREE MUSIC EMPIRE
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#StateofTheGame-1997 in 3 albums
by Dan-O It was all supposed to be so easy. Pick 3 albums from 1997(1 rock 1 rap 1 R&B) and talk about how important they were for their time and our current time. Turns out 1997 was way more crowded with important music than I thought. Keith jumped into the decision making process and…
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Song of The Year-Tiger Song by Naeem
by Dan-O Some of my favorite books, songs, paintings, poems offended me the first time I took them in. I’ve realized that for a work to truly offend me it needs to be very well done. That is what makes it hurt the most. The Tiger Song ends a very warm brilliant album (Startisha) and…
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Song of The Year-Ode2MyLove produced and performed by Navy Blue
by Dan-O Some of the best stories are spoken in hushed tones. Navy Blue was a professional skater with sponsorships from Converse and Supreme but he kept putting out EP’s and experimenting with hip hop. Most of the time when that happens you can hear clear influence in what they do. Such and such NBA…
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Albums of The Year so far p.2
by Dan-O The album is a map and without the map you have no idea where to go. That map leads you to what is so engrossing about the artist who made it: what they worry about, what they celebrate, and how they’ve grown. It is very important to consider the last part. Over the…
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#Bandcampgold-Eastern Medicine, Western Illness by Preservation
by Dan-O The intangible brilliance in a producer is being able to arrive at and capture the very best of an artist. It’s a combination of casting the right voices on your songs and making sure you give the audience the very height of what they bring to the table. That is the true victory…
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Song Review-B.Q.E. by Kota The Friend featuring Joey Bada$$, Bas
by Dan-O Kota The Friend neatly represents what I love about the 2020 hip hop landscape. In the 90’s it felt like a savage game of the king of the hill, at times. The artists vying for top position savaged each other either openly or behind the scenes while the artists coming up felt pressure…
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Female Super Group Red Rover
Female Super Group Red Rover by Dan-O For an incredible moment the top four spots on Billboards song charts were held by black women. Doja Cat remixed Say So with Nicki Minaj for the #1 spot and Megan Thee Stallion got Beyonce to really join forces on her Savage remix. This is the best time…
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Worthy Rappetizers
Worthy Rappetizers by Dan-O During this massive isolation sentence that tests our minds and wills our economy has been temporarily gutted. Comic book stores are closing, bars with great ambiance are screwed, and artists can’t tour. The release of a full project is supposed to lead neatly into a tour(the primary method of pay since…
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Song of The Year-Sins Of The Father by Ka featuring Roc Marciano produced by Roc Marciano
Song of The Year-Sins Of The Father by Ka featuring Roc Marciano produced by Roc Marciano by Dan-O An underrated value in hip hop is friendship. Watching El-P and Killer Mike laugh together like they fit perfectly or Freddie Gibbs give Madlib a deep hug that’s worth a thousand thank you’ s. It’s not just…
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#BandcampGold-Heaven To A Tortured Mind by Yves Tumor
#BandcampGold-Heaven To A Tortured Mind by Yves Tumor by Dan-O The reason Heaven To A Tortured Mind is labeled as an experimental album is that the sounds increase, explode or escape when you least expect them to. It is NOT an experimental album in the sense of existing as some sort of noise research data. Yves…
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