Author: FREE MUSIC EMPIRE
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Song of The Year-Life Jacket by DJ Quik featuring Dom Kennedy and Suga Free
Song of The Year-Life Jacket by DJ Quik featuring Dom Kennedy and Suga Free by Dan-O The Midnight Life might be the surest buy in hip hop this year. If you were anticipating a bigger and wilder event album from one of the architects of the west coast hip hop sound you got it. Last…
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#Throwback Thursday – Domino – “A.F.D” (1993)
Where the fuck have I been? I don’t know man, I was busy. Anyway, the last thing I think I actually published for this site was the MVP piece for Gucci Mane in 2012. No one really cares about that though; go read my old stuff if you want, but this is going to be…
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Song Review-Baby Come Around by IZA produced by Snoop Dogg
Song Review-Baby Come Around by IZA produced by Snoop Dogg by Dan-O I could probably get you interested in the mixtape Flower In The Jungle by IZA with a simple tagline. Polish singer does a DJ Skee mixtape produced entirely by Snoop Dogg. Those components alone would make a lot of rap fans press play…
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Mixtape Review-Gold Bottles by Ziggy x C-Note
Mixtape Review-Gold Bottles by Ziggy x C-Note by Dan-O My family loves the movie Tombstone. It’s not the greatest movie of all time but we can never seem to look away. The mustaches, the camera angles, the Shakespearean arc of Ringo and Doc Holiday just work. Everything is in the right place.I can name fifty…
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Song Review-730 by Young Thug
Song Review-730 by Young Thug by Dan-O Young Thug’s takeover of the weirdo trap rap game in 2014 hip hop often times feels like a victory for gibberish and funny noises. It’s a bit surreal to read reviews of Riff Raff that criticize him for being silly and nonsensical when Young Thug is making hits with…
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Mixtape Review-Fukk Fame by Frenchie
Mixtape Review-Fukk Fame by Frenchie by Dan-O Everybody has one of those cheesy action movies they just love. For a buddy of mine it’s Hudson Hawk. For me it’s The Last Boy Scout with Damon Wayans and Bruce Willis. This year Frenchie’s Fukk Fame is the mixtape equivalent. It’s soaked in autotune, a brisk ten…
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Sample Snitch: Kanye West-Power/King Crimson-21st Century Schizoid Man
Sample Snitch: Kanye West-Power/King Crimson-21st Century Schizoid Man by Dan-O We all know that hip hop has pillaged the catalog of Parliament Funkadelic, James Brown, The Isley Brothers and countless other soul/R&B acts. That’s how most of us learn about sampling. Someone plays The Isley Brothers song Between The Sheets and you stop cold like…
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Mixtape Review-Kidnapped by Wara from The NBHD
Mixtape Review-Kidnapped by Wara from The NBHD by Dan-O Artistic intelligence is in the craft. In hip hop it’s the ability to create density dexterity or engaging content while delivering it in a way people will understand. The best rappers of all time are often called overrated because their artistic intelligence is so high that…
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Song Review-Promises featuring Miyagi and Namiko by Jhene Aiko produced by No ID
Song Review-Promises featuring Miyagi and Namiko by Jhene Aiko produced by No ID by Dan-O Jhene Aiko is hands down the sexiest voice in the world of R&B. Every discussion I have about her starts with “she has that phone sex voice…” her vocal register is entirely in the key of the sex pot singer from one…
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