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Song Review-America’s Nightmare by SL Jones featuring Killer Mike and Kevin Gates produced by Metro Boomin
Song Review-America’s Nightmare by SL Jones featuring Killer Mike and Kevin Gates produced by Metro Boomin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPXgb_UJZTY by Dan-O Epic is the one word for this track. It’s produced by Metro Boomin who along with Zaytoven and a few others have defined the 2013 trap sound. The phrasing description on Metro Boomin is that he…
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Mixtape Review-Bo Deal-Thug Education 101
Mixtape Review-Bo Deal-Thug Education 101 by Dan-O The seismic split between the Gucci Mane and Waka Flocka Flame sides of Brick Squad might not seem like the splintering of Genghis Khan’s empire after his death (It really shouldn’t) but it does mark a profound chaotic time for the participants and fans. Each and every member…
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Mixtape Review-Vado- Slime Flu 4
Mixtape Review-Vado- Slime Flu 4 by Dan-O If New York hip hop is in recovery it’s a relatively joyless one. While people like Ka and Roc Marciano release great music, the popular sound of New York is the practiced and insincere NY trap of A$ap Ferg and the like. In the world of mixtapes we…
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Song of the Year-Whistle for My White Horse by Niko Is produced by Ryen Towers
Song of the Year-Whistle for My White Horse by Niko Is produced by Ryen Towers From The Other Side of The Velvet Rope mixtape By Dan-O Last week a lunch time discussion about baseball turned into me doing an impression of Alex Rodriguez doing an interview where he described his comeback as the feeling a…
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Mixtape Review-HBK Gang-Gang Forever
Mixtape Review-HBK Gang-Gang Forever by Dan-O I can think of a lot of things the HBK Gang compilation isn’t. It’s not a taut concept record, something that feels like an album given for free. At the same time it’s certainly not a lazy collection of freestyles. The only thing I can think to compare it…
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Song Review-Criket by Couleen Lagon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtTDShtgnHU Song Review-Criket by Couleen Lagon by Dan-O While following all things DJ Burn One I stumbled upon a great song from Scotty’s mixtape (https://freemusicempire.com/2013/05/08/song-of-the-year-ga-dialectfeat-couleen-lagon-produced-by-dj-burn-one-and-cy-fyre/) made impressive partially by a man with a very unique voice that did the chorus. Most times you hear a genuinely bluesy voice on a rap song it’s a sample…
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Mixtape Review-Stalley-Honest Cowboy
Mixtape Review-Stalley-Honest Cowboy by Dan-O Picture rap music as a classroom containing all the personalities we are familiar with. The pretty boy who writes poetry in his free time, the goon who picks a fight every few days just to feel healthy, the smart kid everyone copies off of, the trashy chick the guys pretend…
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Song Review-Youth N Revolt by Reese produced by Ducko
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Smi_mM0EFg Song Review-Youth N Revolt by Reese produced by Ducko by Dan-O I can’t say I was excited about the Drill scene explosion of last year and its effect. While I was never one of the many concerned citizens seeing crime statistic symbolism in every verse, my teeth sucking came from how new everyone acted…
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Phil Ade-R.O.S.E.(Result of Society’s Evil) Mixtape Review
Phil Ade-R.O.S.E.(Result of Society’s Evil) Mixtape Review by Dan-O Between R.O.S.E. and Young Moe’s Humble Hustle 2 (https://freemusicempire.com/2013/06/15/young-moe-humble-hustle-2-mixtape-review/)the DMV(Delaware, Maryland, Virginia) have a definite 2013 sound forming. Just because R.O.S.E. has a Kendrick Lamar style cover doesn’t mean all of its content exists in that off tempo Top Dawg zone. Songs like 2am (featuring Bun-B)…
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