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Freestyles to Free albums: the songs that got us there(Coke Rap Era)
Freestyles to Free albums: the songs that got us there Re-up Gang-20k Money Making Brothers on the Corner by Dan-O Re-up Gang-20k Money Making Brothers on the Corner When coke rap really gained steam I fell for it. Not because I’m a fan of cocaine. I’ve never done any drug in my life… I just…
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Freestyles to Free albums: The songs that got us there(Game edition)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5YpjBVTpwA Freestyles to Free albums: The songs that got us there Game-300 Bars N Runnin by Dan-O A narrative has started on twitter, mostly by radio personalities and fellow rappers that Game has never had a wack album, untrue. He made a wack album called LAX. The narrative has its foundation in 300 Bars N…
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Rockie Fresh-Electric Highway Mixtape Review
Rockie Fresh-Electric Highway Mixtape Review by Dan-O The first thing to know about Maybach Music is that it’s not a crew but a sound; a clean club friendly sound. The next thing to understand is that not everyone adapts to it naturally.Rick Ross himself gets tugged in different directions between the gutter bounce of Rich…
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From Freestyles to Free albums: the songs that got us there(Saigon edition)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sToT5sup2DI Freestyles to Free albums: the songs that got us there Saigon-Desperado by Dan-O The difference between the history of rap and the history of mixtapes is a lot like the difference between college basketball history and pro basketball history. Christian Laettner and Larry Bird could share space in a college hall of fame but…
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DJ Burn One x AC -Steady Dabbin mixtape review
The need to review a mixtape isn’t just based on affection for it. If that were the case you would be able to find a review for every DJ Burn One mixtape on this site. A review for the DJ Burn One and AC-Steady Dabbin mixtape is happening because on top of it being well…
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From Freestyles to Free albums: the songs that got us there…China White by Kool G Rap featuring Joell Ortiz
From Freestyles to Free albums: the songs that got us there…China White by Kool G Rap featuring Joell Ortiz by Dan-O https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3-S-Bfbii0&playnext=1&list=PL87CB4E83FC079286&feature=results_video Most people aren’t lucky enough to have a moment when all the interested parties surrounding you take notice. Ortiz is that lucky and that good. The legend of G Rap is undisputable. Any…
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A story of two compilations
A story of two compilations by Dan-O Try to remember the last hip hop compilation album anyone was impressed by. The Self-Made series just seem to highlight how artificially put together MMG feels, if you go back to the G-Unit compilation it was the first indicator of how limited G-unit was conceptually. Preconceptions destroy the compilation;…
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Freestyles to free albums:the songs that got us there
Freestyles to free albums:the songs that got us there by Dan-O If you know Tru Life it could be for the wrong reason, stabbings in 2009, a fatalists relationship to beef dvds. You might remember Jay-Z signing him as Dipset protection never with any intentions to help his career. Tru Life did for a brief time move…
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Starlito-Funerals and Court Dates Mixtape review
Starlito-Funerals & Court Dates Mixtape review by Dan-O It’s become pretty commonplace to hear a rapper call out that they make movies. Projecting that big screen cinematic larger-than-life story can draw in a lot of fans. Starlito’s new mixtape Funerals and Court Dates feels more like a play, spotlight on him as the sad clown Pagliacci oscillating…
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GUCCI MANE IS FME’S MVP OF 2012!!!
The only thing that is tiresome about Gucci Mane is the narrative that Rap critics have created for him. If there isn’t a reference to his ill-advised facial tattoo, his multiple stints in the clink, his one time stint in the mental hospital, or his altercation with a woman that resulted in her being ejected…
