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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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The Greatest Live Show Experience I Ever Had.
The greatest live show experience I’ve ever had was on July 1st 2012 at the State Theater in Portland Maine. It was in Portland, Maine that I saw B.B. King play guitar like it was an activity he invented. Same town I saw the Flaming Lips drop balloons, bubbles and what I thought was the…
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The 2019 album I Missed Out On
The 2019 Album I Missed Out On by Dan-O By the time I named Griselda the 2019 MVP I was dead focused on the four members on the T-Shirt: Benny The Butcher, Westside Gunn, Daringer and Conway The Machine. What I missed: Griselda exists within an ecosystem of ILL New York rappers who grow and…
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FREEMUSICEMPIRE: State of the game vol. 1
by Dan-O That’s right! For the first time I linked up with one of my most trusted associates (K DIGGY) and jumped into a dope music discussion. I have these all the time and they are always this silly/serious/detailed I am overjoyed to get to share one of them with all of you. Watch…
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PartyNextDoor and Drake: The Questionable Collaboration
PartyNextDoor and Drake: The Questionable Collaboration by Dan-O I wish I could be a super fan like the people who wave the flag for Drake or Beyonce or Nicki. I admire it because faith in an artist is trust and they have absolute faith. I have trust issues. So we’ve heard the reference tracks where…
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Quarantine Lifestyle: Book Edition
Quarantine Lifestyle: Book Edition by Dan-O Dirty secret time. Book people are like gardeners. They are serious about their grind. I respect it but I don’t function like they do. I can’t just slam through 400 page book after 500 page book. I have created my own system of staying in tune with different sources…
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