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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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Quarantine Lifestyle: Music Edition
Quarantine Lifestyle: Music Edition by Dan-O It is important that you stay safe and stay in. In order to successfully do that you need to keep yourself sane. I want to give you a layout of dope music running through my headphones while on lock down. You can check these albums out when you want…
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Song of The Year-Hit My Phone by Megan Thee Stallion featuring Kehlani
Song of The Year-Hit My Phone by Megan Thee Stallion featuring Kehlani by Dan-O You just can’t beat the kind of collaboration that unites two fabulously interesting artists coming off their best work. In 2019, Kehlani dropped the elegant and well crafted While We Wait while Megan Thee Stallion was everywhere. She dropped her Fever project, dropped some killer…
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Albums of The Year so far p.1
Albums of The Year so far p.1 by Dan-O Since this site started in 2011 we have never posted a list. At best, posting the list distracts from a focus on good art. It moves the readers eye towards the numerical ranking aspect. At worst, It becomes an arbitrary insult that leaves every project not…
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