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#Bandcampgold-Resistance by Brandon Coleman
#Bandcampgold-Resistance by Brandon Coleman by Dan-O Albums have hearts and souls. I need all of them. My favorite Freddie Gibbs album is ESGN because he was so angry at Jeezy and his old label for mismanaging him that his mind was spiraling down the most angry heinous pathways possible and some days I’m there with him. That album…
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#Bandcampgold-Malik Ruff by Quadry
#Bandcampgold-Malik Ruff by Quadry by Dan-O Malik Ruff is an album I really like. I don’t have it numerically placed on my list of year end albums yet (it just came out November 2nd) but I really like it. The project washes over you. It balances a distinct ambiance that soaks your sonic pace and tempo with a real…
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Sample Snitch-Drake’s Secret Weapon
Sample Snitch-Drake’s Secret Weapon by Dan-O Hypothetical scenario: you step into my sight with a twelve gauge pump action Mossberg shotgun and tell me I have five seconds to name the best Drake song; doesn’t take me three. The answer is Jungle from If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late. I have heard everything he has done and haven’t heard anything…
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Song of The Year-Roll Call by Leikeli47
Song of The Year-Roll Call by Leikeli47 by Dan-O I play Leikeli47 a lot and my family does not mind. She produces all her own stuff and last year’s album Wash & Set stays solidly in the rotation. The excitement in her flow and in the dynamic dirty bounce she concocts makes it so you don’t…
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Hip Hop History: Never Forget Donald Goines Has an Album
Hip Hop History: Never Forget Donald Goines Has an Album by Dan-O Donald Goines is one of my all-time literary heroes. He applied Shakespearean tragedy to the hood characters I was getting to know through Rap music and instead of lauding them he proved the street eats its babies. He left no one winning and every…
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Thank You Trina (Blue Magic edition)
Thank You Trina (Blue Magic edition) by Dan-O Thank you Trina for being there at a very weird time in my life. In 1999 I heard Trina’s voice for the first time on one of the most outlandishly sexual verses by any female MC. On the smash hit single Nann Nigga Trick Daddy goes crazy…
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Song of The Year-Slapbox by Conway The Machine produced by Daringer
Song of The Year-Slapbox by Conway The Machine produced by Daringer by Dan-O You can’t just call him Conway. He’s The Machine for a reason. When the beat comes on and his mouth starts it feels 100% organic like no pen has been picked up no plans have been made(This isn’t just how he sounds…
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Song of the year-Ace by Noname featuring Smino & Saba
Song of the year-Ace by Noname featuring Smino & Saba by Dan-O I really do regret not listening to Smino-Blkswn earlier. I missed out on the countless relistens and an orator who seems to have neo-soul finger snap rhythm resonating from the depths of his soul. Every second of a song with Smino on…
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Sample Snitch: The exciting G Funk perfection of All Eyez On Me
Sample Snitch: The exciting G Funk perfection of All Eyez On Me by Dan-O All Eyez On Me is the best double album in the history of hip hop. That is not a hot take. If you listen very carefully it is not the dark foreboding cryptic record Makaveli is perceived to be. It is…
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