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Sample Snitch-I Choose You and the Willie Hutch effect on hip hop
Sample Snitch-I Choose You and the Willie Hutch effect on hip hop by Willie Hutch The chorus for I Choose You has been lifted by countless rap icons from Project Pat, Wiz Khalifa and most famously UGK on Int’l Playaz Anthem (I Choose You) featuring Outkast. Willie Hutch infused his music with qualities that not…
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Song of The Year-College Girls by P-Lo featuring Skizzy Mars
Song of The Year-College Girls by P-Lo featuring Skizzy Mars By Dan-O People who love fun hip pop music were a little let down by Lil Yachty’s debut album Teenage Emotions which turned out to be oppressively long and confusingly muddled with several elements that don’t serve Yachty well. If you are looking for the…
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Mixtape Review-Meekend Music by Meek Mill
Mixtape Review-Meekend Music by Meek Mill by Dan-O The notion that your diss song is better so you kill your opponent’s careers is as real as Santa. Santa is grounded in a real factual dude from who cares how long ago who did stuff for his neighborhood but that dude is gone. The notion that…
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#BandcampGold-Scapegoat by KGFREEZE
#BandcampGold-Scapegoat by KGFREEZE by Dan-O As someone who is fanatical for music I do not resent the layer on the outside of the onion of interest. The layer on the outside is composed of folks who just like songs going behind them: they don’t know the artists, album, and producer and that’s a valid way…
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Album review-Drive by Shane Reis & Clarkwork
Album review-Drive by Shane Reis & Clarkwork by Dan-O Every time I map a limitation onto Shane Reis he bursts through it. In Maine, the hip hop scene is full of people who are what they are and will be what they are, going forward. You can pick up their new album and if you…
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#BandcampGold-All The Beauty in This Whole Life by Brother Ali
#BandcampGold-All The Beauty in This Whole Life by Brother Ali by Dan-O The first Brother Ali album in five years is a lot to digest. It is the reunion of one of hip hop’s greatest partnerships. The underground forced Ali to record with Jake One because Jake brought out a different Ali in collaborations. Fans…
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Song of The Year-Survivor by Mary J Blige
Song of The Year-Survivor by Mary J Blige by Dan-O Mary will always have a special place in my heart. When I was away from home for the first time (out of country) in the Army she had one of the three albums I needed in order to survive (D’Angelo-Voodoo, 2pac-Makaveli, Mary-My Life). That was…
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Kendrick to Ice Cube: Damn is the Death Certificate of his catalog
Kendrick to Ice Cube: Damn is the Death Certificate of his catalog by Dan-O It is very well established that To Pimp A Butterfly has a direct connection to Tupac’s Me Against The World. If you don’t believe it go to https://freemusicempire.com/2016/06/09/nihilism-in-rap-music-2pac-shakur-me-against-the-world/ and do the full podcast run. I think Kendrick has a different base…
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