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Nick Grant and The Hip Hop Cultural Divide
Nick Grant and The Hip Hop Cultural Divide by Dan-O A lot of hip hop’s most important cultural “beefs” are forced onto it from the audience and not actually a problem the artists have. The west coast/east coast beef comes to mind as an example. What is happening right now is the great splitting of…
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Song Review-A Little While by Lorine Chia & Romero Mosley
Song Review-A Little While by Lorine Chia & Romero Mosley by Dan-O Lorine Chia released a mixtape in 2015 produced entirely by Slade Da Monsta that sticks in my brain to this day. It was called Ono.Mato.Poeic. It was so unique, dexterous and comfortable I just kept walking around asking people if they had heard…
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FME 2016 MVP is Boosie Badazz
FME 2016 MVP is Boosie Badazz by Dan-O Most of my frustration with music reviews stems from people judging influence in the moment. We can look back and understand the influence great albums or artists had on previous eras but anyone telling you the influence someone right now is having on the world right now…is…
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FME 2016 MVP HONORABLE MENTION-YG
FME 2016 MVP HONORABLE MENTION-YG by Dan-O We used to crown “mixtape MVP” but the distinction between mixtape and album is unimportant at this point. Everyone has streaming services and no one pays per album, it is a heartless profit starved reality but it is our reality. YG was almost my pick for 2016 MVP…
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Mixtape Review-1017 Vs. The World by Gucci Mane & Lil Uzi Vert
Mixtape Review-1017 Vs. The World by Gucci Mane & Lil Uzi Vert by Dan-O Gucci Mane is the Hunter S Thompson of hip hop. While I love Hunter I have never done drugs so I have very few people I can actually share that love with. People get swept up in the drugs and the…
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Way Too In-Depth Song Review-I Had It In A Drought by E-40 featuring Stresmatic produced by ProHoeZak
Way Too In-Depth Song Review-I Had It In A Drought by E-40 featuring Stresmatic produced by ProHoeZak by Dan-O Art is not a measurement of the works distance from perfection. It is instead an engagement with personality, one built brick by brick by vivid slices of perception. This is one of the reasons everyone has…
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Song of The Year-The Space Program by A Tribe Called Quest
Song of The Year-The Space Program by A Tribe Called Quest by Dan-O 2016 is full of classic artists finding new footing: Common, Snoop Dogg, De La Soul, and now Tribe Called Quest. Each one of them when asked is clear that they are inspired by this new generation and wants back in the game. If…
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Purchasable Mixtape review-Thirst 48 p. 2 by Boogie
Purchasable Mixtape review-Thirst 48 p. 2 by Boogie by Dan-O In a Billboard interview about his new project Boogie was asked, Q:Is “Two Days” about her, too? A: Yeah, definitely. Every relationship song on that ‘tape is about her. By her, he means Jamesha a very specific person he has an on and off relationship…
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Mixtape Review-AD & Sorry Jaynari-By The Way
Mixtape Review-AD & Sorry Jaynari-By The Way by Dan-O Energy creates energy. No matter how popular the grim and gritty brooding album is (for showing the wounded humanity of its narrator) to a fan base desperate to connect with dark secrets; it lives that way in contrast to energy projects and it will always need…
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