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Mixtape Review-Summer on Sunset by Wale
Mixtape Review-Summer on Sunset by Wale by Dan-O The tastemakers (a relatively small group of middle aged white dudes) decided a long time ago to wash their hands of Wale. Post-backpacker he embraced more of the uncomfortable/odd/off-putting elements of himself. Going to Maybach Music allowed him to make weird (maybe weird isn’t strong enough) sex jokes and…
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Worst Song of The Year-Juice by Future
Worst Song of The Year-Juice by Future by Dan-O Future released his new mixtape Project E.T. it’s a DJ Esco mixtape but it’s obviously Future. Stereogum and Pitchfork (& others) are saying that Future sounds tired. This is code. He doesn’t actually sound like he needs to catch 8 more hours under silk sheets or…
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#BandcampGold-Ferret by Dominic and The Lucid
#BandcampGold-Ferret by Dominic and The Lucid The most terrifying thing I’ve ever encountered as an artist is falling out of my groove. Everyone gets to that place in life where they realize that their creative process doesn’t need to be perfect it just has to make sense for what you are doing. Once you do…
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Nihilism in Rap Music: 2pac Shakur-Me Against The World
by Dan-O This is more of an FYI. I don’t like to bother freemusicempire readers with my other projects but I do co-host a philosophy podcast called The Overly Examined Life where we take subjects in real life that may not be deeply analyzed and fully explore them. Nihilism in Rap was really my baby…
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Mixtape Review-Lil Boat by Lil Yachty
Mixtape Review-Lil Boat by Lil Yachty by Dan-O The second most tiresome argument in hip hop (intrinsically connected to the first-the street authenticity argument) is definitely the “___ is not hip hop!” argument. The hip hop v. rap argument is a subset of this. While it is logically unnerving like driving a friend around in…
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Song of The Year-In Fashion by Gregory Porter
Song of The Year-In Fashion by Gregory Porter by Dan-O Your relationship with Gregory Porters music depends entirely on how much skip you need in your step. Music isn’t necessarily logical or linear in understanding so some people wake up to Pantera and function on the passionate antagonism in that kind of music. For people…
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Street Lottery 3 by Young Scooter
Street Lottery 3 by Young Scooter by Dan-O I used to think of Young Scooter as mini-Gucci Mane, one of the many understudies the Holy Spirit of Trap (in holy trinity terms the father would be TI and the son is Jeezy) burns through on his long career. It turns out he’s a Frankenstein of Gucci and…
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Song Of The Year-Unconditional Love by Esperanza Spalding
Song Of The Year-Unconditional Love by Esperanza Spalding by Dan-O Of all the potential large scale album productions we’ve seen from huge names across many genres only two 2016 albums resonate with me this year. Flatbush Zombies released the brilliant 3001: A Laced Odyssey with brazen insane verses, lots of interesting subject matter, and…
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Mixtape Review-Drunk Uncle by N.O.R.E.
Mixtape Review-Drunk Uncle by N.O.R.E. by Dan-O I am a pretty passionate hip hop head. I hate pet peeve artists I’ve never met worse than family or friends that have slighted me, but I’ve never really had an opinion on N.O.R.E. Never been able to call him wack because he swings in on tracks and…
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