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#BandcampGold-Bad Moves EP by Cool Tara
#BandcampGold-Bad Moves EP by Cool Tara by Dan-O This three song set kicked off a pretty cool discussion of the most necessary/underrated parts of a rock band in my house. That’s not coincidence either. While Cool Tara sometimes fall back into the anyone-can-do-this two minute punk song(new ep is going to be 7 songs 18…
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Mixtape Review-Trapzuse by Zuse
Mixtape Review-Trapzuse by Zuse by Dan-O Having a non-traditional flow or style is cooler than it’s ever been. Weirdo rap runs strong not just from Rich Homie Quan and Young Thug but IloveMakonnen and down the line. That doesn’t mean that some things don’t still take some time to get used too. I think it…
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Song of The Year-No Sleeep by Janet Jackson featuring J.Cole
Song of The Year-No Sleeep by Janet Jackson featuring J.Cole by Dan-O At the height of her fame Janet was stuck smack in the middle between two of the most important female artists in history. Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey were in a high note arms race, holding the microphone and bending backward belting and…
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Mixtape Review-The Cooligan by Scotty ATL
Mixtape Review-The Cooligan by Scotty ATL by Dan-O Being cool has nothing to do with style or taste. The icon of cool for a lot of Americans was Fonz on Happy Days but stylistically he wasn’t cool at all. He was set in the forties during the sixties; he looked silly to that audience. What…
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Song Review-Stupid Loud by Black Dave featuring Project Pat produced by Shy Guy
Song Review-Stupid Loud by Black Dave featuring Project Pat produced by Shy Guy by Dan-O Black Dave has a really unique style and his series of mixtapes, Stay Black, have been a solid blueprint on how to make East Coast hip hop that isn’t awkwardly nostalgic or faking its way into other trends. Stay Black…
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Bandcamp Gold Album Review-Sara Hallie Richardson-Phoenix
Bandcamp Gold Album Review-Sara Hallie Richardson-Phoenix by Dan-O Being an artist is about growth. By the time you have moved everything you dreamed about doing past the finish line (as much of it as you could get across) new plans have already started to take shape. Artistic growth doesn’t have an end, it’s a bookmark…
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Mixtape Review-California Livin by YG x Blanco x DB Tha General produced by Cookin’ Soul
Mixtape Review-California Livin by YG x Blanco x DB Tha General produced by Cookin’ Soul by Dan-O The success of the movie Straight Outta Compton is not just due to the heroism bestowed on N.W.A or the nostalgia we all feel for that exciting time in rap. While the movie stays away from the serious…
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Song of The Year-Born To Shine by Big Boi & Phantogram featuring Run The Jewels produced by Phantogram
http://www.audiomack.com/embed4-large/grabmyweedle/born-to-shine-feat-run-the-jewels Song of The Year-Born To Shine by Big Boi & Phantogram featuring Run The Jewels produced by Phantogram by Dan-O Run The Jewels might be the most exciting thing happening in rap music right now and it’s probably, at some level, Big Boi’s fault. El-P’s flow going back to the Rawkus Records days was…
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Mixtape Review-Candy, Diamonds & Pills by Gangsta Boo
Mixtape Review-Candy, Diamonds & Pills by Gangsta Boo by Dan-O Gangsta Boo has been insinuating this point for years in interviews but let me just state it frankly. Do not compare Boo against other rappers; male rappers, female rappers it doesn’t matter. She has lived an entirely different journey; a better comparison would be against…
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Song Review (Missed It Edition)-More by Cormega produced by Large Professor
Song Review (Missed It Edition) –More by Cormega produced by Large Professor by Dan-O Cormega did a full album with Large Professor last year aptly titled Mega Philosophy and it was just too much for me. Mega has been through ups and downs in his lengthy career (part of The Firm down with Nas, out…
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