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How audiomack links taught me to relax and embrace Dom Kennedy p.1
How audiomack links taught me to relax and embrace Dom Kennedy p.1 by Dan-O The first thing I ever knew about LA MC Dom Kennedy was EVERYONE loves this guy. He features on SchoolBoy Q’s album, Freddie Gibbs mixtape, Smoke Dza takes time to rap about conversations with Dom that changed his life. Curren$y does…
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Song Review-Soda by Azealia Banks
Song Review-Soda by Azealia Banks by Dan-O You can get fooled into disliking Azealia Banks without ever hearing her music. You can read articles by critics who haven’t seen natural light in years about how symbolically important her tweets are. She has a huge persona that swings wildly at everything (and everyone) around it. The…
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Mixtape Review-Sell Sole by Dej Loaf
Mixtape Review-Sell Sole by Dej Loaf by Dan-O I became completely infatuated with the Dej Loaf mixtape Sell Sole on track 7. It was great before that but the shorthand I had been using in my head about Dej Loaf based on her snarling single Try Me was “This is a little female 50 cent;…
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Song Review-O Lord by Boosie Bad Azz
Song Review-O Lord by Boosie Bad Azz by Dan-O When Boosie got out of jail we knew that new music was destined to hit but I’m not sure anyone anticipated the raw nerve emotion of Life After Deathrow. Its way more bravely naked than I expected. This is a 2pacish mental space where the force…
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FREE ALBUM REVIEW- Run The Jewels 2 by El-P x Killer Mike
FREE ALBUM REVIEW- Run The Jewels 2 by El-P x Killer Mike by Dan-O Everyone has come up to me the last few weeks asking what I think of the event album Run The Jewels 2. Honestly, I had no idea what to say but at this point I’m willing to take a go at…
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Song of The Year-Club Goin’ Up On A Tuesday by ILoveMakonnen produced by Sonny Digital & Metro Boomin
http://www.trillhd.com/video/6972/ilovemakonnen-club-going-up-on-a-tuesday Song of The Year-Club Goin’ Up On A Tuesday by ILoveMakonnen produced by Sonny Digital & Metro Boomin by Dan-O Whenever the 2014 mixtape universe gets discussed a large part of that shouting match is dedicated to how delightfully strange Atlanta hip hop has been. The first name given as an example of the…
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Mixtape Review-Underground Cassette Tape Music by Gangsta Boo & Beatking
Mixtape Review-Underground Cassette Tape Music by Gangsta Boo & Beatking by Dan-O In no uncertain terms, Underground Cassette Tape Music is the best singular Southern Hip Hop mixtape of 2014. That’s a pretty high compliment in a year full of energized weirdo Southern bounce. The first track Come Off Dat begins with a first rapped…
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Sample Snitch: The connection between Jimmy Cagney and E-40 (Back in Business 2010/White Heat 1949)
Sample Snitch: The connection between Jimmy Cagney and E-40 (Back in Business 2010/White Heat 1949) by Dan-O The movie White Heat from 1949 is a defining moment in film noir. The main character, Arthur “Cody” Jarrett is not only a robber but suffers from headaches he started faking as a kid to get his mothers…
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Mixtape Review-Prohibition by Berner & B-Real
Mixtape Review-Prohibition by Berner & B-Real by Dan-O Mixtapes give upcoming artists a chance to put together something that purely reflects them; not vetted by record executives and plotted for the radio. It also gives the major and middle class artists a chance to drop something cool out of nowhere. Prohibition falls into the second…
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Song of The Year-Life Jacket by DJ Quik featuring Dom Kennedy and Suga Free
Song of The Year-Life Jacket by DJ Quik featuring Dom Kennedy and Suga Free by Dan-O The Midnight Life might be the surest buy in hip hop this year. If you were anticipating a bigger and wilder event album from one of the architects of the west coast hip hop sound you got it. Last…
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