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50 Cent The Big 10
The brightest musical observation I ever made came during an Eminem acceptance speech at the MTV Music Awards. Eminem ended his speech by telling the audience to look out for his new artist 50 Cent. My response was immediate “Everything is fucked up now.” It’s the smartest summation of his rise to prominence. Having followed…
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Freddie Gibbs – A Cold Day In Hell
Freddie Gibbs new A Cold Day in Hell mixtape is a very important step in his development. Everyone who is new gets a lot of “savior” buzz, and Gibbs has been no exception. He was supposed to be the savior of gangsta rap, but on previous outings like Str8 Killa, his speedbag cadence and monotone…
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Freeway- The Intermission
Freeway proves that perception is not reality; Reality is reality. He remains one of the very few MC’s who has been buried, hailed, buried again, and resurrected in the court of public opinion without ever changing his formula, or really doing anything but trying to improve. He was on a major label, dumped into underground…
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Mod Sun – Blazed By The Bell
On his website, Mod Sun describes his music as “putting the feeling of being happy to sound”. To dispute this would be incredibly difficult, since more than enough evidence exists to support the premise on his new mixtape, Blazed by the Bell (intro by the real Mr. Belding). As “Get Up” begins and the samples…
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Killa Kyleon – Candy Paint And Texas Plates 2
On Candy Paint & Texas Plates 2, Killa Kyleon feels like the fully engineered product of the unchanging Houston MC matrix. There is no Kid Cudi in Houston. The city and the state of Texas in general, have no time for nihilistic depression or meandering introspection. To be a Houston rapper is to grind. So…
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Lil B – I Forgive You.
By late 2010 to early 2011, it became really hard to ignore Lil B. Even you were unaware of his Hyphy on Skateboards crew, The Pack, or you were blissfully ignorant of the weird torrent of “Based” videos on Youtube it was apparent that Lil B was not just some weird, little man you watched…
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Weeknd- House of Balloons/Thursday
The Internet is filled with unchecked possibility. People like Abel from Toronto who, having grown up in the nineties, reflect or result from the sounds they experienced. Artists like Abel don’t need to struggle with demos and major labels- putting a site together and distributing the music free can showcase the music as you really…
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Pill The Diagnosis
A year ago, right before his third mixtape The Overdose dropped, the future looked very bright for Atlanta rapper Pill. Hot off the heels of two fantastic mixtapes and elected to XXL Magazine’s Freshman 10, it looked like another artist was about to join the upper echelon of ATL smarty pants trap Rap. The Prescription…
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Z-Ro- 5200
Z-Ro’s 2010 release Heroin was a jacking. Continuing with his arbitrarily drug titled album series, he -or most likely Rap-A-Lot records- decided to give its consumers a handful of recycled choruses, rhymes, and ludicrously a SONG FROM THE LAST RECORD! It was a ridiculous affair that only further cemented that Rap-A-Lot had decided on a…
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Cyhi Da Prynce- Royal Flush 2
In his book, There’s a God on the Mic: The True 50 Greatest MC’s, Kool Moe Dee declares that the substantive MC will always have an advantage. Webster’s dictionary defines substance as an essential nature, or a fundamental or characteristic part or quality. Kool comes from a time where your braggadocio was mixed in with your concerns…
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