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FME 2013 Mixtape MVP-Three 6 Mafia
FME 2013 Mixtape MVP-Three 6 Mafia by Dan-O Even the most hardcore Rawkus Records loving East Coaster respected Three 6 Mafia from afar. From the birthplace of hip hop all the gold grill crunk seemed silly and most times got looked down upon but Three 6 was independent, hardcore and uncompromising. No one ever purchased…
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FME Mixtape MVP 2013 Honorable Mention-Troy Ave
FME Mixtape MVP 2013 Honorable Mention-Troy Ave by Dan-O In a year of very disparate hip hop narratives you could always count on Troy Ave. I mean that in the most literal way. So much of this year featured high profile datpiff crashing mixtapes that didn’t warrant space on anyone’s computer. Product v. expectations was…
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Mixtape Review-Its Tha World 2 by Young Jeezy
Mixtape Review-Its Tha World 2 by Young Jeezy by Dan-O If Its Tha World 2 was a vehicle it wouldn’t be a minivan. The eight track smash mouth Young Jeezy and company mixtape would be a muscle car riding at top speed along a dirt road, leaving trails of dust on the competition. Young Jeezy…
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Song of The Year-Contemporary Man by Action Bronson produced by Party Supplies
Song of The Year-Contemporary Man by Action Bronson produced by Party Supplies by Dan-O Action Bronson has trotted his oddball lyricism around hip hop working with the very best producers in the world (Alchemist, Harry Fraud) so its anyone’s guess why the stream of consciousness strange sample meets off the top of the dome bars…
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Mixtape Review-I Am King by Trae The Truth
Mixtape Review-I Am King by Trae The Truth by Dan-O The sound most affiliated with Houston hip hop is the one we all remember from Mike Jones (and Paul Wall). The gleeful gold grilled riding music that Drake has brought back into every stereo. A lot of the country knows the name DJ Screw but…
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Free EP Review- The Stage by Curren$y & Smoke Dza produced by Harry Fraud
Free EP Review- The Stage by Curren$y & Smoke Dza produced by Harry Fraud by Dan-O As a supporter of the Jet Life movement I’ve always been realistic. Like most prolific artists Curren$y can sound listless at times; possibly a product of doing too much or the constant experimenting with different collaborators and producers. Sometimes…
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The right way to use Catfish Billy: Black Fall EP edition
The right way to use Catfish Billy: Black Fall EP edition by Dan-O Thankfully I can’t tell you what industry people think. I say that because as a consumer of music a lot of industry decisions don’t make sense. Take Yelawolf whose Shady Records debut caved in on itself going from fist pumping first half…
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My Case for Most Improved Artist of 2013
My Case for Most Improved Artist of 2013 by Dan-O 2013 hip hop is without a narrative. Trap sputtered out like Drill did. Instead of riding some massive new bubble of a movement we saw a little bit of everything. This makes crowning MVP very difficult but Most Improved is not nearly as hard. No…
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Song of The Year-Daily Betrayal by Lloyd Banks produced by Tha Jerm
Song of The Year-Daily Betrayal by Lloyd Banks produced by Tha Jerm by Dan-O The Banks music I’ve come to love reminds me in some way of old Mobb Deep bangers that make you scrunch your face up and see your breath in the cold air. This write up is probably going to be a…
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