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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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Classic Relisten: The Albert Anastasia EP by Rick Ross
Classic Relisten: The Albert Anastasia EP by Rick Ross by Dan-O I know some very intelligent hip hop fans that can’t comprehend what makes Rick Ross so darn popular. They see the cartoonish imagery of a man wearing a gold medallion of his own face, making up mob stories and passing them all off as…
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From The Inbox…
From The Inbox… by Dan-O We get some very interesting submissions at Freemusicempire (email freemusicempire@yandex.com). It’s horribly difficult for the submitter because the only promise we make is that what you send will be listened too. If it’s ok it won’t be reviewed, no one wants to read about your ok music. I don’t want…
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Mixtape Review-Lit Forever II by Nick Jame$
Mixtape Review-Lit Forever II by Nick Jame$ by Dan-O Thizzler.com has become more than a website that posts music. It’s a brand of music. Look no further for evidence of this than Nick Jame$-Lit Forever II mixtape. While Thizzler posts all manner of bay area slap they control a great deal of it, naming freshman…
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Song review-Sittin On It by Jose Guapo featuring Young Thug & Pee Wee Longway produced by YDG
Song review-Sittin On It by Jose Guapo featuring Young Thug & Pee Wee Longway produced by YDG by Dan-O After the first session I felt like this song gave me internal bleeding it sucks so much. This is off of Jose Guapo’s new mixtape Jose’s World 2 which somehow beat out Chief Keef’s mumbled opus…
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Mixtape Review-Good Nights & Bad Mornings 2: The Hangover by Snow Tha Product
Mixtape Review-Good Nights & Bad Mornings 2: The Hangover by Snow Tha Product by Dan-O Hip Hop’s enduring appeal is one of perspective, that no matter how similar songs can seem as the same producers or production styles circulate, some kid comes out of nowhere with a way of thinking and spitting that adds a…