Tag: New York Hip Hop
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Mixtape Review-Medicated Consumption by Chris Rivers
Mixtape Review-Medicated Consumption by Chris Rivers by Dan-O Can’t tell you how proud I am that the first Chris Rivers review I did for this site was written not knowing he was Big Pun’s son ( I live in Maine). I was able to talk about his talents and opportunities frankly and without any weird…
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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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Mixtape Review-Necessary Evil: The Preface by Yung Joey
Mixtape Review-Necessary Evil: The Preface by Yung Joey by Dan-O However you feel about the trap and drill section of the rap universe when you see a mixtape with production credits that include Southside, 808 Mafia, Metro Boomin, Mike Will Made It and features from LL Cool J and Dej Loaf…you have to take notice. Instead…
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Mixtape Review-Keys of Heaven by Al Doe
Mixtape Review-Keys of Heaven by Al Doe by Dan-O An artist’s sound betrays his or her intentions. You can listen to the very first B.O.B. mixtape and know he was meant to be on every radio (that’s not an insult either). The opposite of that B.O.B. listening is Al Doe. No one hearing the dogs…
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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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Song of The Year-Sadderdaze by CJ Fly featuring Ab-Soul produced by BrandUn DeShay
Song of The Year-Sadderdaze by CJ Fly featuring Ab-Soul produced by BrandUn DeShay by Dan-O If you told me at the beginning of the year that CJ Fly would put out a mixtape (Thee Way Eye See It) so considerably better than the one Joey Bad@$$ would put out (Summer Knights) that it would feel…
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Mixtape Review-Vado- Slime Flu 4
Mixtape Review-Vado- Slime Flu 4 by Dan-O If New York hip hop is in recovery it’s a relatively joyless one. While people like Ka and Roc Marciano release great music, the popular sound of New York is the practiced and insincere NY trap of A$ap Ferg and the like. In the world of mixtapes we…
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SOTY-Peace Akhi by KA (AOTY The Night’s Gambit)
SOTY-Peace Akhi by KA (AOTY The Night’s Gambit) by Dan-O The reason I loved KA’s 2012 lp Grief Pedigree is that he sounded like a war worn weary ex-criminal grandfather blazing street tale after street tale through visceral poetic imagery. If Grief Pedigree is the work of a retired street soldier, The Night’s Gambit is…
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The Art of Spiderwebbing p.1: Dreamer’s Block by Suede Jury
The Art of Spiderwebbing p.1: Dreamer’s Block by Suede Jury by Dan-O Spiderwebbing is the only way I know to learn things. It’s just the art of asking questions. I guess it’s most important when listening to Jazz because it’s such a team effort. You start researching every beautiful song. Who is playing bass? Is…
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Song of the Year-Screw Ya’ll by Styles P and Scram Jones
Song of the Year-Screw Ya’ll by Styles P and Scram Jones by Dan-O Styles P is someone you always have to listen for. He goes through periods where his beat selection doesn’t quite mesh with his style but he always seems to come back to the best version of himself. Over the course of over…
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