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Review: Frank N Dank, “Xtended Play version 3.13”
Frank N Dank Xtended Play version 3.13 Chisel Sound It has been a little while since we’ve heard from the Detroit rap duo. Their last appearance was on Jaylib’s 2003 project, Champion Sound. That same year, FND also put out … Continue reading
Review: Lupe Fiasco, “Food & Liquor”
On Food & Liquor Lupe aka Lupin III is painfully conscious of his otherness, a skateboarding, drug-and-alcohol free Muslim amidst a generation of self-proclaimed crack rappers. Continue reading
Review: Lyrics Born, “Overnite Encore: Lyrics Born Live!”
Lyrics Born Overnite Encore: Lyrics Born Live! Quannum Like the snow leopard, the flying pig and the honest politician, the live hip-hop album is a very rare beast. No need to wonder why – the fact is that much hip-hop … Continue reading
Review: Tres presents “Shipping and Handling”
Tres presents Shipping and Handling Tres Records Tres Records is being nice. With the release of Shipping and Handling, the L.A. imprint unleashes all of the B-sides, rarities and remixes it previously released exclusively on wax. As the number of … Continue reading
Review: Planet Asia, “The Medicine”
Planet Asia The Medicine ABB West Coast battle rapper Planet Asia is not a team player — in fact, he’s kind of a hip-hop counterpart to basketball showboat Kobe Bryant — and his rap persona will typically outshine anyone who … Continue reading
Review: Nicolay, “Here”
Nicolay Here BBE Whether as a metaphor to the fact that Netherlands producer Nicolay has “made it” in the music world, or an allusion to his recent move to North Carolina, for the listener, Here is not always where you … Continue reading
Review: Peanut Butter Wolf presents “Chrome Children”
Peanut Butter Wolf presents Chrome Children Stones Throw There are many things in this world that you can only understand if you’re, well, really high. The Friday series might be one of them. James Joyce would be another. And, judging … Continue reading
Review: DJ Shadow, “The Outsider”
DJ Shadow The Outsider Universal Remember the game we played as children, when we tried to catch our own shadow? Those shadows were as elusive as DJ Shadow’s The Outsider, an album that refuses to be caught in simple genre … Continue reading
Review: Zion-I & the Grouch, “Heroes in the City of Dope”
Heroes in the City of Dope, a collabo featuring Zion-I and Grouch of Living Legends, shows that MC Zion and producer Amp Live are fumbling to find a happy middle ground.
Review: Four Tet, “Remixes”
Four Tet Remixes Domino It is hard to put into words that which escapes them. Beauty is one word, and genius is another for the music of Kieran Hebden, otherwise known as the one man sound machine behind the Four … Continue reading
Review: Mojoe, “Classic.Ghetto.Soul”
Mojoe Classic.Ghetto.Soul Music World The Lone Star State is something like a Petri dish, culturing a duo of super soulful MCs that comprise the group Mojoe. With the release of Classic.Ghetto.Soul, Easy Lee and Tre along with the Mojoe Family … Continue reading
Review: Dan the Automator, “2K7”
Dan the Automator presents 2K7 Decon When you pay a bunch of top-caliber rappers ridiculous amounts of money to create the soundtrack for a basketball-themed video game, you’re gonna get thirteen tracks that sound, well, strained. That’s not to say … Continue reading