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Album Review: Price of Pain by Dave East & Harry Fraud
After delivering HOFFA five years ago today, Dave East reunites with Harry Fraud once more, continuing the tradition of handing whole albums to one…
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Termaine M. Scott
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Milestones: The House Is Burning by Isaiah Rashad
TDE’s first Southern signee returns from five years inside addiction with the bounciest album of his career. He swears it is his saddest yet, and he is…
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Phil
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Milestones: Ridin’ Dirty by UGK
Jive Records put out UGK’s third album without a video, a single, or a press plan, and it went gold on word of mouth anyway.
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Asa McKenzie
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J. Cole Turned the House Lights On In Baltimore
Amid a front-loaded run through The Fall-Off, Cole called for the house lights, ran a five-state roll call, and asked Baltimore to pretend it was from…
Jul 29
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Kamaria Jules
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Wednesday Roundups #159: 25 New Projects You Should Listen to Now
Listen to new releases from Kenyon Dixon, Bootsy Collins & Buckethead, Nick Hakim, Felix Ames, Corey King, Marco Benevento, Chenayder, Denise Julia…
Jul 29
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Album Review: GOD BLESSING ALL THE FAT NIGGAS 2 by BFB Da Packman
A Flint mail carrier turned rap’s filthiest comedian checks his MyChart between strip-club anthems. The punchlines and the confessions come out of the…
Jul 28
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Kamarion
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Album Review: The Universe Is Watching by Buddy Rockwell
On a solo project he produced end-to-end and raps himself, FAZE.ONE writes brusque, sermonizing advice rap that keeps collapsing into an indictment of…
Jul 28
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Daliah Green
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Album Review: I’ll Believe It When I See It by Dave Blunts
Performing from a chair with an oxygen tank nearby, the Davenport, Iowa rapper turns broke friends, dirty cups, and two exes into melodic trap…
Jul 28
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Kevin Matthews
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The Handguide to R&B Concept Albums (‘80s Edition)
This guide counts “concept album” in two ways. Some of these records tell a story or use a formal device from front to back; others hold one…
Jul 28
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Brandon O'Sullivan
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Album Review: Rite of Passage by insyt.
The Canadian rapper-producer made most of these beats himself and raps over them about staying alive as day labor. He carries the weight his verses…
Jul 27
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Lance “LX” Brooks
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Album Review: Kingdom Music for the Hard Rocks by Cargo Cults
Over Zilla Rocca’s hard production, the New York MC swaps wisdom for arcade quarters and funeral suits, a bracing and very funny account of what your…
Jul 27
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Phil
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Album Review: Greed Tastes Like Power by SUBSTANCE810
SUBSTANCE810 raps about money as maintenance work here, from credit repair to reinvested checks to a box truck at the post office.
Jul 27
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Harry Brown
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