Matt Jost

6.5

Paris :: Safe Space Invader

Matt JostOctober 27, 2020

Hip-Hop listeners of a certain age can easily get the feeling that rap wrote the soundtrack to current events decades ago. There may even be some of us who may... Read More...

LPReview

7.5

Viro the Virus :: From Jersey to Germany

Matt JostSeptember 29, 2020

At the earlier stages of the global pandemic that has 2020 in its grip, I contemplated a lightheartedly educational post with songs that might provide a bit of... Read More...

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It’s Time to Cancel This Horror Show

Matt JostSeptember 29, 2020

Four years ago I wrote a little piece that was meant to, with the simplest of means, highlight and question hip-hop's relationship with a certain presidential ... Read More...

Editorials

6.5

Rigz & Mooch :: The Only Way Out

Matt JostSeptember 15, 2020

A crime wave crashes against the East Coast rap shores with increasing force. Rap as shady as backyard deals, bargain basement lawyers, crooked officials and f... Read More...

LPReview

8

MJG :: No More Glory

Matt JostJuly 14, 2020

You have to hand it to MJG, creatively setting the so-called confederate flag ablaze in 1997 gave rap music one of its potentially most political album covers.... Read More...

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6

YG’z :: Street Nigga

Matt JostJune 30, 2020

"My town is really quaint But we ain't no saints" (Heavy D, "Moneyearnin' Mount Vernon") I hold a special place in my memory for Heavy D's above introduc... Read More...

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