Matt Jost

8.5

Blade :: The Lion Goes From Strength to Strength (No Compromise)

Matt JostNovember 15, 2016

There was once a young man determined to put out a rap record. Now a hip-hop veteran, Blade tells his story in the sleeve notes that accompany the 2010 reissue ... Read More...

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8

Mark B & Blade :: The Unknown

Matt JostNovember 8, 2016

During the 1990s, British rapper Blade was among the few who kept hip-hop alive in a country that couldn't seem to forget the golden days of rock, reincarnated ... Read More...

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7.5

Skreintax :: Scene Stealers

Matt JostNovember 1, 2016

Subject matter seems like one of those abstract terms critics use to turn a meaningful whole into a boring, bureaucratic set of technical categories. That is, u... Read More...

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7.5

Lord Finesse :: The Remixes: A Midas Era Retrospective

Matt JostNovember 1, 2016

The remix provided one of the first playgrounds for the species known as rap nerd. Knowing those rearranged tunes that were remarkably - or even just marginally... Read More...

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8

Lord Finesse :: The Awakening

Matt JostOctober 18, 2016

Moving as quickly as ever, the rap game had all but forgotten about Lord Finesse by 1994. It was up to the artist to bring himself back into play, first with a ... Read More...

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J. Stalin :: I Shoulda Stayed in School

Matt JostOctober 4, 2016

They say that hindsight is 20/20. The title of J. Stalin's summer offering (an intermediary release before celebrating his breakthrough year 2006 with "On Behal... Read More...

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