Patrick Taylor

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Flying Lotus :: Until the Quiet Comes

Patrick TaylorOctober 23, 2012

Stephen Ellison, AKA Flying Lotus has been deconstructing and embellishing instrumental hip-hop since his 2006 debut, "1983." His 2010 album "Cosmogramma" was h... Read More...

InstrumentalReview

8.5

Tricky :: Pre-Millennium Tension

Patrick TaylorOctober 23, 2012

British rapper Tricky first made a name for himself as part of Bristol's Wild Bunch, which morphed into Massive Attack. After rapping on that group's albums "... Read More...

Back to the LabLPReview

6.5

Zion I :: ShadowBoxinglp

Patrick TaylorOctober 16, 2012

Oakland hip-hop duo Zion I have been making music together for fifteen years. The duo has always been a balancing act: producer AmpLive balances hip-hop and el... Read More...

LPReview

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Roots Manuva :: Brand New Second Hand

Patrick TaylorOctober 9, 2012

There are almost a million British Jamaicans living in the UK, many of whom either came over or are the children of people who came over in the 1950s when the ... Read More...

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Death Grips :: No Love Deep Web

Patrick TaylorOctober 9, 2012

What the hell was Epic Records thinking when they signed Sacramento punk/noise/rap act Death Grips? They were probably thinking, "with a little finessing, we c... Read More...

LPReview

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Wretch 32 :: Wretchercise

Patrick TaylorOctober 2, 2012

Wretch 32 is kind of a big deal in the UK. He came up in the London grime scene before moving in a more mainstream direction with his 2011 sophomore album, "Bl... Read More...

MixtapeReview