Patrick Taylor

8.5

Various Artists :: Soul 7

Patrick TaylorJuly 10, 2012

This is a review of the digital reissue of a 7" box set reissue of seven obscure funk singles from the seventies. It is also one of the first releases given to ... Read More...

CompilationReview

6.5

Maundz :: Zero

Patrick TaylorJuly 3, 2012

The influence of early nineties New York hip-hop on Australian hip-hop is so pronounced that you can probably track down a Patient Zero who was the first one t... Read More...

LPReview

7.5

House Shoes :: Let It Go

Patrick TaylorJune 26, 2012

Michael Buchanan, better known by his DJ name House Shoes, is Detroit's hip-hop ambassador. He's produced and toured with many of Detroit's better known underg... Read More...

LPReview

8

Illogic and Blockhead :: Preparing For Capture

Patrick TaylorJune 19, 2012

New York producer Anthony "Blockhead" Simon has been making hip-hop beats since the days of dial-up. He was a frequent collaborator with Aesop Rock, and has al... Read More...

EPReview

4.5

Harn Solo :: Shooting Star

Patrick TaylorJune 19, 2012

In an interview on the public radio show Bullseye recently, Ice-T described how in the 1980s, you could buy every hip-hop album that came out, since only a han... Read More...

LPReview

8

Clams Casino :: Instrumental Mixtape 2

Patrick TaylorJune 12, 2012

There are two divergent trends in hip-hop production these days. On the one hand you have producers getting noisier and noisier. Death Grips, El-P, and Bigg Jus... Read More...

InstrumentalReview