Patrick Taylor

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Kaigen21Meiso :: Root Is the New Leaf

Patrick TaylorMarch 30, 2010

Kaigen21Meiso is a collaboration between Tokyo rapper Kaigen and Honolulu-based rapper Meiso. Both MCs have been active in the experimental hip hop scene, and ... Read More...

LPReview

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Madlib :: Madlib’s Medicine Show #2: Flight to Brazil

Patrick TaylorMarch 23, 2010

Otis Jackson, Jr., aka Madlib, aka Quasimoto, aka Yesterday's New Quintet, is nothing if not prolific. In late 2009 he announced his Medicine Show idea for 2010... Read More...

InstrumentalReview

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Z-Man :: Show Up, Shut Up, and Rap EP

Patrick TaylorMarch 16, 2010

Bay Area rapper Z-Man was the highlight of 2008's excellent "Sneak Preview" comp. At the time, I wrote that Z-Man's label, Machete Vox, was "what hip hop shoul... Read More...

EPReview

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Count Bass D & DJ Pocket :: In the Loop

Patrick TaylorMarch 9, 2010

Count Bass D and DJ Pocket's motto for twenty-ten is "activity," and "In the Pocket" is the first product of this motto. It's also my first encounter with the ... Read More...

LPReview

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Mann :: Hated

Patrick TaylorMarch 2, 2010

"Hated" is the third album from Detroit rapper Mann, AKA Metro AKA Macidsadour. If the title of the album doesn't give you enough of an idea where Mann is com... Read More...

LPReview

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Dillon :: Cupid’s Revenge: The Ain’t Shit Suite

Patrick TaylorFebruary 23, 2010

Just two months after "Studies In Hunger," his LP with Paten Locke, Dillon is back with a five-song suite about love and outerspace. This time around he teams ... Read More...

LPReview