Grant Jones

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Recognize Ali :: As You Sow So Shall You Reap

Grant JonesApril 30, 2024

With an album title lifted straight from the notepad of Vinnie Paz, Recognize Ali caught me off guard with this one. He’s been improving year-on-year, eve... Read More...

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7.5

Locksmith :: No Atheists in Foxholes

Grant JonesApril 23, 2024

I mean this in the nicest way possible, but Locksmith albums can sometimes be a hard sell. Over the last decade, we’ve had everything from frank admissions of ... Read More...

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6.5

Da Fly Hooligan :: There’s Hooli and There’s Everyone Else

Grant JonesApril 16, 2024

Luxury rap, or as London's Da Flyy Hooligan describes it, "gourmet rap", is often credited as a byproduct of Roc Marciano and Westside Gunn's influence in the ... Read More...

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6.5

Mista Sinista :: ReBorn

Grant JonesApril 2, 2024

Turntablism has been underappreciated for decades now, but there was a brief period at the turn of the millennium when it flirted with the mainstream. The DMC ... Read More...

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6.5

DJ Akil & Starvin B :: Planetary Underworld

Grant JonesMarch 26, 2024

Underground Hip-Hop continues to thrive, with each generation influencing the next one, but let's not beat around the bush, there is an element of diminishing ... Read More...

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King Kashmere :: Sounds Like Home

Grant JonesMarch 19, 2024

There is this growing notion that humanity has already peaked. No matter where you look, this wistful yearning for the past seeps into everything we consume. M... Read More...

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