Sam Jacoby

7.5

M-1 :: Confidential

Sam JacobyApril 11, 2006

Dead Prez, the duo M-1 and Stic.man, has tried to foster as uncomfortable a relationship as possible with suburban hip-hop fans. Though they made a valiant eff... Read More...

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5.5

Edgar Allen Floe :: Floe Almighty

Sam JacobyMarch 28, 2006

His name itself, Edgar Allen Floe, is a challenge. First, a five-syllable moniker is a statement unto itself. It calls attention to its wearer, begging for con... Read More...

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7

El Da Sensei :: The Unusual

Sam JacobyFebruary 21, 2006

I grin every time I think about how old I was when some of the harder hitting MC's put out their first records. I was four when Dr. Dre was splitting wax, eigh... Read More...

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3

JD Walker :: Them Get You… Them Got You

Sam JacobyFebruary 7, 2006

Will anyone listen to it? A few more artists should be seriously asking themselves that silly seeming question, especially these days, when anything seems to g... Read More...

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6.5

Malkovich Music :: Skeletons

Sam JacobyJanuary 31, 2006

Coming back from visiting family in an old age home in Florida, I wasn't much in the mood for "Skeletons", Malkovich Music's debut album. I'd passed enough ben... Read More...

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4

Kruekid :: Raisin in the Sun

Sam JacobyJanuary 24, 2006

Hip-hop has earned a reputation, at least among the admirers of more sophisticated music genres, of being simplistic and uncouth - of being unabashedly unmusica... Read More...

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