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Various Artists :: Planet Rap: A Sample of the World

Matt JostJuly 7, 2015

While hip-hop and rap outside of the US had been present for a few years, news of it got around to the mass media in the early 1990s. MTV played an important ro... Read More...

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P.M. Dawn :: Of the Heart, of the Soul, and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience

Patrick TaylorJune 9, 2015

For a time in the late eighties and early nineties, many people involved in hip-hop thought that the number one threat to the culture was hip-hop going pop. Hip... Read More...

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7.5

Saafir :: Boxcar Sessions

Matt JostJune 2, 2015

Saafir went into the game prepared like few others of his generation. He snatched The Source's Unsigned Hype honors in August 1992, he interned at Digital Under... Read More...

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Big Moe :: City of Syrup

Matt JostApril 7, 2015

As DJ Screw and his roundtable of rappers (eventually known as the Screwed Up Click) continuously expanded beyond Houston's Southside with the legendary Screw t... Read More...

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Hus Kingpin :: The Cognac Tape

Grant JonesMarch 10, 2015

Rappers love their drink. Names such as Hennessy and Courvoisier have been used as substitutes for gaudy jewelry and flash sports cars for many years now, beco... Read More...

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Method Man :: Tical

Grant JonesFebruary 10, 2015

Given Method Man featured heavily on the recent Wu-Tang Clan album "A Better Tomorrow", and is due to release his oft-delayed fifth solo effort "Crystal Meth" ... Read More...

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Reviews

Brother Ali :: Satisfied Soul

Fat Joe :: The World Changed On Me

The Alchemist :: The Alchemist Sandwich

P.M. Dawn :: Of the Heart, of the Soul, and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience

Saafir :: Boxcar Sessions

Big Moe :: City of Syrup

Hus Kingpin :: The Cognac Tape

Method Man :: Tical