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Skrein :: The Eat Up

Grant JonesNovember 18, 2014

Skrein sounds like a nasty, dirty piece of filth yet until he released 2009's "The Eat Up", his tracks felt like warm hugs on a cold day. Timid, affable rhymes ... Read More...

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6.5

Verb T :: Verbs With a Vengeance

Grant JonesNovember 18, 2014

At school I recall being taught that a verb is a "doing word". It's hard to think of a guy who isn't constantly "doing hip hop" more than Verb T - since he eme... Read More...

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6.5

Kingpin :: The Initiative

Grant JonesNovember 18, 2014

You know that feeling you get when Twista jumps on a beat and his words combine so as to sound like he is saying one long word, every bar? It's a beautiful mom... Read More...

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7.5

Donnie Propa & Scor-Zay-Zee :: Best of Scorzayzee Volume 1

Grant JonesNovember 18, 2014

Scor-Zay-Zee is a name that is revered in the UK, despite having never put out an album. You have got to have some huge cajones to drop a "Best of" mixtape tha... Read More...

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7.5

Chemo :: Squirrelz With Gunz

Grant JonesNovember 4, 2014

2007 was a great time for UK hip hop as there was something for everybody. Champions of the genre such as Sway and Foreign Beggars still garnered attention fro... Read More...

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Smoke DZA & 183rd :: Ringside EP

Steve 'Flash' JuonOctober 21, 2014

Every now and then theRapReviews staff will debate the merits of what belongs in the Back to the Lab category. Though the ostensible purpose of its existence i... Read More...

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Reviews

Tory Lanez :: PETERSON

Ganksta NIP :: Psychotic Genius

Lordz of Brooklyn :: All in the Family

Skrein :: The Eat Up

Verb T :: Verbs With a Vengeance

Kingpin :: The Initiative

Donnie Propa & Scor-Zay-Zee :: Best of Scorzayzee Volume 1

Chemo :: Squirrelz With Gunz

Smoke DZA & 183rd :: Ringside EP