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6.5

Us3 :: Broadway & 52nd

Pete T.October 2, 2012

Hip-Hop has always been reverent of jazz, yet oftentimes rap producers use jazz sampling as mere means to a new end. The masters from Pete Rock to Buckwild to ... Read More...

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6.5

Phi-Life Cypher :: Millenium Metaphors

Matt JostOctober 2, 2012

In 2008 RapReviews writer Jay Soul was so thrilled by the Olympic Summer Games he used them to describe the historic event in hip-hop that was Dr. Dre's "The Ch... Read More...

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A+ :: The Latch-Key Child

Pete T.September 25, 2012

Teenage rappers are a phenomenon almost as old as hip hop itself, and the most lucrative were those marketed to a teeny-boppers' audience. If one looks back at ... Read More...

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6.5

Childish Gambino :: Sick Boi

Steve 'Flash' JuonJuly 31, 2012

Even though Childish Gambino recently blew up with a major label album, the actor turned rapper had been dropping free mixtapes for years, dating back to "Sick... Read More...

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7.5

Frank Ocean :: nostalgia, ULTRA

Steve 'Flash' JuonJuly 31, 2012

No pun intended, but this is a bit of an odd album. This is the album that really blew Frank Ocean up in a big way. This is the album Jay-Z was listening to wh... Read More...

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6.5

Ill Al Skratch :: Creep Wit’ Me

Pete T.July 17, 2012

One surefire litmus test if probing '90s hip hop smarts is whether one knows that Ill Al Skratch is in fact not an individual, but rather a duo. While their na... Read More...

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Reviews

Freeway & Jake One :: The Stimulus Package 2

A-F-R-O x Stu Bangas :: The Bad and The Ugly

Westside Gunn :: Still Praying

Us3 :: Broadway & 52nd

Phi-Life Cypher :: Millenium Metaphors

A+ :: The Latch-Key Child

Childish Gambino :: Sick Boi

Frank Ocean :: nostalgia, ULTRA

Ill Al Skratch :: Creep Wit’ Me