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8.5

Tricky :: Pre-Millennium Tension

Patrick TaylorOctober 23, 2012

British rapper Tricky first made a name for himself as part of Bristol's Wild Bunch, which morphed into Massive Attack. After rapping on that group's albums "... Read More...

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7.5

Rebel MC : Black Meaning Good

Matt JostOctober 16, 2012

Although he had already rapped about the now epic 'EastEnders' soap opera as early as 1987 (in a typically gimmicky mid-'80s rap tune that went absolutely nowh... Read More...

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8

Roots Manuva :: Brand New Second Hand

Patrick TaylorOctober 9, 2012

There are almost a million British Jamaicans living in the UK, many of whom either came over or are the children of people who came over in the 1950s when the ... Read More...

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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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8

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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Reviews

Snoop Dogg :: Missionary

DMX :: Let Us Pray: Chapter X

Bobby Jimmy and the Critters :: Ugly Knuckle Butt

Tricky :: Pre-Millennium Tension

Rebel MC : Black Meaning Good

Roots Manuva :: Brand New Second Hand

Us3 :: Broadway & 52nd

Phi-Life Cypher :: Millenium Metaphors

A+ :: The Latch-Key Child