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Typical Cats :: Typical Cats

Adam M. LevinApril 15, 2008

Chicago Hip-Hop is almost as varied as the people who make it. As a suburban tagalong who showed up at plenty of open mics and small venue concerts in high sch... Read More...

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Klashnekoff :: Lionheart: Tussle With the Beast

Jay SoulApril 8, 2008

There are various ways to address the "tricky second album" that everyone seems so concerned with nowadays - perhaps because artists are generally one album wo... Read More...

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Smif-N-Wessun :: Dah Shinin’

Steve 'Flash' JuonApril 8, 2008

As much as I enjoyed their raps on Black Moon's "Enta Da Stage" in 1993, I considered Smif-N-Wessun an unproven commodity with only one hit single ("Bucktown") ... Read More...

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George Clinton :: Computer Games

Steve 'Flash' JuonApril 8, 2008

"Flash, why are you reviewing _Computer Games_ on RapReviews? That's NOT a rap album." Well dear reader you'd be right, technically speaking. George Clinton is... Read More...

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C-Rayz Walz :: Ravipops (The Substance)

Justin 'Tha Shiznute' ChandlerApril 1, 2008

In 2001 the New York underground record label Def(initive) Jux gained popularity through a strange, but artistically profound disc "The Cold Vein," by the grou... Read More...

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9.5

Rakim :: The 18th Letter

Justin 'Tha Shiznute' ChandlerApril 1, 2008

There is a special aura around Rakim that makes him one of hip-hop music's elite artists of all-time. As a fan of the music, it is impossible to disregard any ... 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

Typical Cats :: Typical Cats

Klashnekoff :: Lionheart: Tussle With the Beast

Smif-N-Wessun :: Dah Shinin’

George Clinton :: Computer Games

C-Rayz Walz :: Ravipops (The Substance)

Rakim :: The 18th Letter