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Willie D :: Controversy

Matt JostFebruary 13, 2001

Rap and controversy are like two once tight school buddies who have grown up and grown apart. But occasionally you can still catch them together doing their th... Read More...

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Raekwon :: Immobilarity

Mr. SFebruary 6, 2001

Once an artist has dropped a classic album, they are held up to the unfair expectations to do so again with each release in the future. Anything short causes ra... Read More...

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Raekwon :: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…

Mr. SFebruary 3, 2001

In 1995, hardcore hip hop was dominated by two factions: the gangstas of the West coast, and the gritty thugs that came out of the East. Although Kool G Rap fou... Read More...

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Shafiyq :: Da Big Apple 2 Da Big Orange

Steve 'Flash' JuonJanuary 30, 2001

The normally reliable tome of underground hip-hop once known as Ego Trip magazine said that Lord Shafiyq's only contribution to the world of rap was 1987's clas... Read More...

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6.5

K.M.D. :: Black Bastards

Steve 'Flash' JuonAugust 1, 2000

Did you think this album was lost for all time? Did you think that it was relegated to sporadic twelve inch reissues of missing songs by MF Doom, a.k.a. Zev Lov... Read More...

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7.5

The Beatnuts :: Intoxicated Demons EP

DJ FatboyJuly 19, 2000

I could write this huge, convoluted intro about the history of Psycho Les, Ju Ju, and Fashion. I could write about their history with the Native Tongues, their ... 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

Willie D :: Controversy

Raekwon :: Immobilarity

Raekwon :: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…

Shafiyq :: Da Big Apple 2 Da Big Orange

K.M.D. :: Black Bastards

The Beatnuts :: Intoxicated Demons EP