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8.5

Blade :: The Lion Goes From Strength to Strength (No Compromise)

Matt JostNovember 15, 2016

There was once a young man determined to put out a rap record. Now a hip-hop veteran, Blade tells his story in the sleeve notes that accompany the 2010 reissue ... Read More...

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8

Mark B & Blade :: The Unknown

Matt JostNovember 8, 2016

During the 1990s, British rapper Blade was among the few who kept hip-hop alive in a country that couldn't seem to forget the golden days of rock, reincarnated ... Read More...

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Wiley :: The Ascent

Steve 'Flash' JuonNovember 1, 2016

Some call Wiley (born Richard Kylea Cowie) the "Godfather of Grime." That's all well and fine if you know the grime genre, but even its North American advocates... Read More...

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7.5

Skreintax :: Scene Stealers

Matt JostNovember 1, 2016

Subject matter seems like one of those abstract terms critics use to turn a meaningful whole into a boring, bureaucratic set of technical categories. That is, u... Read More...

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8

Kool G Rap :: 4, 5, 6

Steve 'Flash' JuonOctober 25, 2016

Already a hip-hop legend by 1995, Nathaniel Wilson b/k/a Kool G Rap had the unfortunate dilemma of being too big to be on a tiny imprint and too notorious to be... Read More...

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Lord Finesse :: The Awakening

Matt JostOctober 18, 2016

Moving as quickly as ever, the rap game had all but forgotten about Lord Finesse by 1994. It was up to the artist to bring himself back into play, first with a ... Read More...

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Reviews

Roc Marciano :: Marciology

Yung Tory :: Still Here

7xvn :: 7 Ways to Die

Blade :: The Lion Goes From Strength to Strength (No Compromise)

Mark B & Blade :: The Unknown

Wiley :: The Ascent

Skreintax :: Scene Stealers

Kool G Rap :: 4, 5, 6

Lord Finesse :: The Awakening