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7.5

Lewis Parker :: The Puzzle: Episode Two – The Glass Ceiling

Matt JostNovember 17, 2015

Lewis Parker's is a humbling presence. If you think you're dedicated to this hip-hop thing, I guarantee you that Lewis Parker is twice as dedicated. Commitment ... Read More...

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7.5

Ghetto :: Freedom of Speech

Grant JonesOctober 10, 2015

For American readers who recall the remix to Pharoahe Monch's legendary "Simon Says", imagine a full project from that Busta Rhymes, one that maintains such an ... Read More...

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4.5

Azealia Banks :: Fantasea

Steve 'Flash' JuonSeptember 22, 2015

Last year's Azealia Banks review by Jesal reminded me that Azealia had some other releases we hadn't covered - one of which was her free "Fantasea" mixtape. Hav... Read More...

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3.5

Richard Blackwood :: You’ll Love to Hate This

Grant JonesJuly 21, 2015

This is as close as the UK has had to a British Will Smith, and that's a stretch considering the vast gulf in popularity that "Big Willie" has garnered over the... Read More...

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7.5

Various Artists :: Planet Rap: A Sample of the World

Matt JostJuly 7, 2015

While hip-hop and rap outside of the US had been present for a few years, news of it got around to the mass media in the early 1990s. MTV played an important ro... Read More...

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7

P.M. Dawn :: Of the Heart, of the Soul, and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience

Patrick TaylorJune 9, 2015

For a time in the late eighties and early nineties, many people involved in hip-hop thought that the number one threat to the culture was hip-hop going pop. Hip... Read More...

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Reviews

Roc Marciano :: Marciology

Yung Tory :: Still Here

7xvn :: 7 Ways to Die

Lewis Parker :: The Puzzle: Episode Two – The Glass Ceiling

Ghetto :: Freedom of Speech

Azealia Banks :: Fantasea

Richard Blackwood :: You’ll Love to Hate This

P.M. Dawn :: Of the Heart, of the Soul, and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience