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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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7.5

Saafir :: Boxcar Sessions

Matt JostJune 2, 2015

Saafir went into the game prepared like few others of his generation. He snatched The Source's Unsigned Hype honors in August 1992, he interned at Digital Under... Read More...

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Reviews

Snoop Dogg :: Missionary

DMX :: Let Us Pray: Chapter X

Bobby Jimmy and the Critters :: Ugly Knuckle Butt

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

Saafir :: Boxcar Sessions