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8Ball :: Life’s Quest

Pete T.August 8, 2012

8Ball's a regional hero and an underground legend, a veteran of two decades and a Southern innovator responsible for putting Memphis on the hip hop map. After ... Read More...

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6.5

Childish Gambino :: Sick Boi

Steve 'Flash' JuonJuly 31, 2012

Even though Childish Gambino recently blew up with a major label album, the actor turned rapper had been dropping free mixtapes for years, dating back to "Sick... Read More...

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7.5

Frank Ocean :: nostalgia, ULTRA

Steve 'Flash' JuonJuly 31, 2012

No pun intended, but this is a bit of an odd album. This is the album that really blew Frank Ocean up in a big way. This is the album Jay-Z was listening to wh... Read More...

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5

B-Pos :: Pos Tapes – The Album

Matthew 'Matt G' GutwilligJuly 31, 2012

Conscious rap has played an important element of hip-hop culture since the early 1980's. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's "The Message" was the first c... Read More...

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8.5

Ab-Soul :: Control System

Zach GaseJuly 31, 2012

"I guess the Mayans wasn't lying 2012 my world ended You used to say that I could see the future You was wrong, cuz you was in it And I was just with you the d... Read More...

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6

A-Wax :: Everybody Loves Me Chapter 1

Steve 'Flash' JuonJuly 31, 2012

A-Wax has the California hard knock bio you've probably heard before, save for the fact he came from a neighborhood called Pittsburg that's nowhere near Pennsyl... Read More...

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Reviews

Smif-N-Wessun :: Infinity

Blaque Spurm :: Spurmacidal Tendencies

Low Profile :: We’re In This Together

8Ball :: Life’s Quest

Childish Gambino :: Sick Boi

Frank Ocean :: nostalgia, ULTRA

B-Pos :: Pos Tapes – The Album

Ab-Soul :: Control System

A-Wax :: Everybody Loves Me Chapter 1