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8.5

BRBRCK :: Backstage

Sy ShacklefordJune 28, 2016

The Brooklyn-based emcee named BRBRCK (that's pronounced "Ber-Ber-Rock", y'all) is more of a bohemian hip-hop artist than I realized. Not only does he use live ... Read More...

LPReview

7

Azealia Banks :: Slay-Z

Patrick TaylorMay 17, 2016

Azealia Banks is a prime example of how sometimes we are our own worst enemy and how unchecked anger can be incredibly self-destructive. By any measure Banks is... Read More...

EPReview

5.5

Rapper Shane :: Too Busy to Be This Broke

Steve 'Flash' JuonApril 26, 2016

He should theoretically be too busy to record an album too then right? Well perhaps that's why Rapper Shane recorded an EP. Hailing from the Southern state o... Read More...

EPReview

6

Andrew Bigs :: Think Bigs

Steve 'Flash' JuonMarch 22, 2016

Andrew Bigs benefits from the coincidence that his publicist promoted to me that the San Jose based rapper would be performing at SXSW this year. Now I say coin... Read More...

LPReview

6.5

Big Chess :: I Got Your Back

Sy ShacklefordMarch 15, 2016

The spoken word over a smooth-jazz backdrop has come to be considered a proto-form of hip-hop. If any one single artist personified this best, it's Gil Scott-He... Read More...

LPReview

5.5

Mic Taylor :: Mansa Mic

Steve 'Flash' JuonFebruary 9, 2016

Mic Taylor can't help sounding a little bit like Lupe Fiasco. True they're both from Chicago, and both have a similar vocal tone and delivery, but there's also ... Read More...

MixtapeReview

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Dillon & Batsauce :: What Have We Done

Bigg Cy (Gunslinguz) Interview

BRBRCK :: Backstage

Azealia Banks :: Slay-Z

Rapper Shane :: Too Busy to Be This Broke

Andrew Bigs :: Think Bigs

Big Chess :: I Got Your Back

Mic Taylor :: Mansa Mic