Category: Reviews
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Cohiba Season Takes It Up a Notch On Part 2 of his On Air Series (Album Review)
It’s officially Cohiba Season, word to On Air 2. Cohiba put out part 1 almost 3 years ago, a meditative piece full of honesty and self awareness. After countless recording sessions, Part 2 has finally impacted. Cohiba went in a totally new direction on this one, using Santalus, Jay Cornell & Chuck Kennedy’s high energy production…
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This Week in Hip-Hop: Missy Elliott’s The Cookbook
Any time I see a comment, post or editorial written about the Queen of female emcees, I find myself shaking my head at the masses. I don’t think that my opinion holds any more weight than the next, but I give credit when credit is due. Nicki Minaj and Lil’ Kim seem to be all…
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KuuL Helped Me Believe Happiness Is Possible In His New Album ‘The Offering’ (Review)
With all of the lackluster music that has garnered millions of plays on SoundCloud, there are still gems, and New York’s KuuL is here to prove it. I featured him on my recent compilation tape, but it was no favor to him. It was more of a favor to me, as I’ve been a fan…
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Boarding Club – “Wyd” + “100 bands” (Double Drop + Review)
After recently meeting Tony Lewis and his friend David, I began following their music and while taking the time to learn more and more about them as individuals. Philadelphia’s own Boarding Club members $tonez and Young David have released two new tracks this month, both which are very tasteful. $tonez releases his version of “WYD,”…
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Casscade – #LivingInTheMoment (New Project + Review)
A flawless project is hard to come by, especially if it’s off SoundCloud by an artist that has barely cracked 250 followers. Casscade first drew our attention from his submission Favourite Girl which dropped this past February. We gave it a great review , and knew great things were on the horizon for the North West London emcee. Others…
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Adam Reverie – Passion (Video + Review)
Adam Reverie is celebrated amongst all of my blogger friends. From Justice (of the Demotape.com) to Joe Hovas, (joehovasmf.com) everyone seems to have caught on to his undeniable talent. When I started my first blog in 2011, Adam was one of the first artists that reached out to me. His first submission was Black Boy…
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Izzy Strange – A Good Day 2 B The Bad Guy (New Project + Review)
Dropping 6 singles before the release of an album is unconventional at best. Pennsylvania’s Izzy Strange did it anyway. Why wouldn’t he with features from Blu, Mick Jenkins, and Nate Fox? It all worked out as his sophomore album A Good Day 2 B The Bad Guy is flawless. Izzy sent me an apt description of the…
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Revisiting Clipse’s Debut Album ‘Lord Willin’ (Editorial + Track By Track Review)
The early 2000’s were full of excellent hip hop albums. At the start of the 21st century we were blessed with the Marshall Mathers LP, which became the fastest selling studio album by a solo artist in American music history. 2000 also saw Supreme Clientele (Ghostface Killah) Stankonia (Outkast) Train Of Thought (Talib Kweli +…
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