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Vic Mensa Shows He’s Not A Kid Anymore On His Inventive ‘INNANETAPE’ Mixtape
The past year has been an up and down ride for Vic Mensa. The 19-year-old rapper was a member of Kids These Days, a group of teenage musicians that blended rock and rap with ease, scoring an appearance on Conan and collaborating with artists like Wilco's Jeff Tweedy...
Pusha T Finds His Lane As A Solo Artist On The Grandiose ‘My Name Is My Name’
Pusha T 'My Name Is My Name' Review
Nelly Gets Lost In The Shuffle On ‘M.O.’
Throughout the early 2000’s, Nelly was a force to be reckoned with. He churned out hit after hit, produced a series of multiplatinum albums, and was considered one of the most successful artists of the decade in many circles. These successes only make the St. Loui...
Meek Mill Keeps It Consistent With His ‘Dreamchasers 3′ Mixtape
Meek Mill has come a long way from Flamers. The Philadelphia rhyme-slinger has grown tremendously in the last years, developing from a local North Philly artist to a major player in one of hip-hops hottest labels, Maybach Music Group. Since the Flamers series, to Mr...
Danny Brown Battles His Demons On The Powerful And Haunting ‘Old’
Danny Brown Battles His Demons On The Powerful And Haunting 'Old'
Deltron 3030 Is Back From the Future With ‘Event II’
This year’s biggest hip-hop releases—from Drake’s Nothing Was The Same to Jay Z’s Magna Carta Holy Grail—were driven by a desire to capitalize on today’s social media-centered zeitgeist. This is a necessary tactic when you’re trying to make a case as a central voice in media and pop culture, and both those albums succeeded in their goals to varying degrees. What makes the quietly anticipated Event
Drake Makes His Claim For The Throne With ‘Nothing Was The Same’
Drake Makes His Claim For The Throne With 'Nothing Was The Same'
Flatbush Zombies Show Signs Of Life On ‘Better Off Dead’ Mixtape
Since grabbing the attention of many opening for A$AP Rocky at his first headlining show in NYC two years ago, the Flatbush Zombies have cemented themselves as leaders in the Beast Coast movement. The BK flame spitters shook the blogs with D...
SL Jones Doesn’t Play To His Strengths On ‘Way Of Life No Hobby’ Mixtape
The intersection between rap and R&B has evolved in the last few years, allowing many artists to venture out and expand one talent into multiple talents. This cross pollination has birthed artists that can sing and dance, rap and sing, dance and rap and so much more...
Maybach Music Group Is Up To Business As Usual On ‘Self Made Vol. 3′
Maybach Music Group’s Self Made Vol. 3 is a heat check for Rick Ross’ label. The climate of hip-hop has been subtly shifting in the last year, with artists like Kendrick Lamar and Macklemore becoming giant stars on a commercial level. Where does...
J-Zone Returns To Rap As Sharp As Ever On ‘Peter Pan Syndrome’
Don’t let anybody tell you otherwise; turning 30 is the worst. Jay Z might have spent the last decade attempting to make good credit score rap the modern embodiment of nouveau riche cool but ask any 22 year-old with rock-hard abs and a nuclear-strength Krebs cycle about the prospect of getting old and Jay’s “30 Is the new 20” sloganeering will elicit sarcastic guffaws. For the 99% of us, the...
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The Underachievers Test Out A New Approach On ‘Lords Of Flatbush’ Mixtape
The Underachievers hit the ground running this year by capitalizing on the inescapable buzz for their project Indigoism. Looking to re-assert themselves in the scene as leaders of the Beast Coast—a loose-knit collective of New York rap groups including Pro Era and the Flatbush Zombies—the Underachievers recently relinquished an 8-track EP titled Lords of Flatbush, which finds Ak and Issa paying ho