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Sage The Gemini Serves Up More Bangers On ‘Remember Me’
Sage The Gemini Serves Up More Bangers On ‘Remember Me’
Sage The Gemini Serves Up More Bangers On ‘Remember Me’
Sage The Gemini might've been the most unlikeliest star of 2013 when it was all said and done. In a year where "twerk" became officially added to the Oxford Dictionary, Vine compressed Internet gems into six second clips, and streaming claimed king as music's biggest profit, perhaps no one benefited as much from the change in the times than Sage The Gemini...
Jon Connor Wields Double-Edged Sword Of Skill On ‘Best In The World’ Mixtape
Jon Connor Wields Double-Edged Sword Of Skill On ‘Best In The World’ Mixtape
Jon Connor Wields Double-Edged Sword Of Skill On ‘Best In The World’ Mixtape
Breaking through the ranks from Internet/underground phenom to the object of mass appeal and wide attention is a task with no easy plan. Many rappers have tried the same methods with varying results. One of the trickier roads is the new rapper’s attempt to refit older, widely loved beats with new material in hopes to elicit the same or similar emotion or effect. 50 C...
Onyx Offers Their Brand Of Fun On ‘#Wakedafucup’
Onyx Offers Their Brand Of Fun On ‘#Wakedafucup’
Onyx Offers Their Brand Of Fun On ‘#Wakedafucup’
The inevitable commotion stemming from news that a critically-acclaimed group is releasing an album seemingly after their half-life has expired usually croaks in the cold light of reality. The stench of Goodie Mob’s 2013 Age Against The Machine is still fresh in the noses of those who were ravenous for just a whiff of Soul Food’s rich aroma. In 1993 wh...
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib’s Chemistry Shines On ‘Piñata’
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib’s Chemistry Shines On ‘Piñata’
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib’s Chemistry Shines On ‘Piñata’
The collaboration between Freddie Gibbs and Madlib doesn’t seem natural at first—the hardest rapper out of Gary, IN. working with a notoriously reclusive producer who invented his own jazz group? But when soulful but hard-hitting tracks like “Shame” and “Thuggin’” began to surface, they set both a clear tone for what MadGibbs would sound like and a high bar for their full LP. On the long-awaited P
YG Pays Homage To West Coast Masterpieces On ‘My Krazy Life’
YG Pays Homage To West Coast Masterpieces On ‘My Krazy Life’
YG Pays Homage To West Coast Masterpieces On ‘My Krazy Life’
“My Hitta” is pretty specific for a Billboard Top 20 hit. To hang with YG and co., it’s a requirement that you don’t trip over potential romantic interests, be averse to snitching, be willing to catch a case when necessary, and just be about getting money. Specific stuff, but th...
Vince Staples Serves Up Tales Of The Streets In ‘Shyne Coldchain Vol. 2′ Mixtape
Vince Staples Serves Up Tales Of The Streets In ‘Shyne Coldchain Vol. 2′ Mixtape
Vince Staples Serves Up Tales Of The Streets In ‘Shyne Coldchain Vol. 2′ Mixtape
As a follow up to the 2011 release of Shyne Coldchain Vol. 1, 2014 XXL Freshman Class nominee Vince Staples has returned with the second installment of the mixtape series appropriately titled, Shyne Coldchain Vol. 2. If it wasn’t any indication by the bandana tied-noose illustrated in the cover art, the 10-track project serves up a brazen coming-of-age tale in the streets of Cali hoods, loaded wit
Clyde Carson Maintains The Bay Area’s Essence On ‘Playboy’ EP
Clyde Carson Maintains The Bay Area’s Essence On ‘Playboy’ EP
Clyde Carson Maintains The Bay Area’s Essence On ‘Playboy’ EP
Clyde Carson is certainly no stranger to the West Coast radio, earning consistent spins for the past decade as part of the collective known as The Team. However after the breakout success of the single “Slow Down” a few years back, he keeps the momentum going with the release of the Playboy EP. The 10-tra...
Young Money Shines A Spotlight On Their Roster In ‘Rise Of An Empire’
Young Money Shines A Spotlight On Their Roster In ‘Rise Of An Empire’
Young Money Shines A Spotlight On Their Roster In ‘Rise Of An Empire’
Quite a bit has changed since the massive success of Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter III pushed his Young Money roster into the public eye. His Canadian protégé became exactly who we thought he’d be: a colossally accomplished Billboard regular blurring the lines of rap, pop, and R&B into a millennial culture soup; his female doppelganger proved to be as enterprising as she is adept sharing his knack fo
Lil Herb Shows His Potential In ‘Welcome To Fazoland’ Mixtape
Lil Herb Shows His Potential In ‘Welcome To Fazoland’ Mixtape
Lil Herb Shows His Potential In ‘Welcome To Fazoland’ Mixtape
Chicago’s music scene is in a special place right now. Drill music has seen much success, with Lil Durk, Chief Keef and Lil Reese all garnering major label deals. On another end of the spectrum in Chicago, Chance The Rapper and Rockie Fresh have catapulted into stardom via the release of quality mixtapes. With...
Rick Ross Delivers A Winning Formula On ‘Mastermind’
Rick Ross Delivers A Winning Formula On ‘Mastermind’
Rick Ross Delivers A Winning Formula On ‘Mastermind’
When Rick Ross' car was riddled with 18 bullets in a drive-by shooting last January, it affected the rapper more than he let on at the time. And that brush with death—which caused Ross to veer off the road and collide with an apartment building, luckily leaving no one injured—informs Ross' sixth album, Mastermind, more than most might have thought; the lushly produced project dwells early and ofte

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