hip hop

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Tobacco - Fucked Up Friends

Monday, January 12th, 2009

One of my favorite music blogs, Indie Ducky, has returned after months of inactivity. Right now they’re doing a three part series on the best albums of 2008. I love their reviews, so I picked up all the albums listed in Part 1, that I didn’t already have. Among those, was Fucked Up Friends, by […]

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The Alchemist - The Alchemist's Cookbook EP

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

I’ve always been a fan of The Alchemist’s beats. His work, from The Soul Assassins, to Mobb Deep and Dialated Peoples, has always been on point. His beat for Nothin, On Me, off Lil Wayne’s The Carter III is the highlight of an album full of great production. The Alchemist’s latest release includes some of […]

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Kanye West - 808s and Heartbreak

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

Kanye West is an enigma. He’s got this weird brain ninja thing going on, where you never really know how you feel about his work. You start to hate it, then the next thing you know, you’re bouncing to his beats. You try to to shake it off and tell yourself, “This is not good.” But then […]

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State of Hip Hop by mosaeus

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

The state of hip hop is a third world nation Let’s face it, it’s on life support and needs saving Why support a mantra laden with degrading lyrics? I’m tempted to pull the plug and kill it I can barely stand to hear it, so redundant We’ve already done that, let’s move beyond that Better […]

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Witchdoctor - The Diary of an American Witchdoctor

Monday, October 27th, 2008

This is another Adult Swim/Cartoon Network release. I first heard about this album during an episode of The Boondocks. At first, it sounds like southern rap at its best; superchill, smooth beats and laid back rhymes. It’s much in the vein of Outkast’s classic, Southernplayalisticcadillacmuzik. But as you delve deeper into the album, Witchdoctor’s skill […]

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Dangerdoom - The Mouse and The Mask

Monday, October 27th, 2008

The Mouse and The Mask is what you get when you combine MF Doom, DJ Dangermouse and the Cartoon Network. I’ve been a big fan of DJ Dangermouse for a while now. His critically acclaimed Grey Album, is criminally overrated (Check out The White Album, by Kno of Cunninglynguists, for the best Jay-Z Black Album […]

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