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Murder by Death

Monday, October 27th, 2008

Murder By Death is my latest discovery. Well, not really discovery, people have been telling me to check them out for years. But being the stubborn music elitist I am, I never listened to any of their records. But this week, I noticed that my rotation was pretty hip hop heavy. And that some diversity […]

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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 remix […]

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Petey Pablo - The Diary of a Sinner: 1st Entry

Monday, October 27th, 2008

I hadn’t listened to Petey Pablo’s debut album since college. But for some reason, I had the strange urge to hear Raise Up this week. As soon as I threw the album on, I remembered why this was THE riding record back in the day. We used to blast this out of the 87 Mustang […]

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What We're Listening To

Sunday, October 12th, 2008

Kidulthood - Original Soundtrack

I saw this movie a few days ago and was immediately impressed by the soundtrack. I’d never really listened to British Hip-Hop, except for The Streets. But everything I heard in Kidulthood was fucking raw and I’ve been bumping the soundtrack all week. Be sure to check out the movie and its […]

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What We're Listening To

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

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p class=”paragraph_style_2”>brooklyn academy - bored of education

 

i read about these guys on a hip hop forum earlier this week. and was really surprised they managed to fly under the radar for so long. slick production and hard ass lyrics make bored of education a fucking banger. please check these guys out and show them some […]

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