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Logic is, as always, well-intentioned and likable on YSIV, but his music remains middle-of-the-road.
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Backed by production from 9th Wonder and his team, Black Thought comes through with five tracks of STRAIGHT BARS on Streams of Thought, Vol. 1.
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Pusha T took shots at Drake on “Infrared,” the closer of his new album, DAYTONA. Push called out Drake for using ghostwriters in the bars, “The lyric pennin’ equal the Trumps winnin’ / The bigger question is how the Russians did it.” On “Duppy Freestyle,” Drake fires back hard at Pusha
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Though a bit predictable and restrained, Czarface Meets Metal Face is a solid collaboration that’s a cut above both parties’ most recent work.
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Royce da 5’9″ and DJ Premier’s second outing as PRhyme is a more versatile effort than the first, with Premo’s varied production stealing the show.
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A few days ago, I said something about not looking forward to future DOOM material, but I already kind of have to eat those words. He and New York rapper Westside Gunn complement each other really well on this collaborative single, and I’m particularly intrigued by DOOM’s minimalist
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Action Bronson continues to bring the humor, the flow, and the heart on Blue Chips 7000, but the album is pretty underdeveloped on the whole.
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With PACKS, Brooklyn’s Your Old Droog continues to flex his lyrical muscles on his most focused album yet.
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A Fistful of Peril doesn’t quite live up to the great expectations set by Czarface’s previous effort, last year’s Every Hero Needs a Villain.
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After nearly two decades, A Tribe Called Quest returns to rap one last time without skipping a beat.
