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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.
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Off We Got It from Here… Thank You 4 Your Service, the final album by veteran hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest, out now via Epic. Definitely check out their performance of the track on last night’s episode of Saturday Night Live if you’ve yet to:
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New York’s A$AP Mob is sounding a little too cozy on The Cozy Tapes, if you know what I’m sayin’.
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In this new classic review, I dive into one of the East Coast’s most legendary rap records: Nas’ Illmatic.
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Flatbush Zombies come through with their most lax, spacey project yet on their commercial debut, 3001: A Laced Odyssey.
