east coast
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Pray for Haiti would be a good starting point for getting into Mach-Hommy’s music.
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DOOM and Czarface’s chemistry and creativity is still present on Super What?, though with slightly diminishing returns.
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Apart from a sort of shaky first leg, La maquina is another solid release from Conway this year.
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Lighter on the features than its predecessor, The Plugs I Met 2 mostly finds Benny the Butcher in top form.
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Conway and Big Ghost display a creative chemistry that hopefully continues into the future.
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Classics Week 2021 kicks off with Things Fall Apart, the 1999 breakthrough in The Roots’ increasingly ambitious career, and a milestone for hip hop at large.
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At 22 tracks and nearly 80 minutes, ELE2 is a slog made mostly worthwhile by Busta Rhymes’ virtually unrivaled proficiency and personality on the mic.
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Burden of Proof is a solid album despite Benny more or less staying in his stylistic comfort zone.
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Conway distills the power of Griselda Records on his new album.
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Better late than never, Logic is back to being a rapper worth rooting for on No Pressure.
