gangsta rap
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Freddie Gibbs makes a rushed return with You Only Live 2wice.
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Compton rapper The Game returns with a partially fulfilled concept album about his early days.
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Ferg Forever is one of the most off-the-wall mixtapes I’ve heard this year.
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West Coast rapper Vince Staples draws up some of his best singles yet on the Hell Can Wait EP.
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Top Dawg Entertainment figurehead and Black Hippy Member Jay Rock might have had the least hyped debut of everyone in his crew, but his followup is gonna carry some serious heat with tracks like “Parental Advisory” on it. This West Coast rapper is sounding absolutely hungry and aggressive on this
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I don’t think y’all have to hear any more about our love of clipping.’s debut album CLPPNG. But it’s worth mentioning that we’re digging the trio’s visual direction about as much as the music. The video for lead single “Work Work” was brilliantly blunt,
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Indiana rapper Freddie “Gangsta” Gibbs teams up with legendary hip hop producer Madlib for one of the most essential hip hop albums of the year.
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Pusha T, Virginia rapper and one half of the famed hip hop duo Clipse, released some pretty potent singles before the drop of his new album here; however, the final product seems to be cut with a handful of weak tracks.
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On God Forgives, I Don’t, Florida rapper Rick Ross drops one drug lord delusion after another against a backdrop of beats that sound as lavash as Ross’ persistent fantasies. WATCH THE REVIEW
