old school
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NYC rap group Ratking has dropped a dazzling new video and single, “100.” It looks as though since the release of last year’s Wiki93 EP, the outfit has matured and refined its glitchy modern take on old-school New York hip hop to the point that “100” is not only
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Underground MC Illogic has united with producer Blockhead to make some old school hip-hop with a clear voice to it. The tracks on this album give me vibes from older Atmosphere albums, including the lyrical content and flow of Illogic is even close to Slug in some ways. Each song
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Sweden’s Ghost returns with a new full-length that’s loaded with glitzy production, more details, and longer tracks. It’s the tunes that end up getting lost in translation much of the time. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Download: Mayhem Lauren- Respect the Fly Shit You don’t have to listen to Meyhem Lauren long to figure out where he’s coming from. He’s a New York MC who doesn’t exactly embrace the trendy, fashionable sounds in modern hip hop. And I’m talking about both
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[audio:http://www.dragcity.com/system/tracks/downloads/5336/original/1-02_I_Am_Not_A_Game.mp3] A fun, old school-sounding track from Ty Segall & White Fence. Since building buzz for himself in the mist of 2009’s lo-fi craze, Ty Segall has become a major player in the
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My good friend Derek accompanies me yet again for an audio review. Yes! Awesome! Excited! Thankfully, the sound quality on this review is much better than the previous one, which I stilly APOLOGIZE humbly for. Sorry, seriously. Sorry. So, me and Derek dude go way back. We’ve been sharing
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“Into Oblivion” “As Dawn Breaks” Sweden’s Entrench is plays a raw, aggressive, unadulterated breed of thrash metal that was lost in translation as the genre evolved over the decades. This band’s take on thrash really is pure. They combine it with nothing at all–not even modern production
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Come, my children! Indulge in this glorious thrash metal! Denver, Colorado isn’t exactly a mecca of thrash metal, but Havok still manages to string together some of the genre’s best characteristics into one 11-track gauntlet. This LP rarely lets up, and dishes out one hard riff after another.
