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A feature by Martin Luther, an excerpt from the movie 'The Education of Sonny Carson', and a quote like 'Why these industry dudes push white rock?'…if this was a movie, it would be a Spike Lee flick!
POSTED 10|23|2010
Celph Titled loves the nineties. 'In my opinion the greatest era in hip-hop’, the land mine lieutenant confesses. Oh no, another rapper with acute nostalgia? Yes, this is dedicated to the nineties. No, this is not a recycled nineties production, nor does it advocate MC Hammer or MC Young.
POSTED 10|23|2010
Although 2Mex has a 15-year's history in rap, his discography looks like his career spans over 30 years. Besides a serious amount of solo recordings, Alex Ocana is involved in groups like Visionaries, Of Mexican Descent, $Martyr, Project Blowed, Look Daggers, The Retuners, Shape Shifters, Exitos Y Mas, and much more. With a work ethic like that, it was the more surprising that this one took three years to complete.
POSTED 10|23|2010
MC Zumbi gets more introspective and poetical than on previous Zion I releases, putting the finger on his biological clock, instead of rhyming about things that tick him off.
POSTED 10|23|2010
Crispy clean production with still an organic feel to it, this release is a showcase of why he is close to being the legitimate heir to the throne of the late great James Yancey.
POSTED 09|27|2010
Nice guys, Houston and hip-hop go together right? Label Rap-a-lot convinced us of the gangsterish chemistry between the last two, but not sure about how the first two rhyme. As a matter of fact we first read 'Wiseguys' instead of Niceguys.
POSTED 09|26|2010
Ok, first check the cover of this album, then take a look at Motion Man's career, containing his various collabo's with Kool Keith. One would expect an updated version of Keith's legendary 'Sex Style' album, right?
POSTED 09|26|2010
Introspective and honest, this album is a warm but critical dedication to the LA –also referred to by Amad-Jamal as 'Los Scandelous'- with a home-grown underground –live- West Coast sound to it.
POSTED 06|25|2010
With an ode to Roscoe’s, Vietnamese women with a little feminine fat, and salad days, Murs once again slides smoothly over 9th Wonder beats.
POSTED 06|22|2010
No heart without a brain and so the Florida duo of producer Tzarizm and Vis Major click well together, having an assumable decent amount of collaborative years behind their backs. ‘MbodiMeNT’ has turned out a decent album with hip-hop in the flesh, driven by a boom-bap state of mind!
POSTED 06|21|2010from the vaults
