Posts By Fred Castrano
Statik Selektah – Extended Play
Statik Selektah - Extended Play Show Off/Duck Down: 2013 There’s a special place in my heart for albums like Reasonable Doubt and Hell Hath No Fury that start with a Latino guy talking shit. I’ve realized that since I can’t rap, it’s my only chance…
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There aren’t many phrases in the English language that can compete with “free beer.” I crash weddings for it. I go to parties hosted by people I can’t stand for it. And last Friday, I sat in Los Angeles traffic…
Styles P – Float
Styles P - Float Nature Sounds: 2013 I’m not sure if I have a more complicated love/hate relationship in my life than the one I have with Rap Internet. For all the incredibly dope music and hilarious memes that come across…
Action Bronson Being Jolly, R. Kelly as a Religious Experience And Surviving Coachella 2013
It was 6:30 a.m. on a Friday. Any self-respecting human being should have been hitting snooze, squeezing nine more blissful minutes of sleep before building the courage to get out of bed and put in the last eight hours that…
Durag Dynasty – 360 Waves
Durag Dynasty – 360 Waves Nature Sounds: 2013 Is there any doubt that the Alchemist is the hardest working producer in hip-hop right now? He’s pumping out albums like the Atlanta Police Department does arrest warrants for Gucci Mane. After making…
5 Likely Reasons Why Dr. Dre Will Never Release ‘Detox’
Dr. Dre has a reputation for being an obsessive, meticulous perfectionist who isn’t satisfied until the take meets his high standards. He once locked Eve in the booth for 40-plus takes, and another time obliterated Gwen Stefani’s self-confidence until she…
Ill Bill – The Grimy Awards
Ill Bill - The Grimy Awards Fat Beats Records: 2013 Blame it on my California bias, but one of the most underrated and underappreciated cliques in hip-hop is the Soul Assassins. Cypress Hill’s West Coast adaptation of the East Coast’s grimy,…
Masta Killa – Selling My Soul
Masta Killa – Selling My Soul Nature Sounds: 2012 One of my New Year’s resolutions is to make my bachelor pad more decorative. Ladies love a man whose idea of interior design isn’t neon beer signs and posters of booty models.…
The Game – Jesus Piece
The Game – Jesus Piece Interscope: 2012 Opinions of the Game are as split as his personality. To some people, he pays homage to his predecessors; to others, he’s a name-dropper. He’s either experimenting with his delivery to keep the album…
Wu-Block – Wu-Block
Wu-Block – Wu-Block eOne: 2012 The pairing of the Lox with the Wu-Tang Clan makes so much sense, it’s a travesty that it took until 2012 for it happen. How could the music industry watch the video for the Ghostface Killah/Ghostface’s…
