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XXL’s Freshman List Is Confusing, Asks Readers To Vote
At first glance, this is pretty confusing. Apparently XXL has confirmed nine rappers on their 2013 Freshman Class, but they want readers to vote on the final ten spot. With that, they have put up a voting page where fans…
Wale – Folarin
Wale - Folarin Self-released: 2012 Wale is somebody that I think many of us have begun to ignore. Jumping career tracks as often and as clumsily as he has done is dangerous maneuvering in hip-hop. It may seem fitting that Rick…
Chief Keef – Finally Rich
Chief Keef - Finally Rich Interscope: 2012 Chief Keef is without question the most polarizing figure in 2012 music. In the past year he’s gone from local recognition within Chicago circles to bona fide hip-hop star, Interscope record deal and all.…
Praising Violent Chicago Hip-Hop: That’s That Shit I Don’t Like
Hip-hop’s ties to real life violence became increasingly documented and notorious (no pun) during the gangster rap era of the early-to-mid ’90s and, for some, began to fade following the murders of 2Pac and the Notorious B.I.G. That’s not to…
RiFF RAFF – BiRTH OF AN iCON
Riff Raff - BiRTH OF AN iCON Mad Decent: 2012 Possible Theories Re: Riff Raff’s Possibly Fake, Possibly Insane Rap Persona 1. He is a performance artist, who is using rap music as his canvas. He is a dude pulling off…
King L – Showtime
King L - Showtime Self-released: 2012 “It’s a war going on outside we ain’t safe from/ I feel the pain in my city wherever I go/ 314 soldiers died in Iraq, 509 died in Chicago” – Kanye West, “Murder to Excellence” Chicago is…
Chief Keef & Fat Trel – “Russian Roulette”
This, like the Childish Gambino write-up we did earlier, is pretty much a discussion. Sure, I might personally enjoy the music of Chicago’s Chief Keef when I’m getting ready to fight an inanimate object, but what do you all think…
Chief Keef – “I Don’t Like” F. Kanye West, Jadakiss, Pusha T & Big Sean (Remix)
Haven’t heard of Chief Keef before? Let me fill you in — he’s a tough-talkin’ rapper out of Chicago who’s only 16 and has already generated a shitload of buzz. How? Well, through some rowdy mixtapes and, oh right, a…
