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The Pros and Cons of Hip-Hop Crews
If you started following hip-hop closely in the past few years, and by that I mean that you have traversed the blogosphere like it was your part-time job, then you would likely think it was a new phenomenon that rappers…
12 Reasons Why Rick Ross Needs to Take 2013 Off
Sometime around the July 2010 release of Teflon Don, Rick Ross went from a middling rapper some listeners cared about to a middling rapper that everyone apparently cared about. It took four albums, but the Maybach Music Group leader finally reached…
Rick Ross – The Black Bar Mitzvah
Rick Ross - The Black Bar Mitzvah Self-released: 2012 Since Jay-Z’s “Roc Boys”, the whole black bar mitzvah idea has been rolling around in rap’s consciousness. To Jay, the black bar mitzvah is “a celebration bitches!” In other words, the Jewish coming-of-age fiesta…
Jay-Z’s ‘Made In America’ Festival Full Line Up Announced
What happens when you take one of the worst corporations in America (Budweiser), and team them up with Jay-Z for a festival in Philadelphia? Well, the Made In America festival, unfortunately. There are some good acts on the list, like…
Most Disappointing Albums Of 2012 So Far
In addition to highlighting the best/our favorite albums of the year so far, we also wanted to mention the records that disappointed us the most. Now before you start clicking around, let it be known: some of these didn’t necessarily…
Maybach Music Group – Self Made Vol. 2
Maybach Music Group – Self Made Vol. 2 Maybach Music Group: 2012 The constant use of the phrase “self made” by the Maybach Music Group is the product of multiple inflated egos, but, in some sense, it’s appropriate. You’ll notice…
Wale – “Lacefrontin”
Where do I begin? The first time I heard Wale was back in 2009 when he spit vicious bars for what felt like forever over Justice’s “D.A.N.C.E.”. Since then, we have seen one of the most promising emcees fall short…
Potholes Podcast (May 2011)
Just as May and all of its showers roll out, we are met with June and all of its glorious weather and good vibes. I tried to emulate that mood in the latest Potholes Podcast, kicking things off with some somber tones…
