hip-hop
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25 years after their big break, Florida-based Dead Prez’s ideological drive cuts through the heart of context-relevant songwriting.
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I have thought about writing a review on this for over two months now. This breathes hip hop in all its ways with Black American experiences.
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The stalwart West Coast rapper-producer drops a surprise record that is clearly made for full-time fun. Move on if you are hoping for a tour-de-force.
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One of the most dangerous duos in hip hop history, with a bible on cocaine, came back with an effort that is “hot” and “culturally inappropriate”.
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A high-brow epic rap opera based on heartbreak, lineage, feuds, and past glory. Or so you’d wish for a third-rate blockbuster.
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“All I ever wanted was a black Grand National / Fuck being rational, give them what they asked for!”
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Marshall Mathers’s latest album is an outdated, edgy, gruelling mess of a midlife crisis album. At least his technical skills are as sharp as ever.
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The Japanese rap rock group’s album is as dynamic and explosive as its most fame-hungry contemporaries even if it feels overblown in itself.
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Most rap beefs are made of disparaging comments to discredit the target. What about disses about why the target represents societal problems?
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Without the standards set by Nas, hip hop would not be seen as an epic tale about the lives of young Black Americans in the post-War on Drugs period.
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