Fake For Real – page 6

DEJ LOAF - Sell Sole

Released in 2012 and titled Just Do It, Deja Trimble's first mixtape was loyal to the well-established backpacker tradition in Detroit. By then, the young woman had a unisex style, she was on the introspective side of […]

3D NA'TEE - The Coronation

The dozens are an old African-American tradition. It goes back to the times of slavery. The work the poor fellows were condemned to, in the cotton fields, was not exactly a pleasant one, so some slaves killed times with […]

LIL BOOSIE - Da Beginning

The title of this mixtape is misleading. Da Beginning, indeed, is in no way Lil Boosie's start as a rapper. By 2008, when it is released, Torrence Hatch already has a substantial discography, inclusive of solo albums, […]

JEAN GRAE & 9TH WONDER - Jeanius

With time, the messy underground hip-hop scene that created so much expectation by the end of the 90's, coalesced into something better defined. While it was originally so diverse, so creative, and so original, though it […]

LORD NARF - Witchcraft

Lord Narf deserves a place in Awful Records, among that collection of weirdos, based for most of them in Atlanta. She complies with the experimental aspirations of this iconoclastic band of rappers. Like them, she is the […]

MOBSQUAD NARD - Nardo DaVinci

Those familiar with Starlito's - strong - latest releases might have noticed this: the Nashville rapper frequently teams up with a man called Mobsquad Nard. He featured on several of his projects, Manifest Destiny, Hot […]

ETERNIA - It’s Called Life

According to some, Eternia is the best female rapper in Canada. Whatever the truth is, this woman from Ottawa looks exactly as expected, from a Canadian hip-hop artist: she is white, her lyrics are on the conscious and […]

KOLY P - Rap Game Messiah

Kodak Black is not the only rapper from Pompano Beach, in the Floridian county of Broward. Revealed in 2016 through his Koly Bible mixtape, Koly P is another one. And of course, the two of them are connected. Along with […]

DESSA - False Hopes

False Hopes is not just one record, but many. Indeed, such were named several solo projects, released in the mid-noughties by various members of Doomtree, prior to recording a joint album with the same title. Even before […]

LIL B - Black Ken

With time, it gets exhausting to follow Lil B. Who, apart from die-hard fans, is brave enough to listen to his four- or six-hour long releases? Who is willing to explore his daunting mixtapes, just to find a couple of […]

PEEZY - Ballin Ain't A Crime

There's not only one Peezy in the rap game. While the buzz is growing around OMB Peezy, another guy with the same moniker deserves our full attention: Team Eastside Peezy (per a new trend, rappers are now including their […]

LADY LESHURR - Friggin L

Lady Leshurr is one of those who, recently, benefited from the resurgence of grime. Over the last few months, with others such as Skepta or Stormzy, the British rapper caught the attention of her American peers, through […]

CUPCAKKE - Queen Elizabitch

According to her Twitter profile, Elizabeth Harris is "going to suck 2017 dicks in 2017". No surprise then, if her first official album – or her second, depending on how they are counted – remains quite similar […]

GUCCI MANE - The Movie

The story of the hip-hop mixtape is, for a large part, related to Gucci Mane's career. The two converged with Chicken Talk, in 2006. Their relationship continued in 2007 with several other releases, No Pen, No Pencil […]

FIGURES OF SPEECH - The Last Word

One peculiarity with the Good Life Café, is that it was headed by a woman, B. Hall, and open to feminine talents. The Project Blowed compilation shows this clearly. One of its highlights, the "Heavyweights Round […]

RICH BOY - Bigger than the Mayor

Originating from the city of Mobile, Alabama, Rich Boy started making some noise in 2006 with "Throw Some D's", a single about his new Cadillac – a luxury car he had seemingly bought with dirty money. The […]

page 6 of 26