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YOUNG NUDY - Gumbo

One is profane, while the other, unashamedly, can pretend to be sacred. But there is little difference between gastronomy and music. Both are the domain of talented people, either self-taught or not, who appropriate more […]

YOUNG THUG - Business Is Business

It is systematic. It is always too late, that a true masterwork is recognized as such. And Young Thug's is no exception. His creativity was at its best from 2013 to 2015, and though, it is after, in the era succeeding to […]

JID - The Forever Story

Sometimes, JID is called the Kendrick Lamar of Atlanta. Some of his fans might be angered by this comparison. They might find it lazy. But it is not entirely unfounded. At time, the texture of his voice sounds like the […]

YOUNG NUDY - DR. EV4L

With its cover art that looked like a photocopy, his disturbing music, and his psychopathic lyrics, Anyways… didn't look like what it was supposed to be: Young Nudy's first official album. His raps weren't welcoming, his […]

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 […]

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 […]

MIKE WILL MADE IT - #MikeWiLLBeenTrill

MikeWiLLBeenTrill was obviously not Mike Will's first mixtape. Just before, he had released all three volumes of his Est. in 1989 series. In 2013, though, the Atlanta producer was at the apex of his fame. Now, he was […]

2 CHAINZ - T.R.U. REALigion

Not all major rappers in the early 2010's were newcomers. The obvious example was 2 Chainz. Tauheed Epps had to pass his 30th birthday, indeed, to finally become a star. Prior to this, he had a career as a member of […]

YOUNG JEEZY - The Real Is Back 2

Jeezy's most glorious days took place in 2005. That very year, he released his (classic) mixtape Trap or Die, a record from his band, Boyz n da Hood, and his (classic, again) solo album, Let's Get It: Thug Motivation […]

ILOVEMAKONNEN - I Love Makonnen

People who lived the early days of hip-hop music, in the late 70's and early 80's, hadn't realized immediately that this was a brand new kind of music. To them, the new sounds they heard sounded more like a declination […]

FUTURE - True Story

One of the major events of 2015, as far as rap music is concerned, is the renaissance of Future. After Honest, a disappointing second album, the Atlanta rapper went back to his basics with a series of great mixtapes, […]

FUTURE - Monster

Those who still have doubts about why modern mixtapes are so great, or who wonder about why rappers give for free what, at the end of the day, are real albums, should consider Future's career. Twice, he's been the herald […]

YOUNG THUG - Barter 6

Young Thug was one of the best rappers in 2013. He was one of them as well, in 2014. And it will probably not change in 2015, considering the growing attention of the media. As a matter of fact, it is now set: Thugger […]

ALLEY BOY - Definition Of Fuck Shit

By 2010, the rise of Alley Boy begins with that release, a mixtape elegantly named Definition Of Fuck Shit, and hosted by DJ Holiday and The Empire. Such starts a fantastic series continued with another mixtape named the […]

ALLEY BOY - Purgatory

The best time in Alley Boy's career was 2011. Taking place between his first steps as a rapper in Gucci Mane's shadow – he had featured on Chicken Talk 2 in 2008 – and The Gift of Discernment in 2012 – his most exposed […]

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