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KA - A Martyr's Reward

Looking at the year-end album lists in 2021, judging by the strong presence of people such as the Griselda crew, their pal Mach-Hommy, MIKE, Wiki, Moor Mother, Armand Hammer, and a few others, it looks like the center of […]

MAX B - Public Domain 2: Rise Of The Silver Surfer

In 2007, Max Biggavelli was already impacted by the sordid affair which would lead, a few years later, to a 75-year prison sentence. Two years after his liberation in 2005, he was already back to jail, for having […]

BILLY WOODS & KENNY SEGAL - Hiding Places

We didn't really notice that last year, when listening to Armand Hammer's third album, Paraffin, but Kenny Segal contributed to two tracks in there. If we had paid even more attention, we would have noted that this old […]

KNOWLEDGE THE PIRATE - Flintlock

Once again, Roc Marciano shone in 2018. Not only with his own output, or the quality of his releases, but also through homies like Knowledge the Pirate. This name is familiar; the guy has often supported Marci since […]

LEIKELI47 - Acrylic

Let's talk about manicure. The males among you might ignore it, but there are two kinds of false nails: those made of gel, and those made of acrylic. The former have various strengths: they look natural, and they are […]

AZEALIA BANKS - 1991

By 2010, finally, pop music in the US started exploiting the sounds of electronic music. By then, similarly to the Euro-Dance genre, though twenty years later, some of its stars adapted the sounds of house or techno […]

ANGEL HAZE - Reservation

The first facts to be noticed, with Angel Haze, are about her identity and her life experience. Originally from the Detroit area, Raykeea Raeen-Roes Wilson - or more simply Roes, her future stage name - is not only an […]

CARDI B - Invasion of Privacy

It is now granted: Cardi B is the new queen of rap. So far, her course was flawless. Belcalis Almanzar delivered everything people long for: a bit of American Dream, as a stripper turned into a social network celebrity […]

CARDI B - Gangsta Bitch Music Vol. 2

Her name has buzzed for a few years, already. Gradually, indeed, the terrain has been carefully prepared to the next big thing in female rap, a status reserved to Belcalis Almanzar. This was confirmed in the last few […]

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 […]

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