Matt Jost – RapReviews

6.5

Makeba & Skratch :: Mental Fitness

Matt JostMarch 17, 2020

Rapper B.A. Xcaliba, presumably representing the Bronx, insisted in 2001 to "stay on top of New York like Buffalo and Syracuse". It was a rare recognition of U... Read More...

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7.5

Shorty Long :: South Boogie

Matt JostFebruary 25, 2020

There has to be more where that came from is the principal reasoning behind unearthing unreleased music from the past. Typically, there are some independent si... Read More...

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6

David Bars :: The Bar Code

Matt JostFebruary 11, 2020

There was a time when rap tracks came with explicit timestamps, that is to say rappers would indicate the current - or imminent - year they were recording or r... Read More...

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6.5

Che Noir :: The Thrill of the Hunt 2

Matt JostJanuary 21, 2020

Transcripts show that so far at least one rap artist thought of the self-evident rhyme Attila the Hun/thrill of the hunt. The insatiable 5th century conqueror ... Read More...

MixtapeReview

6.5

Brothers G.R.Y.M. :: Ghetto Repaired Young Minds

Matt JostDecember 31, 2019

Anthony 'Poetic' Berkeley's medical condition was not known in detail, but we knew that he had developed cancer, and when he succumbed to the disease on July 1... Read More...

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5

BoFaatBeatz :: The Original Nothing But Kung Fu LP

Matt JostDecember 17, 2019

If I see something called 'The Original Whatever LP' on a label specialized in making available the ignored and the overlooked, I'm going to assume I will be p... Read More...

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