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Brand Nubian :: Time’s Runnin’ Out

Steve 'Flash' JuonMarch 15, 2011

"Time's Runnin' Out" is many ways a curiosity. This is (to date) the final album in the long career of Brand Nubian, dating all the way back to the seminal hip... Read More...

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Rashid Hadee :: Dedication

Pete T.March 15, 2011

Just about the time Kanye West was crossing the threshold from flavor-of-the-month chart-topping Roc-A-Fella MC to voice of a generation, his hometown also see... Read More...

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Lil Wayne :: Tha Block Is Hot

Emanuel WallaceMarch 3, 2011

Back in 1999, I was finishing high school, starting undergrad, adjusting to being away from home, developing social skills (the jury's still out on that), bump... Read More...

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Senim Silla :: The Name The Motto The Outcome

Pete T.February 22, 2011

I recently read Chris Matthews' 2001 bookNow, Let Me Tell You What I Really Think, a book offering the "Hardball" host's opinions on everything political from ... Read More...

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Jungle Brothers :: Straight Out the Jungle

Matt JostFebruary 8, 2011

"It's like a jungle, sometimes it makes me wonder / how I keep from going under" is one of the essential lyrics that have accompanied rap for much of its exist... Read More...

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Ultramagnetic MC’s :: Critical Beatdown

Steve 'Flash' JuonJanuary 25, 2011

"On the stage, any time I'm cold chillin, I'm wearin the rhymes to keep warm, with the beat that's playin You hear me now, you know what I'm sayin to you, you a... Read More...

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Reviews

Keeping Up With the Joneses – Nasir vs. Joseph (Jim)

Saint Dog :: Funky Soul

M.C. Hammer :: Feel My Power

Brand Nubian :: Time’s Runnin’ Out

Rashid Hadee :: Dedication

Lil Wayne :: Tha Block Is Hot

Senim Silla :: The Name The Motto The Outcome

Jungle Brothers :: Straight Out the Jungle

Ultramagnetic MC’s :: Critical Beatdown