Matt Jost

7.5

Cyrus Malachi :: The Blind Watchmaker

Matt JostJuly 27, 2021

"The Blind Watchmaker" sounds like the title of a tenderly thoughtful documentary about a real-life horologist who happens to be blind or of a fantasy novel an... Read More...

LPReview

6

Grand Daddy I.U. Presents :: The Essence

Matt JostJune 29, 2021

If you follow hip-hop through the ages, one of the most persistent statements you will hear artists make in interviews is that they are working with some new t... Read More...

LPReview

5.5

38 Spesh x Green Lantern :: 1995

Matt JostJune 15, 2021

"It's time to move a muscleSee, the year's '95, everybody gotta hustle" (Lost Boyz, "Lifestyles of the Rich and Shameless (Remix)") If you were to retell... Read More...

MixtapeReview

4.5

Kaliphz :: Seven Deadly Sins

Matt JostJune 15, 2021

Hip-Hop is a game of identities, a way to define yourself, instead of having others tell you who you are. In the brief period they were active, British rap cre... Read More...

Back to the LabLPReview

Backpacking Europe: North-American Rap Cameos in the 1990s

Matt JostJune 1, 2021

For a now historical generation of US MC's, Europe provided a vital outlet in terms of record sales and particularly live shows. That would of course also pert... Read More...

EditorialsLists

5.5

Estee Nack x Superior :: Baladas

Matt JostMay 11, 2021

Not so long ago, if you'd asked me if I had heard of Estee Nack, I would have recalled the dreadlocked dude who would slip in and out of melodic Bucktown flows... Read More...

LPReview

Reviews

Nas :: Magic

Ché Noir :: Food For Thought

Early Sightings of Rap in 1980s Pop – The Netherlands & Belgium (Part 2)

Cyrus Malachi :: The Blind Watchmaker

Grand Daddy I.U. Presents :: The Essence

38 Spesh x Green Lantern :: 1995

Kaliphz :: Seven Deadly Sins

Backpacking Europe: North-American Rap Cameos in the 1990s

Estee Nack x Superior :: Baladas

Matt Jost