Sy Shackleford

7.5

Rome Streetz x Daringer :: Hatton Garden Holdup

Sy ShacklefordOctober 8, 2024

Griselda Records has developed a strong reputation for two things: Modernizing the crime tale aesthetic of ‘90s east coast hip-hop and modernizing it well. To ... Read More...

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8

Blu x Exile :: Love (the) Ominous World

Sy ShacklefordSeptember 24, 2024

The Los Angelino rapper self-dubbed Blu is a busy man. Just last month, he dropped an all Evidence-produced album that showed the good, the bad, and the ugly o... Read More...

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7

Frisco Boogie :: Lost in the Loophole

Sy ShacklefordAugust 27, 2024

There’s a certain irony to British humor that only a handful of Americans seem to grasp. Though dryly-packaged, their humor is dripping in sarcasm. Double ente... Read More...

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8.5

Blu :: Los Angeles

Sy ShacklefordAugust 6, 2024

Let’s start this review off by getting this out of the way: This album is not “Below the Heavens”, the 2007 classic debut from prolific west coast rapper Blu a... Read More...

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6

OldBoy Rhymes :: The Sane Asylum

Sy ShacklefordJuly 23, 2024

Alaska-born, third world-raised OldBoy Rhymes is a recent signee to Sage Francis’ Strange Famous Records. His ironically titled debut, “The Sane Asylum”, is an... Read More...

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9

Common x Pete Rock :: The Auditorium, Vol. 1

Sy ShacklefordJuly 16, 2024

There’s something of an interconnectedness in this album’s presentation. It’s not just because the architects behind it, Common and Pete Rock, have collaborate... Read More...

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