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8.5

Malik Yusef :: The Great Chicago Fire A Cold Day In Hell

Justin 'Tha Shiznute' ChandlerFebruary 3, 2009

Surprisingly "The Great Chicago Fire" was actually released a year before Kanye West blew up the Chicago rap scene with the now-classic "The College Dropout" a... Read More...

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7.5

Bigg Jus :: Poor People’s Day

Alex SheremetJanuary 27, 2009

I've had "Poor People's Day" for a while, but never got around to listening to it, for several reasons. In brief, Bigg Jus is an artist I can objectively ident... Read More...

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7.5

MF Grimm :: Scars & Memories

Alex SheremetJanuary 27, 2009

Perusing MF Grimm's material from this decade, it's obvious that, although he's sometimes not a very talented rapper, he does, at the very least, have some int... Read More...

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7.5

MC Breed :: Flatline

Matt JostJanuary 20, 2009

My grandmother, may she rest in peace, once told me how she would read obituaries in the paper and literally see death approaching. First the most frequent yea... Read More...

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7.5

Bigg Jus :: Plantation Rhymes EP

Alex SheremetJanuary 20, 2009

Jus is primarily known as one third of Company Flow, where he functioned as both rapper and producer. The group split in 1999, and while Mr. Len, El-P, and Big... Read More...

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6.5

Candyman :: Ain’t No Shame in My Game

Steve 'Flash' JuonJanuary 20, 2009

"Pump it Up" had me convinced that Candyman was the next big rap star coming out when I was in high school. There he was chilling with Sister Dee at a slumber p... Read More...

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Reviews

Blueface :: Free Blueface

Independent as F*** : Underground Hip Hop from 1995-2005

Quadeca :: Scrapyard

Malik Yusef :: The Great Chicago Fire A Cold Day In Hell

Bigg Jus :: Poor People’s Day

MF Grimm :: Scars & Memories

MC Breed :: Flatline

Bigg Jus :: Plantation Rhymes EP

Candyman :: Ain’t No Shame in My Game