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Tariq L :: Beatz in My Lifetime Volume 1.0

Matt JostDecember 16, 2003

The growing number of producer albums in hip-hop are a sign of the importance we attest to the sculptors of aural landscapes. The latest producer to embark on ... Read More...

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7

Variable Unit :: Cold Flow

Dan MennellaNovember 18, 2003

As genres grow, so too do their offshoots. There's too many sub-categories to name that grew out of the original Rock 'n' Roll and Rhythm and Blues. The same is... Read More...

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6.5

J. Rawls :: Histories Greatest Battles, Campaigns and Topics

Matt JostOctober 14, 2003

There's a reason why beatmaker J. Rawls isn't surrounded with hype like some of his producing peers, and it's a simple one. His music maintains one of the lowes... Read More...

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7.5

Madlib :: Shades of Blue – Madlib Invades Blue Note

Matt JostAugust 12, 2003

Around the time when the calendar flipped from the 1980s to the '90s, a couple of clever people started noticing common features in jazz and hip-hop. Some of th... Read More...

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Galt MacDermot :: Up from the Basement – Unreleased Tracks Volumes 1 & 2

Vukile SimelaneJuly 22, 2003

During the prelude to Outkast's seminal banger "Skew it on the Bar-B," Chef Raekwon tells the listening audience that they "gon' play some funky shit fo' y'all!... Read More...

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6.5

Science Fiction :: Walls Don’t Exist

Damon BrownJuly 18, 2003

Some hip-hop heads are tired of words. Maybe it's the emptiness of R&B â€“ let me put my choo-choo... in your beep-beep â€“ or the non-sense rhyming of rap ... Read More...

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Reviews

Ghostface Killah :: Supreme Clientele 2

Baby Kia :: I Pray You Die

Evidence :: Unlearning Vol. 2

Tariq L :: Beatz in My Lifetime Volume 1.0

Variable Unit :: Cold Flow

J. Rawls :: Histories Greatest Battles, Campaigns and Topics

Madlib :: Shades of Blue – Madlib Invades Blue Note

Galt MacDermot :: Up from the Basement – Unreleased Tracks Volumes 1 & 2

Science Fiction :: Walls Don’t Exist