Maybe a less militant Dead Prez, maybe a more militant collection of Commons, the consciousness of bell hooks is well heard and hopefully will be well-received by an audience wider than might initially be thought at first listen.
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The Kingston Springs project a brash, vibrant persona.
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The line between sports and entertainment, in regards to these two entities, has always been a little blurry, but never more so than during the recent lockout.
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Copywrite proclaims his reason for being born was to serve his King, while continuing to hold onto that edge that most “Christian rappers” lose out on.
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Despite the absence of words, the music speaks volumes as it is.
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“Lose Yourself,” the Grammy award-winning song became the hip-hop generation’s answer to “Eye of the Tiger,” thanks to that same generation’s answer to “Rocky,” Em’s semi-autobiographical 8 Mile.
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Ross handles his usual cocaine-laced bars with the professionalism and money-making ambition that’s come to be expected of him.
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ScHoolboy Q expresses an impressively educated and open worldview hidden under the guise of his former self: an Oxycontin-slanging street hustler.
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Vodka & Ayahuasca is a psychedelic trip into the collaborative minds of two rap veterans.
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Building off of the best parts of Vibrates, It Is What It Is demonstrates growth by taking what worked and making it better.
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These two bring a smooth, sample-heavy and lyric-soaked 15-track effort that screams part soul, part R & B, with a little bit of reggae thrown in to form a Voltron effect.
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Black & Brown is a quick trip into the mind of a borderline psychopath, roped in for a short time span by smooth and soulful production.
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