Category: RAP
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The Elements of a Great Posse Cut
I’ll discuss each element I feel is critical in making an epic posse cut, and provide an example of a song that perfectly represents that element.
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4Batz and D’Angelo: The Same?
For the past few years, the R&B world has been looking for a new male heir to the throne for when The Weeknd retires (who took the crown from Frank Ocean). And, there have been many artists that are up to the challenge: Bryson Tiller, Brent Fiyaz, Don Toliver, etc. Then, in late 2023, a…
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Illmatic at 30
Years ago, there was a conversation about albums that can base the entire art form of hip-hop around it if it disappeared. There were many albums in contention: Run-DMC’s self-titled, The Low End Theory, Paul’s Boutique, Follow The Leader, Good Kid m.a.a.d City, Enter the Wu-Tang, The College Dropout. But, with all of these different…
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Every Producer’s Best Sample Flip – East Coast
A good producer needs to have a musical ear for things that most humans might not hear, it could be a one-second snippet, or many layered chops of random parts of a song.
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Who Woke Kendrick Up?
Man was sleeping in his castle until he got a call from Metro, and then he basically recorded “Control” pt 2 going at Drake and J. Cole’s head, and making sure that throne doesn’t go to anyone.
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Let me funk the style
This is the first installment in my TOP 7 RAP ALBUMS series. The series will feature the albums in chronological order by release date. The Low End Theory, A Tribe Called Quest. (1991). Backstory: A Tribe Called quest were formed in the late 80s by Kamal Fareed (Stage name: Q-Tip), Malik Taylor (Stage name, Phife…
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My Top 7 Rap Albums
I tried to get to a Top 5 Rap Albums of all time, but I just couldn’t do it.Seven is the lowest I can go.I mean, it’s just too tricky because they are so many incredible groups who created amazing work. In the following posts, I’ll review each album in full. But for now I’ll…
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Best 80s Rap Album – Runners Up
This album revolutionized the art of rapping for the better. Rakim used rhymes in the middle and end of the bar, instead of just the end and used multisyllabic rhymes. Great examples of this are album highlights: “I Ain’t No Joke” & “Eric B is President”.
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Looking for a style like mine, you can’t find it
The best rap album of the 80s in my opinion is “Criminal Minded” by Boogie Down Productions (1987). To be clear, this is not the best album of the 80s in music, that honor goes to “Thriller”, by Michael Jackson. Now, on with the review.
The Music In My Mind 