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King Ratchet :YG’s “My Krazy Life”
Written by Maxwell Caveseno Somewhere in the apocalyptic seas of violence on Worldstar, a clip exists of an YG show from a few years back in San Diego. The clip consists of brief moments of the rapper...
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Kool & Kass’“Coke Boys 5″
Written by Daniel Montesinos-Donaghy (@danielmondon) As someone who has curated separate Brick Squad and Odd Future playlists, 2014’s current strain of rap cliques leave a bit to be desired. In the...
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The Talent was Rapping: Dreezy’s “Schizo”
Written by Crystal (@crystalleww) Despite its long rap history, Chicago has recently experienced a youthful surge of emcees that are still forming into their musical identities. Katie Got Bandz is the...
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A Reverse Crossover Hit: Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse”
Written by David Turner (@dalatudalatu) A few months ago visiting a friend at school, and we went out to a bar where Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse” was played over and over and over again. I’ve already...
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9 Songs to Slow Down on a Ratchet Weekend
Written by David Turner (@dalatudalatu) The obvious term is “Ratchet & B.” That’s what Jeff Weiss coined talking about TeeFlii early last year, when his mix of YG raunch and The-Dream’s slyness...
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Suge Knight’s Long Shadow: Max Minelli’s “Dope Boy Chad”
Written by Daniel Montesinos-Donaghy (@danielmondon) Hip-hop is happy to rewrite and revise its own history. It’s a culture that devotes support to who yelled last and who was the loudest to do so. A...
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The Lure for Potential: Lil Mouse’s “Michael Mouse Myers”
Written by Maxwell Caveseno If 2012 was the year that “Drill (music genre)” ran rampant, snatching up all eyes towards Chicago as the next “big thing” in rap, then 2014 feels like the hangover. The...
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The Frozen World of Vince Staples’“Shyne Coldchain Vol. 2″
Written by Maxwell Caveseno In 2016, Barack Obama will have his last term as president concluded. On the very first track of Shyne Coldchain Vol. 2, Vince Staples snarls dismissively at our first black...
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Who Is Que?
Written by David Turner (@dalatudalatu) Talent has never been important for a lasting rap career. The key is even less tangible, but far more valued: Persona, either on or off the record or preferable...
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Catching Up with Waka Flocka Flame on “Re-Up”
Written by Scott Brown (@blackbeanage) A couple years ago when talking about who’d he work with on his second album, Triple F Life, Waka stated all he needed was Southside, currently head of the 808...
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