Reviews
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Alfred Banks Forges Resilience on ‘The Survivor’s Condition'” Prod. By Pellow Talk (EP Review)
Alfred Banks, in collaboration with producer Pellow Talk, delivers a concise and potent statement with The Survivor’s Condition EP. This six-track…
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PRETTY Serves Soulful, & Satisfying “Chops 4 Breakfast” (Beat Tape Review)
On her new 11-track instrumental beat tape Chops 4 Breakfast, Baltimore based multi-hyphenate PRETTY (Shantele “Pretty” Pretty) masterfully channels the warm,…
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Eddie Kaine Reunites with Wavy da Ghawd for “12/24” Sequel “12/24: The Nightmare (Mixtape Review)
Brooklyn, New York emcee Eddie Kaine celebrating Christmas Eve with his 3rd mixtape. Turning heads at the beginning of the decade off…
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Jason Martin Shouts Out the People Celebrating “A Lonely Winter” This Christmas Eve (EP Review)
Compton, California emcee, songwriter & producer Jason Martin celebrating Christmas Eve with his 6th EP. Originally known under the moniker Problem, he…
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Action Figure 973 & Circa 97 Drop “Lucha Libre for the Soul” Sequel “Lucha Libre for Christmas” (EP Review)
Belleville, New Jersey emcee/producer Action Figure 973 celebrating the holiday season a couple days early with his 10th EP. For a while…
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AJ Snow and Sledgren Serve Up Luxury and Ambition on Smelling Like Succes – Album Review
Rapper AJ Snow closes out 2025 with their latest release, Smelling Like Success, the follow-up to God Don’t Like Ugly.…
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Zig Zag Zig by K. Solar — Album Review
Upcoming artist K. Solar closes out 2025 with their latest album, Zig Zag Zig. The intro, “The KOSt.”, opens with…
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Lee Carver of Alla Xul Elu Releases Highly Conceptual Sophomore Effort “Meathead: Satanic Steakhouse” (Album Review)
Dayton, Ohio emcee Lee Carver returning over a decade after his solo debut Massacre Mask to drop a sophomore effort. Becoming the 3rd &…
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Your Old Droog’s 2nd EP of the Year “YOD Serling” Mostly Teases His Next Album Prod. by Edan & Focuses on His Storytelling (EP Review)
Ukrainian-American lyricist Your Old Droog’s dropping off his 11th EP albeit the 2nd & final one in 2025. Breaking out through his…
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The Kozmonautz Make a “Full Circle” Comeback (Album Review)
The Kozmonautz are an MC/producer duo from Los Angeles, California consisting of Key-Kool & DJ Rhettmatic. Making their eponymous debut in the summer of 1995, they…
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