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I knew two things about Rob49 before reviewing “Let Me Fly” — he hails from New Orleans (the numbers in his name reference the 4th and 9th Ward) and he caught a stray bullet when he was at the filming of French Montana’s “Igloo” video. Thankfully it wasn’t fatal. Aren’t… Read more »

Fairly recent tariffs notwithstanding, Canada’s hip-hop scene has always been welcomed in the United States. Reggae-rapper Snow and the über-successful Drake have been two of the Great White North’s biggest hip-hop exports. But Canada’s underground rap scene, centered in Toronto, has burgeoned in the past few decades, giving a voice… Read more »

You have only to look at the cover of “Mr. Controller” to know Keith Thornton (Kool Keith, Dr. Octagon, Exotron Geiger Counter One Gamma Plus Sequencer, et cetera) is playing the comic book card. He has pictured himself as Galactus and in his outstretched hand he holds a Silver Surfer… Read more »

“I’m laughing to the bank like ha, ha, ha ha.” I’m all for rappers who are trying to not do the same thing as everybody who came before them. MajinBlxxdy certainly stands out from his peers and deserves props for that. At first blush “Gates of Hades” might appear to… Read more »

“Nothingness was once my everything.” In this world we all deserve the chance to express ourselves. Lil Sac has gotten his on “Psychopath Returns” and that’s entirely fair. Deserving the chance to say what you feel is not the same as deserving to be appreciated as a good artist though.… Read more »

RIP Kenneth Doniell Moore a/k/a Big Moe. Read more »