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A strange blend of old tales and modern tricks with sound has made listeners and players notice an odd likeness between the sounds in Gates of Olympus and the styles that mark today’s rap production. The well-liked internet slot game, based on stories from Greek myths, is known for its… Read more »

Born to drug addicted teenage parents in Connecticut and raised during the zenith of the crack years of the Reagan era, Chad Bromley (b/k/a/ Apathy) has seen a lot. While his “Connecticut Casual” albums placed a Blue Velvet-esque spotlight on the ugliest parts under his home state’s surface, his latest… Read more »

Fake Shore Drive is a lot of different things. It’s a Chicagoland blog (the name references the famous Lake Shore Drive), it’s a place for regional rappers to blow up, and it’s also a publishing imprint for albums like Joey Purp & Thelonious Martin’s “Champagne Seats.” The latter is the… Read more »

As best as I can tell the patrons of RapReviews support our mission to leave no stone of rap music unturned. With their generous pledges to keep RR up and running, I continue to dig deeper for albums that would otherwise become urban legends or lost media. With Hyenas in… Read more »

Even though it’s not in the best interest of my mental health, I keep giving Lil Yachty the benefit of the doubt. I’m not a fan of whatever he calls rapping because when I hear it the lyrics are banal, crass, repetitive, or all of the above. “Let’s Start Here”… Read more »

One of my ten favorite albums of 2024 was NxWorries’ “Why Lawd?” The combination of Anderson .Paak on the mic and Knxwledge on the boards was for me irresistible. It got me thinking more about Glen Earl Boothe’s extensive catalogue of music, one which even his own Wikipedia page acknowledges… Read more »