Category Archives: Album Review

ALBUM REVIEW: State of the Artist – Altered State

Posted on May 11, 2011 by JoeyMC

Altered State by State Of The Artist >Seu browser não suporta iframes. According to Lowenfeld’s stages of artistic development, the adolescent drawer leaves the “gang stage,” one of a dawning realism but an anxious desire to conform and receive the … Continue reading →

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ALBUM REVIEW: Curren$y x Alchemist – Covert Coup

Posted on April 23, 2011 by JoeyMC

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] “I’m a trill mothafucka after all,” Curren$y spits as if it had been largely forgotten on “BBS,” the opening track of his free 420 Alchemist collaboration Covert Coup. After the success of his … Continue reading →

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ALBUM REVIEW: KD – G-Fluid

Posted on April 21, 2011 by JoeyMC

Seu browser não suporta iframes. The late April sun would have you believe it’s summer already, and the urge to put away the Northface and rock nothing but shorts and basketball jerseys until mid-September is great. But in the back … Continue reading →

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ALBUM REVIEW: Thadwick Tristen Trevor III & Swan Coltrane – Adventures in a Helluvastate

Posted on April 17, 2011 by JoeyMC

Seu browser não suporta iframes. Extra hella lateness. Late March’s release of Adventures in a Helluvastate (get it above), the collaboration of State of the Artist‘s TH and Helladope‘s Tay Sean, has been receiving consistent burn but until now has … Continue reading →

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ALBUM REVIEW: Rockwell Powers & Ill Pill – Kids in the Back 2

Posted on April 16, 2011 by JoeyMC

Seu browser não suporta iframes. Tonight is one to celebrate endings and beginnings. Over at Chop Suey is D.Black’s Curtain Call retirement party, an occasion I wrote about extensively here. Black, one of the more important mainstays in the Seattle … Continue reading →

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ALBUM REVIEW: Avatar Young Blaze – Danny Darko

Posted on March 29, 2011 by JoeyMC

It’s been a hellaciously busy couple weeks, so yeah, the blog is most definitely being ignored. And unfortunately, by way of virtue so is some great music released in the past week. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Avatar … Continue reading →

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ALBUM REVIEW: Rittz – White Jesus

Posted on March 10, 2011 by JoeyMC

“Motherfuckers say I disrespect the art form,” outlandish Georgia rapper Rittz declares on the title track off his new mixtape White Jesus, available for free download here. Who would make such an assertion is never clear, nor is why; Rittz … Continue reading →

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Members Only Column: The Good Sin x 10.4Rog – “Late”

Posted on February 16, 2011 by JoeyMC

As was hinted last night, this week’s Members Only column is all about the Good Sin and 10.4 Rog’s Late, available for free here. I’ll leave all the pontificating over there, but to sum up: it’s very, very good. You … Continue reading →

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ALBUM REVIEW: Hi-Life Soundsystem – S/T

Posted on February 13, 2011 by JoeyMC

Released this past Tuesday, Hi-Life Soundsystem’s self-titled debut album (available for free here) is a solid collection of lighter-fare rap done by artists who don’t usually make this kind of music. Following the promise of anthemic lead singles “Death of … Continue reading →

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The Drugs of the Future Didn’t Last: Black Lab’s Ethiopian Tattoo Shop

Posted on February 2, 2011 by JoeyMC

This is part two of two of a feature about the new projects released by Graves33 and Black Lab and their distinct music within the local rap scene. This post is meant to be a direct continuation of part one, … Continue reading →

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