Category: #GeekSwag

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ATMOSPHERE / RAS KASS / M.I.A. / BISHOP LAMONT [#GeekSwag Reviews]: Rhyme Sayers.

Over the past 20-years, Slug and Ant have been speaking their minds and reeling you in with their own style of thought-provoking hip-hop. Over time they’ve stayed true to their style--and unlike some older groups--haven’t strayed from what they do best in the slightest. That being said, if you’re looking for hard, banging beats, you’ve …

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DE LA SOUL / BANKS & STEELZ / KA / DJ SNAKE [#GeekSwag Reviews]: Nobody Anonymous.

Icons have nothing to prove. Drop a classic on the first try, coast for a lifetime. Produce a cult classic on the second, rest on your laurels no need to step up your game. Yet De La Soul keeps birthing timeless gems almost three decades after their debut masterpiece, 3 Feet High and Rising, with …

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SCHOOLBOY Q / CUT CHEMIST / BLU & NOTTZ / UGLY HEROES [#GeekSwag Reviews]: Yah! Yah! Yah!

There isn’t much to say about the new ScHoolBoy Q album, Blank Face LP. Now, that’s not to say that the album isn’t dope as hell. There just isn’t much about it that is new or shocking. It feels like the same story is being told. Not even a different part of the same story; …

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DJ SHADOW / APATHY / ILL BILL [#GeekSwag Reviews]: Handsnakes With…

Although DJ Shadow has partnered up with Cut Chemist to do a tour celebrating a Tribute to Afrika Bambaataa, it’s been 5-years since his last original solo album. So unlock the gates because the new vinyl is upon us and The Mountain Will Fall! After the emcee-heavy The Outsider (2006) and his more energized, adrenaline-fueled …

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MASTA ACE / FLUME / HAVOC & ALCHEMIST / BLUEPRINT [#GeekSwag Reviews]: Vigilante Genesis.

I was pretty excited when offered a chance to review the new Masta Ace joint, The Falling Season. This has long been one of my most respected rappers; one I even pulled for in our discussions of who to place in our "Top 5 #GeekSwag Albums of the Year in 2004" for for his storytelling …

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