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FLATBUSH ZOMBIES / JOELL ORTIZ / ELZHI / COOKBOOK & EVIDENCE [#GeekSwag Reviews]: A ‘Lead’ Odyssey.

Flatbush Zombies’ music is horrorcore, fantasy and sci-fiction hippy Hip-Hop gone right. I'm usually far from a fan of horrorcore since I usually view it as shock value music and nothing more. These Zombies defy and refine that, because it is about a story, with a flow uniquely their own--complete with instrumentals that are usually …

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KENDRICK LAMAR / SAMIYAM / LUSHLIFE & CSLSX / LMNO [#GeekSwag Reviews]: To Pimp A Galaxy.

Alright. Before we head into this studio, I got to make sure you cool. Don’t come in here snapping pictures and don’t record a damn thing. We' not even suppose to be in here. Kendrick Lamar is in a middle of a jam-session preparing for his second album, and said we can chill out and …

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KANYE WEST / ASHER ROTH, NOTTZ & TRAVIS BARKER / MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS [#GeekSwag Reviews]: Privilege & Pablo.

Look man. You ain't gonna get what you think. I'm not going into this Kanye review with a form or a format or a Beyonce' Formation. I'm just gonna throw my thoughts at you while I listen to this album. Donald Trump is successfully running for President; I can do what I want. But anyway, …

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BENEFICENCE / STATIK KXNG / MASSIVE ATTACK / CURREN$Y & ALCHEMIST [#GeekSwag Reviews]: Star Wars Headspace.

With the recent outburst of popular geek culture influenced hip-hop (Catch the Throne mixtapes, Marshall vs. Capcom), it only made sense for the Monsignor to tackle Rick Rubin's latest endeavor: Star Wars Headspace. It's the closest thing we'll ever get to an original intergalactic John Williams soundtrack -- only in the form of electronic ambience. What separates …

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