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January 8, 2017January 8, 2017

THE #GEEKSWAG AWARDS [Best Hip-Hop of 2016]: Soundtrack 4 Tha Geekz.

1. Aesop Rock - The Impossible Kid - In addition to the brunt of Aesop Rock’s stilted, often second-person conversations (“you’re dreaming of Arcadia, you’re feeling like a baby tooth/ Awaiting panacea, channeling your inner Beowulf”) the rapper seems to be having a lot more fun behind the boards, too. Tracks like “Kirby”, “Waters Tower” …

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December 29, 2016February 9, 2017

RUN THE JEWELS / CHILDISH GAMBINO / RAPSODY / KXNG CROOKED / J. COLE / AB-SOUL / KID CUDI [#GeekSwag Reviews]: Sorry We Missed You.

While most other music blogs and webzines are posting up their annual "Best Albums of the Year" noms, we're still playing catch-up with the hip-hop onslaught that was November and December. Got-damn! Hey, us over at #GeekSwag play video games, read comics, watch some wrasslin' and wait in line for superhero movies, too. But in …

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August 7, 2016

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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July 9, 2014July 9, 2014

#NerdSwag [Reviews]: HRSMN / Swollen Members / Ab-Soul

After a long wait, #NerdSwag is back in full effect. We have a lot of new hip-hop dishes to clean, so let's just get right on down to it. (jump to): -Swollen Members (Brand New Day) -Ab-Soul (These Days...) When it comes to hip-hop Supergroups, quite obviously you think of Wu-Tang. But those dudes grew …

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February 25, 2014February 25, 2014

#NerdSwag [Reviews]: ScHoolboy Q / Prince Po & Oh No / Nino Bless

Yow! Welcome to another episode of #NerdSwag, hip-hop reviews from the "geek" perspective -- oftentimes a very "thug/geek" perspective. Confused? Good. Then you'll love our first album, which blends the very best/worst of "trap music" and witty indie-nerd lyricism. Oxymoron is a crazy record, and certainly sets the stage for our bizarre selections of the …

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