Everybody has a war story. Some are gorier than others, and each has a unique sequence of battlefields. Along his, Nashville rap artist Starlito has been involved in a summertime shootout—with his ego. The biggest fight of his life may be within fingers reach. At least that is what the album art suggests. At War […]
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A bona fide and even passive hip-hop fan may encounter times when their opinions rattle their consciousness as they seek both entertainment and enlightenment. The tension of firming up your musical identity sways you partisan as you pick a side on not one but two fronts, intellectual and emotional fancies. My childhood bias for Nas […]
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(Photo/Francesco Ungaro) Twelve years ago marks the mainstream emergence of Kanye West, a then-blossoming producer renowned for his work on Jay-Z’s The Dynasty: Roc La Familia and The Blueprint Debuting as a rap artist in 2004 with the groundbreaking album College Dropout, Kanye created from a perspective to which the common consumer could perhaps relate. His […]
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Forget about Tayvon Martin. George Zimmerman–forget him too. Both individuals are irrelevant. Why bombard you with my perception of two gentlemen with whom I will never become acquainted? Instead, turn the hands of time back to the 1990s and your volume knob clockwise. The next few individuals are much more noteworthy in examining the conditions […]
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