July 2010
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The Great Rap Purge, Pt. 1 of ? →
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New Music Round-Up
Today’s been a pretty productive day for the release of high-quality new music.
Freddie Gibbs- Str8 Killa No Filla
G.I.-by-way-of-L.A. rapper Freddie Gibbs’ long-awaited tape Str8 Killa No Filla was the big release today, a solid and occasionally great collection of previously released Gibbs tracks (“Crushin’ Feelin’s, “Do Wrong” feat. Pill, among...
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Walkmasterflex Reviews Teflon Don →
I reviewed Rick Ross’ Teflon Don this week.
-Flex
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The songs are hypnotic and grotesque, heavy with the force of the unconscious,...
– Jon Caramanica, on Lil B at Santos Party House. New York Times, July 26, 2010
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R.I.P. Melvin Bliss →
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That’s when I decided, the judge don’t want to listen to me,...
– Mary Jacob, juror during C-Murder’s 2009 retrial, which resulted in a murder conviction.
AllHipHop:
A special panel in New Orleans, Louisiana that examines judicial misconduct is investigating a judge with ties to rapper C-Murder, who is serving a life sentence for the 2002 murder of a...
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Video of Lil B NYC Show →
I was so drunk I forgot how crazy this show was, but you can take a look at it here. Evidently it sold out.
-Flex
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DaVinci “Concrete Jungle Juice” (Sweetbreads, 2010)
More visuals from one of this year’s best records. Also more gangsta flutes.
Production by Ammbush. Directed by Marcus Ubungen.
(via Ozone Mag)
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Walkmasterflex Reviews Curren$y →
So I shit on the Curren$y record and made a bunch of internet thugs angry in the process. Go check it out.
-Flex
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Too $hort : “The Accusations Against Me Regarding... →
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Everybody in hip-hop seems like a republican and scared to be different. I’m...
– Lil B, rap music’s contrarian.
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Mr. Magic Rap Attack On WBLS, 1986 →
Balance.
Dutch:
This tape has a great vibe. The magic is here!
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DJ Red Alert On KISS FM, January 1985 →
Dutch:
Great show including tracks from LL Cool J, Roxanne Shante and Mantronix. Thanks to Johnnie Freeze for sharing this tape on DJH. Check for an overview of all the Red Alert tapes on my blog: http://old-school-hiphop-tapes.blogspot.com/search/label/red%20alert
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DJ Pete Rock In Control @ WBLS, May 20, 1989 →
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Record Review: DJ Burn One & Starlito... →
Walkmasterflex reviewed one of 2010’s most thoughtfully executed releases, Renaissance Gangster, for the Mishka Blog. Check it out and be sure to support independent music by picking up Burn One & Lito’s street tape here.
-$M