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Review: @Peace – @Peace
When listening to @Peace I think of a quote I heard Tupac say in an interview: “I just wanna move forward, yo, for real. I’m tired of the same old same old. I just wanna take us to the next level, I...
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Review: Dirty Mackademics EP
If you’ve ever wondered how deep DMN roll this is the release for you. From the first track they lay it right out there for you, and the answer is…..*drumroll*…. Ten deep. Ten deep might not seem too...
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Review: Smokey Beatz – #Terrific
If you miss how a ‘Westside Connection’ mixtape at its peak used to make you feel then you could bump Smokey Beatz, #Terrific and get that feeling back. Initially the tape sounds like a West Coast...
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Review: Slip Of The Tongue – Trouble With Vin
Slip of the Tongue A.K.A Madizm, A.K.A the Magnificent Ruffian, A.K.A Thuggy Bear A.K.A Sweet Dick Vinnie, A.K.A The Big Dick Brigadier, A.K.A The Pussy Pugilist, A.K.A Number 5 the Skorpian (self...
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AYEBlot: KRS-One
Lawrence Krisna Parker [is] Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone. Born in a place called Flatbush (Brooklyn, New York) in the mid 19-sixties. The Teacha found himself in the early stages of...
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Review: GodMode -The Chaos Order
“Whatever happened to the alley way street cyphers, them good old days when all we’d play is Street Fighter, back in the days when you could smell it in the air, the golden days where rappers spat hell...
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Review: JB – Rebel Without Applause
I would say if your a fan of Warcloud then you should love this album, but lets be real for a minute…other than myself , Godmode and I’m assuming JB, I doubt Warcloud has any fans that read this site...
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AYEBlot: Ghostface Killah
Dennis Coles [is] Ghostface Killah AKA Little Jimmy Ice Ghostface Killah, aka - Ghostface, Tony Starks, Ironman, Ghost Deini, Starky Love, Pretty Toney was born on May 9, 1970 – Staten Island, New...
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Review: Jane Deezy -Venus & Mars feat. Sabre
By the time you’ve reached your mid 20’s if you haven’t experienced a relationship like that discussed in Venus & Mars by Jane Deezy and Sabre, it would be a shame. It’s the kind that if you’re...
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Review: Sammy Gallows – Blessed Are The Sick
Admittedly, and this is far from my proudest moment, in the past I have had a stereotypical view of underground emcee’s from New Zealand’s deep south. When my finger caressed that play button; I was...
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Review: Mountain Dew – Beyond The Wall (Launch)
Wednesday the 17th of October saw the AYEBRO team out in force on a sun-soaked afternoon. Victoria Park markets was the destination but not before a stroll through the skate park, cricket grounds and...
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Review: Spycc & INF – Summer Madness E.P
A year and then some has elapsed since the Onehunga duo put out their debut effort and I must say truthfully it topples some of the hard-pressed music coming out locally at present. That being a feet...
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Review: Rizvan – Lost In Translation (1993)
This album from North Shores (via Glenfield) Rizvan registers in the sweet-spot grouping for me personally since its a 90′s Hip Hop themed project. He draws inspiration from the birth place of this...
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ANReview: A$AP Rocky – Long.Live.A$AP (Deluxe Edition)
My work was cut out of granite here being I have had little exposure to A$AP Rocky, but it seems by subconsciously ducking the hype from online bloggers, social media networking feeds and word of...
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ANReview: @Peace – Girl Songs E.P
Young Gifted and Broke’s, @Peace is a side collective comprised of five highly talent musicians ‘Girl Songs‘ dropped this year on Valentines Day (14th February) aptly released to coincide on an...
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Review: Sophisticated Horiz – Aural Translation
‘Sophisticated Horiz’ immediately comes off as being uniquely belonging to the land of the long white cloud with their tuned back-yard sound and cultured musical-lingo. ‘Aural Translation’ is a twelve...
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ANReview: J.Cole – Born Sinner (Deluxe Edition)
Off the bat, I totally missed the freight train that everyone seemed to jump aboard when it came to this dude and his mass appeal. Most recently though I have submitted in that his sound for some...
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ANReview: A$AP Ferg – Trap Lord
After a quick Google engine search return, my A$AP Ferg knowledge is broadened beyond him just being a member of the A$AP Mob thanks to those results. The Harlem rapper has an array of aliases which...
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ANReview: Earl Sweatshirt – Doris
K, once again I find myself out of the loop tasked with covering this one. Besides my limited knowledge on Odd Future and their underground cult success through to a mainstream ploy in recent years,...
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ANReview: John Legend – Love In The Future
John Legend gives us his 4th solo album to be serenaded by and despite Kayne West being one of the pivotal executive producers on this, its kept true to what the R&B croon-oisseur of 9x Grammy...
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