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Say what you will about Slug, but he is like the William Eggleston of rap. He takes inspiration from his dreary and angst-ridden environment (the Midwest) and paints vivid pictures with words over Ant's dope-ass beats. I'd say Slug is even more...
expand review entertaining than reality TV with his crazy rap narratives about sad girls with drinking problems and fucked up relationships. For this 5 track EP, Slug drops more of that personal + introspective style with funky fresh beats (with live synth, guitar, and bass) hooked up by Ant and friends. Surprisingly, some of this shit is kind of party rocking for conscious rap. Check "Peyote(1)," "Make The Sun Come Out(2)," "Party Over Here(3)," and the more heavy head nod "Lyndale Avenue User's Manual(4)" and "Rooster(5)." This should hold the fans over till the "When Life Gives You Lemons..." full length drops. -Frank Grimes
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The instrumental version of the landmark Dr Octagon album, featuring all the Automator beats, some of which are slightly remixed and / or extended. -the mgmnt
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This deluxe edition of Doom's 2004 album comes with a bonus DVD full of footage from the Mm... Food Drive Tour, plus a fold-out poster by Burlesque of North America and a shiny little sticker. It also comes wrapped in silver foil...
expand review (think Pop Tarts) and smells fucking awesome thanks to a scratch-n-sniff sticker affixed to the outside. When it dropped, we said this album was Doom being "a bit older and more cynical, but just as clever and exciting" as his old self, and we're stickin' by that. We still bump this in the office regularly and it just never gets old. Doom's rhymes got layers that you keep uncovering even years down the line. Check any of these: "Hoe Cakes(1)," "One Beer(2),""Kon Queso(3)," "Potholderz(4)," "Guinnessez(5)," "Kon Karne(6)." Recommended. -Chris Lemon-Red
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The latest Stones Throw family affair, Roc C comes with one of their best full lengths in a minute. His buddy Oh No handles production on most of the album and these guys sound right in tune with each other. I'll be...
expand review honest, I don't know Roc C from a hole in the wall and I wasn't entirely sure that I wanted to get to know him better, but this album kinda hit me in the head. First things first, the beats are pretty frickin good all the way through. Seriously, Oh No hit him with some shit and his beats are real consistent. Second things second, Roc C has a good voice, strong presence and enough charisma that you want to find out what he's saying. "Hear Me Now(1)" got me interested, "Don't Stop(2)" made it apparent this was gonna have some shit, and by the time "Dirty Dirty(3)" came on I was ready to just let the whole album roll (we rarely do that on the mngmt side of the office. It's either pete's itunes on shuffle, jonesey's jukebox podcasts or the frogman on 45s). "R.O.C.(4)" with Dudley Perkins is one of my favorites from that dude, and the crew track "Watching You(5)" with Aloe Blacc, Oh No and Bizzy Bone is especially hitting. This is that solid Southern Cali hip hop, made for the walkmen, the beat heads and the cars… but it's not corny. -the mgmnt
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This album is a mutual project between Stones Throw and the Adult Swim Network, featuring tracks from every Stones Throw artist, many of which are either exclusive to this comp (at least for now) or are appearing on CD for the first...
expand review time. And they really know how to put one of these things together (check PBW's Juke Box comp if you haven't, or any of the comps Egon's been involved with). They pull from the whole roster with pieces from established vets like Dilla, Dudley Perkins, Madlib, Madvillain and all the other Madlib collabs, plus current up and comers Georgia Anne Muldrow, Koushik, and Roc C, left field shots like Baron Zen, Gary Williams and Pure Essence, and a couple of new guys with funny names: James Pants and Guilty Simpson. So far all we've got to go on is the 30 second audio snippets posted up on the Stones Throw site, but this thing sounds pretty damn good: "Nothing Like This(1)" from Dilla, "Monkey Suite(2)" from Madvillain, "Take It Back(3)" from Madlib, "Drama(4)" from J-Rocc and the list goes on. -the mgmnt
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