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My Favorite Hip-Hop Albums by Year (2012-2017): Part II

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This is Part II. If you haven’t read Part I yet, you should go read Part I before reading this. Or, don’t. I’m not your mother. ScHoolboy Q – Habits & Contradictions (January 14, 2012) If 2009 was the greatest year ever for mixtapes, 2012 might be the greatest year ever for hip-hop at large. … Read more

What Kind of Hood Is You Claiming?

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Since its inception, the sounds of hip hop were inherently tied to geography and space. The deep, rolling basslines of the west coast g-funk classics pioneered by Dr. Dre were fundamentally different from the grimy beats and kung fu samples produced around the same time by RZA in New York. The dirty trap sound started … Read more