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<!--[if gte mso 9]&gt; Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE &lt;![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt; &lt;![endif]--> As Mr. Lif continues his quest to get every aspect of American politics off of his chest, he’s seen fit to release a mix of greatest hits as well as a few tracks from his upcoming disc I Heard It Today. Slated to be released at the end of April, it seems that the time this album is ready to hit the streets could serve to give it an even more important position within the political discourse that hip hop as undertaken. I Heard It Today might not end up being a new age Public Enemy disc, but not too many things are. Read more

<!--[if gte mso 9]&gt; Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE &lt;![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt; &lt;![endif]--> I really can’t decide if Dose One is my favorite rapper or just a dude that figured out his hook to stand out from the countless and never ending legions of internet rappers. Regardless of the outcome of that very serious inner-debate, Dose has returned from his Subtle detour for another Themselves collab with supa-producer Jel (you can find my gushing prose relating to that producer HERE, HERE or HERE). Read more

<!--[if gte mso 9]&gt; Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 &lt;![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt; &lt;![endif]--> I won’t claim any in depth knowledge regarding the upcoming L.A.U.S.D. project that’s due to drop March 24^th, but I can say that I’ve been nothing less than enamored with Blu since I stumbled upon his work at some point during 2008. Read more

<!--[if gte mso 9]&gt; &lt;![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt; Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE &lt;![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt; &lt;![endif]--> During the second ground swell of underground rap towards the end of the last millennium, Illogic made space (everyone said grace) amongst the crowd with his thoughtful, but not difficult raps alongside the production of Columbus superman Blueprint. The pair has worked together on a frequent basis, with Illogic releasing all of his proper albums on Blueprint’s Weightless Recordings. Read more