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Willie Evans Jr: Introducin’

by ''BLINKY'' July 26, 2011 Album Reviews

Shrouded in self-designed ambiguity and whispers of imposter performers, MF DOOM has carved out one of the most seemingly inimitable imprints in modern Hip Hop memory. Instantly recognizable, his cutting drawl, off-the-wall imagery, and forward-thinking production has cemented the vaudeville villain as a distinct persona in a genre littered with genericism and regurgitation. Yet ten [...]

DJ Absurd: Flying Colors

by ''BLINKY'' July 6, 2011 Album Reviews

Kicking off the Flying Colors EP quite literally with an “East Coast Assault”, Garden State producer DJ Absurd is certainly not ashamed to wear his heritage proudly on his sleeve. Having grown up and cut his teeth as a DJ in the nineties, Absurd’s hip-hop upbringing on the trusted productions of the likes of DJ [...]

Random Axe: Random Axe

by ''BLINKY'' June 14, 2011 Album Reviews

Indie Hip Hop super-groups are risky business. For every success story, there are many more that fall short of amounting to the promising sum of their parts. With a first glimpse of the trios potential on “Run” off Guilty Simpson’s album Ode To The Ghetto, a smattering of leaks and snippets since the announcement of [...]

Blitz The Ambassador: Native Sun

by ''BLINKY'' May 31, 2011 Album Reviews

Boldly claiming within the first three minutes that he is “putting Africa back on the map”, there is little doubt of the inspiration that lies behind Native Sun, the fourth full-length outing from Brooklyn-via-Ghana emcee Blitz The Ambassador. Having grabbed attention with the diverse live-band sound on his 2009 LP Stereotype, a success story in [...]

''BLINKY''

Willie Evans Jr: Introducin’

DJ Absurd: Flying Colors

Random Axe: Random Axe

Blitz The Ambassador: Native Sun

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