For those that aren’t familiar with Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino, this is the perfect time to get to know him! His Independent album CAMP drops next tuesday. Childish Gambino is a very unique artist from Stone Mountain, GA and a graduate of NYU where he studied dramatic writing. After graduating he was discovered by Tina Fey, …
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Ambition (Review) On November 1st, 2011 ambition is synonymous for Wale. As the title of his sophomore album, Wale has proven that this album embodies every definition of the word. Catered to Wale’s unique and at times unpredictable flow that has been refined since his debut album. Ambition gives a great contrast of beats, rhymes, …
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Decoded {Book Review} “When I started working on this book, I told my editor that I wanted it to do three important things. The first thing was to make the case that hip-hop lyrics- not just my lyrics, but those of every great MC- are poetry if you look at them closely enough. The …
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Cole World: The Sideline Story Album Review The much anticipated debut album of one of hip-hops favorite freshmen has finally reached the shelves. As of September 27th, Cole World: The Sideline Story is in stores and the fans that have supported for a few years now are proud to have watched the maturation. With likely …
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Kickin Red Cups For those that missed it, on August 26th itstheratpack.com and CoolPhiCool.com put together a House Party for the history books called “Kickin Red Cups”. Great music, Good people, women, and by the way did I mention we shot a Music Video? The inspiration of this video comes from Shay Will mixtape “JUICE: …
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Word on the street is that Kendrick Lamar will be in DC next week for a show. And you already know that the Ratpack will be there in front row rapping the lyrics to Michael Jordan word for word with KDot. Our friends over at DCtoBC.com put this event together and we can’t be more excited to see one of …
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The Yearbook: Upperclassmen Superlatives When XXL started doing their now annual “Freshmen List” it wasn’t originally expected to gain as much notoriety as it has. Nowadays making the list is at the top of every up and coming rapper’s bucket list. Since there have been four classes to matriculate through the game, it’s about time …
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Summer Sensation: Tunes Mid July, good people, good food. As our good friend Hamer blessed the crew and others with another great cookout this past weekend, it got me thinking of my favorite summertime cuts. Personally I feel like music makes the summer go round and this year is no exception. Seems that Mick …
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New Music: Kendrick Lamar x Section 80 “I’m not the next pop star. I’m not the next socially aware rapper. I’m a human f’n being over dope ass instrumentation.” -Kendrick Lamar Of course we weren’t gonna just let a new Kendrick Lamar album drop over the weekend and not even mention it. Seeing as how …
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New Artist Spotlight: Schoolboy Q Never realized how much I listened to this mixtape/album until a couple days ago while traveling to Atlanta. Honestly, this is one of the most solid projects of this year. Coming from the Top Dawg conglomerate, ScHoolboy Q is next up to shine following Kendrick Lamar’s amazing “Overly Dedicated”. The …
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