B. David Zarley, Author at Parle Mag

Once one gets past Cleveland, the journey from the East Coast to Chicago levels out and empties, giving way to white line fever inducing scenery that is simple as death…

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The Scoreboard Sisters – Heroes & Villains Vol. 2 mixtape download

Now this is the kind of press release you don’t get everyday, by way of producer Audio Games: a pair of Scottish schoolgirls meet in choir, discover their love for Hip-Hop, and…

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The Revenge of Troy: 2012 College Football Preview

It is quiet, a low, barely perceptible hum beneath the fanfare, pomp and circumstance always associated with the beginnings of the football season, beneath the churning, whirling mass of the…

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Freestyle of the Week Review: Lil Wayne – “No Lie Freestyle”

Apparently not wanting to eclipse 2 Chainz, Lil Wayne has decided to push the release of Dedication 4 back. Apparently not afraid to eclipse 2 Chainz on one track, Weezy…

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Review: Young Dro – “Exodus 23:1 (Freestyle)”

It can be difficult to balance menace and deliriousness, and few have the tools to make it happen like Young Dro. The Atlanta emcee has always possessed one of the…

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2 Dash Tone-“Summertime” Download

With his imminent return to the States approaching, Harlem-by-way-of-Paris emcee 2 Dash Tone is making an unorthodox move, dropping off a track from his next mixtape, La Belle Epoque, even…

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Thoughts on the Freestyles of Riff Raff

Despite my own crusade, and the words of no less an authority than Big Daddy Kane, people still seem to think that a freestyle rap is one created in a…

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Domo Genesis-“Elimination Chamber” Download

Criminally overlooked in lieu of his Odd Future compatriots, Domo Genesis may finally get the attention he deserves when his Alchemist produced LP, No Idols, is released. In the meantime, Domo…

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Review: Paypa “New God Flow (Freestyle)”

If one wishes to play in the debauched penthouse of Luxury Rap, the rococo realm occupied almost exclusively by Jay-Z and G.O.O.D. Music, there has never been an easier time…

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Lil Reese – Don’t Like mixtape download

Lil Reese brings many of the same aspects that brought fellow Drill Music artist and associate Chief Keef to fame–trance like invocations of unspeakable violence, a 1000-yard stare flow over terrifying,…

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