If Ya Don’t Know, Now Ya Know… an Elegy for B.I.G.
Christopher Wallace was so Brooklyn. When he was with us, his artistry for putting words together had the unmatched ability to show the world our modus operandi. If one wanted…
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jeffrey Barreau
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Kendrick Lamar’s Blacker The Berry & How The Black-On-Black Crime Argument Hurts the Progress Against Police Brutality
Imagine if you were a guest speaker on “The O’ Reilly Factor” and you argued that police brutality is an unacceptable problem in Black communities that the government has to…
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2011 Year in Review – The Best of Hip Hop
Overall, 2011 was not an extraordinary year for hip hop music. I read the word “classic” used often by reviewers to describe some of the albums of this past year,…
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Pilot Talk 2 Curren$y Album Review
2005. Curren$y had it all going for him. Guest feature on Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter II album. One of the original artists signed to Weezy’s Young Money imprint. He was…
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Melatonin Magik Canibus album review
Melatonin Magik? More than a clever use of alliteration, the title conveys several messages about the MC Canibus and his art. Melatonin, a hormone produced by the pineal gland in…
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Tech N9ne proves being independent and staying true can win in Hip-Hop
Recently Parlé Magazine caught up with the highest selling independent artist in Hip-Hop, Kansas City’s own Tech N9ne, to discuss his recent success, his plans for the future, and the…
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Jeffrey’s Top Ten Hip-Hop Albums of the Year
Hip-Hop Editor, Jeffrey Barreau’s Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums of 2009 2009 most definitely will be etched as one of the more interesting and peculiar years in Hip-Hop. You would expect…
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Malice ‘N Wonderland…Snoop Dogg album review
Snoop Dogg returns with something for the gangstas and something for the ladies with his new album, Malice ‘N Wonderland.
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