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Freestyle of the Week Review: Rick Ross & Meek Mill – “No Church in the Wild”

I spent the holidays in Southeastern Ohio. Our little piece of the heart lays at the confluence of the Licking and Muskingum rivers, muddy brown arteries whose lifeblood used to…

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Books
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Young Savage… Rasheed Carter book review

In the debut novel, Young Savage, by Rasheed Carter readers will be introduced to a young child, Rodney, who is the product of a single mother’s drug addiction. Her priorities…

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French Montana Signs To Bad Boy

As if there weren’t enough surprises in the industry in the last few weeks, it has been announced that French Montana has officially signed to P. Diddy’s label Bad Boy.…

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Music

‘TM103: Hustlerz Ambition’ – Young Jeezy album review

From “What I Do” to “F.A.M.E.”, Young Jeezy’s TM103: Hustlerz Ambition is composed of anthems that bang hard through the speakers and is bound to keep Jeezy a known commodity…

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[Movie Review]: Pariah

It’s been a full 24 hours since I watched the screening of the film Pariah, and I’m still thinking about the movie and analyzing scenes. The Focus Features film, written…

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Music
Op-Ed

BAYTL… Gucci Mane and V-Nasty’s album review

The first high profile collaboration between a mainstream rapper and a member of the New Guard, Gucci Mane and V-Nasty’s BAYTL bears the scars that one would expect from such…

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Music

The Pre-Tape Nation Ruckus album review

Having owned a floppy toque or two, being a graduate of a school less than an hour away from the Peace Bridge and the shining lands of the Great White…

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Music

Lioness: Hidden Treasures Amy Winehouse Album Review

They say that once a person departs from this Earth, that we give their body of work a closer, more touching look. That perhaps is the case, but with Amy…

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Music

Award Tour Mike G’s EP Review

The most intriguing, and infuriating, aspect of the New Guard is how amorphous the classification can be. Even closely related artists, and sometimes the same artist, utilize a myriad of…

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Music

My Life II…The Journey Continues (Act I) Mary J. Blige album review

Mary J Blige’s My Life II…The Journey Continues (Act I) engages the listener from start to finish. Blige seems to have learned from the tattered bits and pieces displayed on…

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