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If you know me, you know I’ve stood by these guys for years. There’s no need to make it a fluff piece or anything like that, but there’s honesty in the bias. I believe what these guys are doing is worthwhile of changing the landscape of hip-hop music and the production of said music. Hit the jump for my review.
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-grizzly
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yeah, boi. nice shorts are back!
in the latest installment, follow the crew and their big apple-sized shenanigan while they do a press run in NYC over the past week or so. they’re back now, and ready to drop james kelley on everyone’s bitch ass on 9/11. stay tuned for a review (yes, i’m album reviewing it or whatever it’s called for a limited edition time or something).
-grizzly
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It’s been a long road. Talk to any of the guys, and they’ll tell you themselves. The group saw a lot of personal turmoil, and amidst all of that, had to follow up their excellent debut LP, The Show. Well, fear not 265 faithful: The group’s sophomore album cycle is here in full swing. Last night, the group threw a listening party at the beautiful Wire Road Studios for a few inner circle folk, including their musical colleagues, artists, bloggers and close friends. James Kelley, once an EP and now a full-fledged LP, was the trophy on display. The food was plentiful, the drinks were flowing and the music showcased.
Hit the jump for the recap.
-grizzly
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While I had plans to write and put this review out last week, I got lazy and got really tied up with the Drake album. I know that upsets a lot of you, but you’ll have to deal. Gambino is signed and now has an album out, and it’s good to be a fan and be in the position to support an artist who gave you two great releases in EP and Culdesac for free.
Hit the jump for the review, and be sure to go grab the record when you hit a Target or something.
-grizzly
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Here comes an album that many of us were anticipatin’, debatin’ and already hatin’. Drake’s sophomore album hits stores today, and will probably see a massive first week’s worth of sales, so be sure to read the review before convincing yourself to go pick the record up. Or steal from the webs.
Review after the jump.
-grizzly
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So at this point, this is the third (heh) Thrice interview to date for weworemasks, and it was just as fun as the first two times. I’ve never been shy about how much I like this band, so it was cool to get the chance to sit down with the bassist, Eddie Breckenridge, to talk all things tour, Major/Minor and what album he’d be interested in playing in full for an anniversary if the opportunity came up.
And I know it’s a bit dated, but the tour’s just starting and I got around to transcribing the interview today. Hit the jump and pass it along!
-grizzly
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Yeah, I know. I said this would be the third review last week, but I just didn’t get around to it. Been a huge J. Cole fan, so it’s always nice to see artists you’ve been into for years finally put together and release their debut LP. Not to mention, sell 217,000 copies of it.
Hit the jump for the review and don’t sleep on this record. Just don’t.
-grizzly
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Today was a good day to post the album review, because today’s also the day we’re catching blink-182′s Houston stop of the Honda Civic Tour. And sure, we spent weekends of our time in much more hip locations such as ACL, but we’re human, and we still grew up on these guys, right? In any case, this is one of the longest tenured bands, and I’m glad they’re still making music. I do wish that they’d buckle down and get some adult haircuts though.
Album review’s after the jump.
-grizzly
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Thrice has pretty much been my favorite band of the last 10 years. Considering I’ve seen them 19 times (soon to be 20) since 2001, I wouldn’t say that’s too far off. Don’t worry, I’m not as biased for Thrice as I am for you know who. Hit the jump for the review.
Oh and there’s two more coming this week.
-grizzly
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i know i’m totally biased here, but this was a pretty cool video to come across. some of hip-hop’s biggest bloggers discuss the hugest album of 2011. now, while these folks believe that you can’t hate it, i wouldn’t personally take it that far. however, it’s hard to deny the impact that this album has had on the music industry. not only in the way it hits retail, but the way it was record, who recorded on it, the magnitude of two of the biggest rappers actually releasing an album in 2011 (we’re not talking the best of both worlds here, folks) and you know – the actual music. say what you will about the emcee frontier of things, but jay-z hasn’t sounded this impressive since 2003′s black album. kanye shines on this album in his own way, but it’s nice to see him take a backseat to his ‘big brother’ once in a while.
a lot of my friends (and hey, we even got a few e-mails!) asked me why i didn’t write a review for this album. the shortform answer was that it was “too much.” there’s too much to write about and i’m not really interested in writing a 1700 word album review, and most of you aren’t interested in reading that. just know that i really love it, but it’s not necessarily my AOTY or anything. there’s a ton of great releases i see taking it down. anyway, back to the video.
-grizzly
We’ve been covering Theophilus for a few years now. All three of us are glad that he’s signed, making big moves and is finally putting out his debut LP. But really, all I want to say is ‘Reviewz are weird these days.’
Hit the jump for the review, and go support this record, especially after he’s given you three excellent mixtapes for free.
-grizzly
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As some of you know, we’ve been fans of Sean for quite some time now. We posted the first mixtape way back when and now, three years later, his debut LP is dropping. When it came down to it, I felt nearly obligated and a little motivated to write a review (Also, I realized I haven’t done one since March. Whoops!) for this record.
Consider it jumping back on the writing wagon. Review after the jump, boi.
-grizzly
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So, after a long wait for fans and Lupe Fiascos alike, we finally have LASERS. There’s a lot of background to this release, some of which was touched on in the review. But for the most part, I’m happy for Lupe for a number of reasons, regardless of how good or bad this album would’ve been. There were a lot of bullshit moves on Atlantic Record’s part, and I really hope he either gets dropped (I’m sure he wants that) and gets to do whatever he wants from here on out, or Atlantic allows him to do whatever he wants with Food & Liquor II.
Either way, the review for LASERS is below the jump. And the album’s in stores. Go pick it up.
-grizzly
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forgive me, this is my first review for a comedy album. after receiving an advance (that’s no longer an advance), i finally managed to muster up the ability to try to knock this review out. louis ck’s one of my favorite comedians, and he should be one of yours too. go watch all his youtube clips, netflix streams and his fx series, but not before you read my review first.
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the get up kids are hitting the road with steel train and and the river city extension, in support of their new album there are rules which comes out next tuesday (album review here). the first leg of the tour kicks off in our hometown of houston tomorrow and winds its way up the west coast. but don’t fret, eastern timers, there’s a second leg that begins feb 23, and includes brion bonz and miniature tigers. this is the kids’ first tour in support of a new album since their disbandment in 2005.
be sure to keep a look out for sunbear’s review of the houston stop of the tour.
check out the full tour schedule after the jump.
- sunbear
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