Mogul Mowgli
Young and rising rapper loses his big break when he contracts a debilitating disease.
Tag: Hip Hop
In the Heights
The residents of impoverished Washington heights live, love, and struggle to get ahead in the middle of a blistering summer.
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
Parking Lot Symphony (Blue Note). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Wild Style Lion
Anti-Hero (I’m Single Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Hip-Hop in the Holy Land
DJ Noisey travels to Israel and reports on the lively and diverse local Hip Hop scene.
Mr. Bird
Bird Bird Bird (Psych Navigation / Vital Force). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Elvis Costello
In Motion Pictures (Universal Music Enterprises). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Atmosphere
Atmosphere taps into the psyche of self doubt of twentysomethings, Matthew Moyer discovered at a sold-out Jacksonville show, where the powerhouse rhymes were so hot they broke the air conditioner.
Darwin Deez
Wonky Beats (Lucky Number). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Toro Y Moi
Causers of This (Carpark Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Brother Ali
Brother Ali raps more gratitude than attitude, sending a refreshing surge of celebration through Chicago’s Metro.
T. H. White
Company Book (Sky Council). Review by Carl F Gauze.
WHY?
Eskimo Snow (anticon.). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Nickodemus
Sun People (ESL Music). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Ursula 1000
Mystics (ESL). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Monkey
Journey to the West (XL Recordings). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Empire Isis
Sound The Trumpets (Nutz). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Trevor Hall
The Rascals Have Returned (Geffen Records).
Defamation League
League of the Living Dead (self-released). Review by Carl F Gauze.
MU
Out of Breach (Output). Review by Aaron Shaul.
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