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Esoteric’s New Instrumental Record is (Norrin) Rad(d)!

February 9, 2009 – 10:30 am
I spent much of last week lamenting Hip-Hop’s current state of affairs and singling out a few artists as exceptions to the rule of diminishing quality that governs the artform now-a-days. So it’s only right that I begin this week in praise of one of the few contemporary Hip-Hop artists I happen to consider […]
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“You’re the Best, Around…” (El Keter’s Favorite Albums of 2008, Day Three)

January 5, 2009 – 10:30 am
  Out of all the records I enjoyed during 2008 I chose 20 of them as my favorites.  I put them all in alphabetical order and wrote about them.  Here are another five… Adorably precocious Swedish Indie-Pop chanteuse Lykke Li out-Feist-ed Canadian Indie-Folk femme Leslie Feist simply by being…well…more feisty. The nigh-unpronounceable newcomer’s initially self-released debut Youth Novels […]
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Pterodactyl vs. Blogzilla!

May 13, 2008 – 12:42 pm
As of last week Boston’s MC Esoteric has dropped three full-length bangers in as many years. I thought Summer ’05’s markedly ambitious A New Dope (with partner 7L) was a fluke. But Egoclapper, last Summer’s solo outing, quieted most of my questions about the ten year vet’s consistency. After scoring a career landmark like […]
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