Tag Archives: Edan

What’s More Expensive, a Laser, Life, a Time Machine, Or a Panda?

The term “throwback Rap” has become something of a byword, associated with brightly-colored hipster fashion, tight pants, retro-futuristic graphic tees and a couple of oft-profiled rappers fond of drum-machine beats and synthesizers. Being a fan of 808 kicks and stuttery sampled vocal hooks myself I really don’t have any sort of beef with that. […]

Pterodactyl vs. Blogzilla!

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 […]