Tag Archives: Nas

Dear Q-Tip; Thanks for Not Sucking

December 15, 2008 – 10:30 am
One thing music lovers of every stripe can agree on is that they just don’t make ‘em like they used to. The cliché holds true for both today’s artists and the veterans of the olden days who are still around, and is applicable to music regardless of genre. No matter how much I […]
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Beats for Your Face (Or Lack Thereof)

December 10, 2008 – 10:30 am
So much for chilly temperatures and pretty powdery coatings…All of a sudden it’s a balmy 60 degrees outside with intermittent rain and it’s windy as a sonovabitch! So, what sort of soundtrack does a grey-skied, puddle-packed, wind-blown Wednesday deserve? I’m thinking something moody and changeable, that suits the days’ melancholy caste but still […]
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Records at Random, Vol. 75: Genius/GZA Liquid Swords

November 21, 2008 – 10:30 am
Back in August I marked the dog days of Summer–and the 13th anniversary of the album’s release date–by dedicating a Records at Random post to Wu-Tang Clan swordsman Chef Raekwon’s mafioso-Rap epic Only Built 4 Cuban Linx. In that post I went to great lengths to outline just some of the myriad reasons that […]
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Records at Random Vol. 61 - Raekwon Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

August 1, 2008 – 11:15 am
Aside from all those mixtapes I’ve been blabbing about, a good portion of my Summer so far was spent revisiting old Hip-Hop albums. Having access to excessive amounts of digital storage and portable media players inspired me to replace the collection of cassette tapes languishing in a duffle bag in my bedroom with a […]
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