Tag Archives: Raekwon

Only Built 4 Polk County?

August 4, 2008 – 10:30 am
A lot was said in Friday’s Records at Random post dedicated to the 13th (despite its rep thirteen is one of my lucky numbers) anniversary of Raekwon’s Only Built 4 Cuban Linx about the qualities I admire a Hip-Hop album. Dirty sample-based beats imbued with the crackle-and-pop of vinyl, emcees who are creative, intelligent, […]
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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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For Losers as Well as Super Stars

July 9, 2008 – 10:59 am
I spend so much of my time digging through obscurities that I often don’t hear about what’s going on well-established artists until the last minute. My underground fetish withstanding, this may have something to do with general skepticism of the things people in the entertainment industry say about their future products. I guess […]
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Mixtapes I Don’t Hate: Wale The Mixtape About Nothing

June 9, 2008 – 11:28 am
The other day a guy on regional news claimed that temperatures in the northeast over this past weekend and the first few days of the week were going to be under the influence of “the hottest airmass of the year.” Seeing how Summer has only just recently gotten under way unofficially and is still […]
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