Author: Demetrios

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What’s Next For Bombastic Backpacker Rob Sonic?

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere Despite being a member of some of hip-hop’s greatest crews and delivering cult classics, Rob Sonic is a bit quiet these days and doesn’t get much love outside…

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Mick Jenkins Is Solidified As One of Hip-Hop’s Most Consistent Artists

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere For a stretch in the 2010s, the entire internet had Mick Jenkins fever: or, more specifically, The Water (s) fever. Coming up with the Free Nation collective, Mick’s…

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Understanding Dr. Dre and Uncle Luke’s Lost Beef

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere Between “No Vaseline” and “Real Muthaphuckkin’ G’s“, the early 90s standout as a time of iconic diss tracks, especially amidst the peak of gangster rap dominance. Infighting among…

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Stop Bitching About Noname

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere This is a touchy one. Is Noname annoying on Twitter? Probably. Does she hate white people? Not entirely. Should it matter? No. Let’s start with the obvious incident…

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Ranking Drake’s Charmingly Corny Album Titles

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere Whether you love him or hate him, Drake knows his lane. He’s always been unabashedly melodramatic – both on his romantic and tough-guy sides – and has highlighted…

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A Guide to the Classic, Yet Forgotten Miami Bass Scene

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere Everyone remembers G-Funk, New Orleans Bounce, Memphis Horrorcore, and more, but when it comes to Miami Bass, there aren’t many classics or stars to speak of. For a…

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Stop Bitching About Talib Kweli and Luminary

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere We get it, we get it; Talib Kweli is mean on Twitter, he fits too many syllables in, and he dropped an album on a mean, stupid podcast…

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Ranking Top Dawg Entertainment’s Best Recent Releases

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere Top Dawg Entertainment has long been established as the premier label in modern hip-hop. Under Punch’s leadership, they dropped a collection of certain classics in the first half…

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In Memoriam: Big Scarr

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere Memphis rapper Big Scarr passed away on December 22nd, 2022, reportedly from an accidental drug overdose. The young talent was a core member in Gucci Mane‘s New 1017…

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2022 Hip-Hop Album of the Year – Demetrios

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere Most hip-hop heads seem to agree that 2022 has been the genre’s best and busiest in recent memory. With Covid finally a memory and tours busy again, artists…

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Ransom & V Don – Chaos is My Ladder (Review)

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere To some, chaos is a source of pain and panic; but to the ambitious, it is no more than a stepping stone to escape the strife below and…

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L’Orange & Solemn Brigham – Marlowe 3 (Review)

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere The North Carolina MC / producer duo of Solemn Brigham and L’Orange might be named for the pulp private eye Phillip Marlowe, perhaps another predecessor is English playwright…