Articles Posted by The Rap Up
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Cuban Linx – Smokey Winds
♣ RIAA-Ruined Rap: The 20 Worst Platinum Hip-Hop Albums Of All Time [The Smoking Section] ♣ Don’t Like SOPA & PIPA? You’ll Hate ACTA [Access Now] ♣ Roald Dahl, Lucian Freud and 225 Refused To…
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Cuban Linx – Action
♣ January 18 captured: A SOPA blackout gallery [Open Source] ♣ SOPA Explained In Animated GIF Format [The Oatmeal] ♣ SOPA In A Nutshell [Buzzfeed] ♣ 10 Rappers to Watch in 2012 [About.com] ♣ Shyne…
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The 11 Best Rap Albums of 2011
All that’s left for listapalooza 2011 now is the top one, the album list. Since none of us could actually tell what constitutes the difference bewtween albums and mixtapes nowadays (more on that here) we’ve…
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The Top 20 Rap Songs Of 2011
2011 was a year with many faces in this world of rap. We saw emo-rap rise to prominence like never before while the man partly responsible for paving it’s way towards the mainstream dived headfirst…
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BT Review: The Roots – undun
Though their albums have always been cohesive and gravitated more and more to singular ideas over the years The Roots deliver their first concept album with ‘undun.’ The BT goes on a sonic journey to found out if the great expectations are delivered upon.
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BT Review: Drake’s Take Care
It almost goes without saying that Drake won’t be repping for the hard knocks in the school of life. Nobody expects a Timb boots wearing roughneck album but the members of the BT are man (and in one case, woman) enough to deal with emotional content. So will Drizzy tug at their heartstrings or lull them to sleep? Read on to find out.
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BT Review: Wale’s Ambition
After the lukewarm reception of his official debut album Wale has made the surprising switch to Rick Ross his outfit. Will his ambition finally pay off rolling with MMG or is he the odd one…
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The TRU BT Presents: The Ultimate Birthday Party Playlist (Happy Birthday Riz!)
It’s a special day at the TRU HQ as today marks the 30th birthday of the homie Rizoh, founder of this very site and the original Blogfather. To commemorate his life hitting the triple decades…
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TRU Brain Trust Reviews Cole World: The Sideline Story
After several pushbacks and a critically acclaimed series of mixtapes anticipation for J. Cole’s official debut has risen to a fever pitch. Will the Roc Nation newbie be a worthy heir to the throne? TRU…
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10 Thoughts Going Through Drake’s Mind on Take Care Cover
Drake unveiled the cover art to his next opus yesterday. The world immediately wondered “Why the sad face?” So the TRU Brain Trust assembled it’s foremost psychoanalists to form an educated guess to answer the question of what went through Drizzy’s mind when the picture was taken.
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They Reminisce Over You: Tupac Amaru Shakur
Today marks the 15th anniversary of one of hip-hop culture’s darkest hours. You’ve heard what happened 15 years ago, and the particulars have been explored a multitude of times, so instead of getting into that…
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Truth Hurts Strips for Penthouse
Truth Hurts released two “singles” in this month’s Penthouse. Her full album drops in early 2012.
