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Articles By: Landon A.

“Catch Myself Thinking Of Her Again…”

Do you remember your first love? I remember mine. She was a 1966 Chevy Malibu with full chrome lips and clean kicks. I wasn’t her first. She’d been with an old lady from Jefferson County for the majority of her life and then she found the Lord when a priest from backwoods Kentucky snatched her up....
October 26th, 2009 | AUDIO, Everything Else, LOOSIES, MUSIC | Read More

“For What It’s Worth” - Review Of Skyzoo’s The Salvation

Spearheading the New York revival, Skyzoo has proven time and time again that his sharp lyricism could be the fuel that helps rocket his style of Hip-Hop back to the forefront. And of course, an affiliation with Just Blaze and a certain former Little Brother producer can’t hurt either. The Salvation,...
October 17th, 2009 | ALBUM REVIEWS, GENERAL | Read More

Lushlife - Redux Vol. 2: Jay-Z’s “Dead Presidents”

Remember how I told you about those “tasteful covers” the ever talented Lushlife concocted? Check him recreate the euphoria which is that of Jay’s “Dead Presidents” as well as CRU’s “Just Another Case.”
October 17th, 2009 | AUDIO, GENERAL, MUSIC, STRAY SHOTS, Videos, WE GOT NOW | Read More

Lushlife - “The Kindness”

Never judge a book by its cover has never been more relevant until now. Meet Philly MC/Producer Lushlife, an artist who may not look like a threat to your ear drums at first glance but beneath the kufi and white v-neck lies the heart of a rapper with a sound reminiscent of some of the Golden Era’s...
October 15th, 2009 | AUDIO, LOOSIES, MUSIC, WE GOT NOW | Read More

“Choked Out Saturday Night”

In the Hip-Hop heads patented list of top ranked producers Organized Noize rarely make a scratch in the top 5, or even the top 10 for that matter. As a soldier for Southern Hip-Hop, ONP easily grace my list of top 5 producers, wedged somewhere between Pete Rock and Dilla (I won’t tell you exactly...
October 10th, 2009 | AUDIO, GENERAL, LOOSIES, MUSIC | Read More

“Hold That” - Review Of Termanology’s Time Machine: Hood Politics VI

Termanology had one of the most ferocious breakouts of last year. His debut album, Politics As Usual, boasted an impressive list of guest MC’s and was supported by some of Hip-Hop’s greatest beatmakers. Revving up the flux capacitor, his most recent project, Time Machine, has Term kicking in your...
September 25th, 2009 | ALBUM REVIEWS, GENERAL | Read More

ATLiens x Aquemini

I can remember being 10 and getting down to “Rosa Parks” at the roller rink, gripping a bag of black cherry Warheads in my left hand with a suicide in my right. We all know how we feel about these two records. Whether you were in high school and ATLiens capped off your ride to school everyday or...
September 16th, 2009 | MUSIC, STRAY SHOTS | Read More

“Nothing But Strangeness”

The more stamps your passport gains undoubtedly the more stories you’ll collect. Flat tires, missed flights, traveler’s diarrhea, it all adds to the baggage of being a constant traveler.
August 28th, 2009 | AUDIO, LOOSIES, MUSIC | Read More

“Hood Song” - Review Of Dorrough’s Dorrough Music

It’s funny how some folks don’t grade an album by the artist’s delivery, wordplay, intensity or the caliber of the guest shots but instead on its ability to knock in the ride. Dorrough, the former Prairie View A&M University student, takes a page from Southerners like Gucci Mane, Jeezy and...
August 24th, 2009 | ALBUM REVIEWS, AUDIO, GENERAL, LOOSIES, MUSIC | Read More

Today’s Time Waster: Don’t Even Reply

Hopefully I’m not late to jump on the band wagon but I came across E-mails From An Asshole yesterday afternoon and proceeded to get myself kicked out of the library for laughing too hard. Essentially what this guy does is contact folks on Craigslist and other sites that post classifieds, then harasses...
August 14th, 2009 | Everything Else, GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK | Read More

“Redemption” - Review Of Wu-Tang Chamber Music

After the unfortunate commercial failure of 8 Diagrams, many deemed the Wu collective as a lost cause and a distant memory as internal conflict and creative differences threatened to sink the Wu-Tang ship for good. Now, two years later RZA takes the backseat as an executive producer as his rhyme brethren...
July 16th, 2009 | ALBUM REVIEWS, GENERAL | Read More

“Decisions, Decisions”

After reviewing Soul Assassin’s new joint, Intermission, for URB and sharing a gem with you, the loyal readers of The Smoking Section (have you copped your TSS shirt?) I dug into my collection of Muggs collabos, which were gathering dust on my hard drive and found a joint effort with the Cali beat...
July 11th, 2009 | AUDIO, LOOSIES, MUSIC | Read More

“Gangsta Sh*t”

DJ Muggs and his team of Soul Assassins have been churning out superior hip-hop since the early 90’s. With supporters like Cypress Hill, Alchemist, La Coka Nostra, Planet Asia and Prodigy of Mobb Deep waving your flag, how could you not remain a head above the rest on the beat and rhyme tip? With...
July 8th, 2009 | AUDIO, GENERAL, LOOSIES, MUSIC | Read More

The Alchemist & Oh No - “Under Siege” Video

Two of Cali’s finest, Alchemist and Oh No, trade darts on a new track as the duo Gangrene. With the 1992 L.A. riots as the backdrop, DJ Muggs, Rakaa, Evidence and that guy from
June 23rd, 2009 | AUDIO, LOOSIES, MUSIC, VIDEO | Read More

“…Smooth Road Ahead.”

Words By Landon A. It’s ironic that my last day as a landscaper at a Kentucky horse farm would undoubtedly be the hottest of the year thus far. As I rose at 6am to commute toward the rolling hills of bluegrass filled with million dollar grazing thoroughbreds, the heat index was just hitting the high...
June 21st, 2009 | AUDIO, GENERAL, LOOSIES, MUSIC | Read More