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Album Review: SL Jones & DJ Burn One – Paraphernalia
“Dope Man” – SL Jones & DJ Burn One SL Jones is an emcee who’s continued to develop over the past half a decade. Many listeners first became acquainted with him, along with Pill and others, as a...
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Album Review: Jackie Chain – Bruce Lean Chronicles
“Picture Perfect / Numbers” – Jackie Chain (produced by Beat Billionaire & Sonny Digital) It’s no secret among those who closely follow quality southern rap, that Alabama has been one of the single...
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Interview: Jackie Chain
Jackie Chain dropped his Bruce Lean Chronicles this week, which is his second project this year, and is Hardwood Blacktop’s pick for feel good album of the Summer. I caught up with Jackie to discuss...
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Interview: Rittz
“Sleep At Night” Rittz featuring Yelawolf Recently I sat down with Rittz to talk about his approach to song writing, the reasons behind his re-release of White Jesus, his relationship with DJ Burn One...
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Album Review: iNDEED – iNDEEDFACE
The legitimate production crew or group, as opposed to the group of producers who work individually (eg DITC), is not an aberration in rap music – Organized Noize, Neptunes, Block Beataz, Earthtone III...
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Hardwood Blacktop’s 2012 Hip Hop Awards: Top 15 Albums of 2012
2012 has been an exceptional year for rap music. It’s hard to think of a year over the course of the last half a decade that saw the release of so many excellent rap albums. Remarkably ten of the...
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Hardwood Blacktop’s 2012 Hip Hop Awards: Top Ten Producers of 2012
2012 was a really great year for rap producers, probably a better year for producers than rappers, which seems to have been the trend for the last few years. It is notable that 2012′s list sees the...
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