Author: Demetrios

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Futurewave 2024 Recap Playlist

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere The East Coast underground is full of busy producers who churn out dope albums on a near monthly basis. Think of V Don, 38 Spesh, Nicholas Craven, even…

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Blu 2024 Recap Playlist

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere While there’s rarely a bad word to be said of him, Blu’s career is too often reduced to his early, classic work with Exile. The reality is that…

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Big Sad 1900 2024 Recap Playlist

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere It’s no secret that the West Coast ran rap in 2024. Kendrick and Mustard put on for Los Angeles heavy throughout the beef, bringing gangster sounds that have…

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AnywhereTheDopeGo Best Albums of 2024 – Demetrios

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere Hopefully all the Twitter dorks who only listen to mixtape 50 or Travis Scott are done with the weird narrative that hip-hop is dead. 2024 housed so many…

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August Fanon 2024 Recap Playlist

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere Brooklyn producer August Fanon picked up a cult following after handling the majority of Mach-Hommy’s 2016 breakthrough HBO, but went relatively quiet in the ensuing years. It was…

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Review Roundup: Elucid, Maxo Kream, Dthang, Benny & More

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere Just playing catch up like I said last time. It’s been such a great year for hip-hop so now’s not the time to slack off. I’ll do in…

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Review Roundup: Westside Gunn, SahBabii, El Cousteau, Lil Uzi Vert

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere I haven’t been writing enough lately – reviews especially – so here are quick thoughts on a few recent releases to get back into the swing of things….

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In Memoriam: KA

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere This isn’t going to be a particularly formal piece because Ka is so important to me as a hip-hop fan, writer, consumer of media, and person. Just venting…

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Cover Artists Who Define the Look of Underground Hip-Hop

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere Everyone has seen the memes of whatever violent sociopolitical photo is hot at the moment with black bars over the eyes, imitating Benny’s 2019 album The Plugs I…

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Where Lo-fi Hip-Hop and Trap Have Begun to Intersect

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere For a hip-hop subgenre that for years was so unabashedly dusty – even avant garde at times – a surprising pattern has emerged in the lo-fi scene. Slums…

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AnywhereTheDopeGo Best Albums of Mid Year 2024 – Staff Picks

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere Demetrios’ List – It’s obviously been a crazy start to the year for hip-hop. It seems the culture is beating Twitter’s allegations that it’s a dying genre. A…

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Once You Hear Blade Icewood, You’ll Never Listen to Detroit Trap the Same

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere Detroit trap is arguably the hottest thing in rap since the new decade began. Often with upbeat production, skittery Bay-influenced flows, and over the top punchlines, it’s given…