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Bruiser Wolf – My Story Got Stories (Review)

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere The arrival of Bruiser Wolf’s second album My Story Got Stories has been long awaited – not just because Bruiser came out swinging with a rookie of the…

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AnywhereTheDopeGo Best Albums of 2023 – Staff Picks

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere Demetrios’ List – The constant nagging topic this year has been that hip-hop has “fallen off”, even on its 50th anniversary. While it might not have been the…

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Turich Benjy and the Newfound Cincinnati Cloud Rap Scene

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere While Cincinnati has had its’ share of notable hip-hop artists breakout over the years, it’s a shame that it never developed a clear scene the way you might…

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CEO Trayle, Warhol.SS, and Regionalism in Modern Hip-Hop

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere It’s funny that over the last 30 plus years of hip-hop, an artist’s hometown is still equated to their subgenre. The overblown East Coast / West Coast beef…

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Aesop Rock – Integrated Tech Solutions (Review)

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere Every year we fall over ourselves in a blitz to the new iPhone and fork over for the latest FIFA retread, but every year we also get passed…

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The Rise and Fall of Slaughterhouse

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere It might not be the hottest topic in 2023, but with the leak of several songs produced by Just Blaze, the untapped potential of Slaughterhouse weighs heavier than…

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How Swishahouse Built Upon the Screwed Up Click’s Legacy

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere The story of every Southern scene has been buried and sullied within hip-hop canon to varying degrees; whether it be the dominance of No Limit, the legacy of…

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A Guide to Army of the Pharaohs and Their Cleverly Balanced Extremes

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere Perhaps a rapper’s most valuable artistic quality is variety – the ability to apply your skills to multiple sounds and ideas that keep the audience engaged. The underground…

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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…