Author: Demetrios

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Stop Bitching About Talib Kweli and Luminary

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere We get it, we get it; Talib Kweli is mean on Twitter, he fits too many syllables in, and he dropped an album on a mean, stupid podcast…

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Ranking Top Dawg Entertainment’s Best Recent Releases

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere Top Dawg Entertainment has long been established as the premier label in modern hip-hop. Under Punch’s leadership, they dropped a collection of certain classics in the first half…

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In Memoriam: Big Scarr

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere Memphis rapper Big Scarr passed away on December 22nd, 2022, reportedly from an accidental drug overdose. The young talent was a core member in Gucci Mane‘s New 1017…

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AnywhereTheDopeGo Best Albums of 2022 – Demetrios

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere Most hip-hop heads seem to agree that 2022 has been the genre’s best and busiest in recent memory. With Covid finally a memory and tours busy again, artists…

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Ransom & V Don – Chaos is My Ladder (Review)

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere To some, chaos is a source of pain and panic; but to the ambitious, it is no more than a stepping stone to escape the strife below and…

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L’Orange & Solemn Brigham – Marlowe 3 (Review)

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere The North Carolina MC / producer duo of Solemn Brigham and L’Orange might be named for the pulp private eye Phillip Marlowe, perhaps another predecessor is English playwright…

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In Memoriam: Takeoff

While the Migos have enjoyed ups and downs in both popularity and quality over the years, the death of Takeoff is a gut punch given their cultural impact and classic…

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Fatboi Sharif – Preaching in Havana (Review)

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere For decades, over much of hip-hop has loomed a dejection; a cold heartedness bred from streets and a nation that do you no good. From the gore of…

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Tee Grizzley – Chapters of the Trenches (Review)

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere While Tee Grizzley burst into the mainstream with 2018’s Activated, he has seemingly been surpassed in recent years by other members of the Detroit trap scene. Starting out,…

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G Herbo – Survivor’s Remorse (Review)

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere While G Herbo has been a mainstay of Chicago drill and popular hiphop since 2014’s landmark mixtape Welcome to Fazoland, he was always a man apart from his…

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Open Mike Eagle – Component System with the Auto Reverse (Review)

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere The art rap scene has always existed nebulously in the grey area between hardcore, old school rhymes and deeply personal allegory. From an early barrage of flows and…

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billy woods & Messiah Musik – Church (Review)

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere There’s something communal about smoking together; On fire escapes and stoops as cars and trains whiz by, shouts and shots in the distance, you pass it around in…