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Every New Hip Hop/R&B Release I Heard in 2023 Ranked

While we may have done our top ten ranked best of 2023, there are countless albums that I had personally heard throughout the year. Within this list includes everything, from…

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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…

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Concert Review: Atmosphere – Tour De Friends (Cincinnati, 4/26/24)

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere The Midwest, and Cincinnati in particular, is special to Atmosphere – and Atmosphere is important to us. That’s why it’s no surprise that their Tour De Friends show…

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Concert Review: Bad Bunny – Most Wanted Tour (Louisville, 4/22/24)

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere On April 22, thousands descended upon the University of Louisville’s KFC Yum! Center to catch a (somewhat rare, for this region) glimpse of the unparalleled star that is…

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My Night at Cash Cobain’s Slizzy Fest

I’ve been having some poor luck at shows lately. Previously, I’ve tried to go to Lucki’s Listening Party for Flawless Like Me, which winded up getting shut down by NYPD…

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Lanvin’s Earliest Lyrics in Hip Hop

Despite French fashion house Lanvin’s rich history spanning over one hundred years, only in the past year have they shown interest for hip hop. Atlanta rapper Future become the first…

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The Lexicons of Hip-Hop Cult Followings

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere One of the coolest aspects of any music culture is the way a secret code develops among its loyal fans. There was a time when everybody was wearing…

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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…