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Get sprung

A bumpin' crop of spring hip-hop
Between the packages that turn up on my Jamaica Plain doorstep and the envelopes that stuff my Phoenix mailbox, I have enough music to start a mixtape spot in Downtown Crossing.
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  March 18, 2009
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Joe the rapper

Joe Budden, Freeway, and the enduring authority of street rap
"One thing I've learned is that if you write about reality, you'll never run out of material."
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  November 17, 2008
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Millenium thug

Rough, rugged, raw reality rap essentials from a redefining year
Forgive me for listing only New York classics here.
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  November 11, 2008
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Styles P

Super Gangster (Extraordinary Gentleman) | Koch
P at least belongs in rap’s upper echelon.
By LAUREN CARTER  |  February 19, 2008
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War of the words

50 Cent versus Kanye West
50 Cent has a long history of initiating beefs before he releases a new album.
By RICHARD BECK  |  September 12, 2007
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Saying the unspeakable

Filmmaker calls out hip-hop’s latent misogyny and racism
Former quarterback turned activist Byron Hurt brings to light gender-stereotyping views in mainstream hip-hop culture and those perpetuating them, in hopes that light will prove cleansing.
By SONYA TOMLINSON  |  May 23, 2007
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Lil' Wayne

THA CARTER, VOL. 2 | Cash Money  
With four solo albums to his name and no more than a meager reputation, you’d expect former Hot Boy Lil’ Wayne to have gotten tired by the time he set out to record Tha Carter, Vol. 2 .
By LEON NEYFAKH  |  February 14, 2006

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