Articles by Peter Marrack

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  JD Era

  No Handouts

  PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2012

  The best rappers are like curators: they take what's most inspiring from their culture and arrange it into something special, adding their...

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  Jaecyn Bayne

  Audio Therapy

  PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2012

  Jaecyn Bayne's debut LP, Audio Therapy, is a rapper's album. There are good raps ("Bis and Bayne," "Bodydown") and there are good beats ("G...

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  Reks

  Straight, No Chaser

  PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2012

  The best tracks on Reks' Straight, No Chaser are those in which the Massachusetts-bred MC brings the Golden-era ruckus and combines it with...

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  Future

  Pluto

  PUBLISHED Apr 17, 2012

  In hip-hop, there's a time and place for every kind of recording. For Future, that time is now and the place is Atlanta. Future's debut alb...

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  Maino

  Day After Tomorrow

  PUBLISHED Feb 28, 2012

  If we can take away one thing from Maino's Day After Tomorrow, it's that federal prison time does not guarantee a hard hip-hop album. Maino...

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  Jon Boling aka Skatch MC

  Sincerity: The Soundtrack to Life

  PUBLISHED Dec 20, 2011

  This is essentially a demo tape. Jon Boling aka Skatch MC wrote, produced and arranged the entire project, which runs little over half-an-h...