Articles by Pierre Hamilton

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  Dr. Octagon

  The Return of Dr. Octagon

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2006

  In the comic-book fantasyland that Kool Keith’s Dr. Octagon inhabits, your alter ego’s death (in 1999) is no obstacle to his return. And le...

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  Sunz of Man

  The Old Testament

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2006

  If rap were a religion — and to some it is — The Old Testament would be four (sometimes five) MCs hurling lyrical lightning bolts from up h...

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  Radioinactive

  Soundtrack to a Book

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2006

  From the Los Angeles underground of abstract rappers comes Radioinactive. An MC who’s kicked it with notable lyric spitters Murs and Busdri...

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  7L & Esoteric

  A New Dope

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2006

  Another talented group suddenly switch their style. Few people will follow 7L & Esoteric (one DJ, one MC, respectively) down this new path....

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  Peezee

  Star Status

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2006

  Avoid Star Status all costs. Using rappers skills as a system of celebrity measurement — with Nas being A-list and your best local MC on th...

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  Juvenile

  Reality Check

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2006

  Did you expect more from a man who made asses rumble with "Back That Azz Up,” and perfected the mumble rap on "Ha”? John Lennon, Juvenile i...

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  Kano

  Home Sweet Home

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2006

  UK rapper Kano is to North America what Jay-Z was to the suburbs: an easier to swallow ghetto pill for pop audiences. The Streets, Dizzee R...

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  Aceyalone / RJD2 / Busdriver

  Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto ON - February 25, 2006

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2006

  Words flung from the tongue of Busdriver arrived almost as fast as they did from John Moschitta, the man whose rapid-fire, machine gun rhet...