Articles by Themistoklis Alexis

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  Termanology

  More Politics

  PUBLISHED Nov 18, 2016

  Termanology has cranked out close to two-dozen projects, at a frenetic rate, but More Politics is no fleeting studio bender — it's the ripe...

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  KXNG Crooked

  Good vs. Evil

  PUBLISHED Nov 11, 2016

  The past couple of years have seen America marred by police brutality and the all-out circus that was the presidential race, but as KXNG Cr...

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  Kool Keith

  Feature Magnetic

  PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2016

  New York hip-hop luminary Kool Keith enlisted a dozen underground mainstays to show "cheesecake rappers" how the old school gets busy on hi...

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  Reks

  The Greatest X

  PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2016

  In his bid to become the crown prince of hip-hop's underground, Reks is stating his case with a daunting 35-track double album, The Greates...

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  Roy Woods

  Waking at Dawn

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2016

  Roy Woods' debut Waking at Dawn shows flashes of maturity from the 20-year-old, but suffers from a soporific sonic palette and a reluctance...

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  Demrick

  Collect Call

  PUBLISHED Jun 24, 2016

  Demrick is one of many MCs with East Coast roots to make their name in California. But as he recounts on Collect Call, his path from North...

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  YG

  Still Brazy

  PUBLISHED Jun 17, 2016

  YG avoids the sophomore slump with Still Brazy by evoking the crown jewels of West Coast hip-hop royalty.   On the lead single "Twist my Fi...

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  Kodak Black

  Lil B.I.G. Pac

  PUBLISHED Jun 10, 2016

  His May arrest for year-old warrants hasn't stopped Kodak Black's Lil B.I.G. Pac mixtape from seeing the light of day. The warrants, whose...