Articles by Thomas Quinlan

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  Freestyle Fellowship

  The Promise

  PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2011

  Known for their styling on the mic, Freestyle Fellowship have already influenced a surprisingly large number, and cross-section, of MCs wit...

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  Teenburger

  Burgertime

  PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2011

  Having already collaborated with each other in various combinations, Backburner rappers Timbuktu (of Toolshed) and Juno nominee Ghettosocks...

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  Kaigen

  Re: bloomer

  PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2011

  Coming off a U.S. tour with Ceschi and RickoLus, Japanese rapper Kaigen comes into his own with Re: bloomer, an album steeped in collaborat...

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  Apathy

  Honkey Kong

  PUBLISHED Aug 22, 2011

  Apathy's latest is filled with big, banging beats by the likes of Premier, Da Beatminerz, DJ Muggs and himself, as well as others, and an a...

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  Brzowski

  A Fitful Sleep

  PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2011

  Portland, ME rapper Brzowski rests comfortably on the hip-hop side of the rap/rock divide, but there's no denying the influence of rock mus...

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  Ain't No Love

  Ain't No Love

  PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2011

  When Toronto/Montreal rap trio WrabeanZ's Saidah Bowen, Roly Broere and Elias McBean grew bored with traditional boom-bap rap, they found i...

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  Factor

  Club Soda Series 1

  PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2011

  After successful album-length collaborations with Myka 9, Awol One and others, infamous Prairie producer Factor returns to the compilation...

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  Mikedecline

  Umbrellatons

  PUBLISHED Jul 15, 2011

  Umbrellatons harkens back to the late '90s glory days of producer/turntablist hip-hop albums that exploded after the release of DJ Shadow's...