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Rap Up for the Week of 10/23/15
Torii MacAdams has been cast in ‘Swap Meet,’ a minor motion picture Ty Dolla $ign ft. E-40 – “Saved” There will never be another Nate Dogg, whose smooth, understated menace was like a silk garrotte....
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“Pimp would take people on a 1-on-1 basis”: An Interview with Author Julia...
If you know Southern rap, you know Pimp C. If you know rap journalism, you know Julia Beverly, creator of the now-defunct Ozone Magazine. And, if reading about Master P putting a gun in Pimp C’s mouth...
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All the way Down in Mobile: Lil Nardy’s ‘NARDYMARLEY’
Torii MacAdams has won 187 crawfish cook-offs. Where’s the heart of Alabama rap music? G-Side, Paper Route Gangstaz, and Jackie Chain hail from Huntsville, the home of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight...
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Rap Up for the Week of 11/6/2015
We’ve seen Torii MacAdams smile, once or twice Pimp C ft. Lil Wayne – “3 Way Freak” Posthumous albums are not all created equally. Notorious B.I.G.’s Life After Death was completed during his...
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To Live as a Greek Hero, to Die British From a Fever: On Lord Byron
Torii MacAdams’ ideal tea party includes Mary Shelley, Lord Byron, and crumpets. Invite Percy, too. Lord Byron’s a divisive motherfucker. Last June, Mel of The Outfit, TX, penned an overview of...
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The Rap Up: The Week of Feb. 6th
Torii MacAdams knew about the Alan Parsons Project before Kanye. Future – In Abundance / Fly Shit Only When Future’s forthcoming EVOL was announced, there was brief speculation that “In Abundance”...
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The Rap Up: The Week of Feb. 12th
Torii MacAdams will mute you if you even mention Yeezy Season 3. The Outfit, TX ft. Ricky Fontaine – Burning Trees “Burning Trees,” the outro from The Outfit, TX’s recent album Down By The Trinity, is...
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The Rap-Up: Week of Feb. 19th
Torii MacAdams only goes to Disneyland for the churros. Kanye West ft. Frank Ocean, Vic Mensa & Sia – Wolves (CD-Quality Original) On Sunday, Kanye tweeted that he’s going to “fix wolves [sic].”...
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Premiere: Jeff Chery’s “Family”
Why not Jeff Chery? Why not the man who reverted from “Pay$0z” to his birth name, which seems to belong more to a disheveled French detective than an autotuned, Haitian-American rapper? Chery’s a...
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The Rap Up – Week of June 17
Torii MacAdams taught the pindrop to pay for college. Warm Brew – The Mission A traditional (and very loose) marker of economic status in Los Angeles is the further north of the 10 Freeway you live,...
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The Rap Up: Week of August 12th
Torri McAdams‘ favorite Olympic sport is still Table Tennis. Isaiah Rashad – Free Lunch Isaiah Rashad verses seem the eddying of a friendly stream. They turn back on themselves, self- and...
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The Rap Up: Week of August 19
Torii MacAdams wears his heart on his Von Wafer jersey. Mick Jenkins – Spread Love Maybe I’m wary of Mick Jenkins’ “Spread Love” because I listened to too much angry, nihilistic music in my formative...
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AJ Suede & The Ghost of Spaceghostpurrp
Torii MacAdams’ dad wrote the book on listening to more jazz. In the summer of 1959, Sonny Rollins left his Lower East Side apartment, walked onto the Williamsburg Bridge, and started playing his...
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