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Anthony “AZ” Cruz’s claim-to-fame was being the sole guest appearance on Nas’ 1994 debut “Illmatic”, having a verse on the song “Life’s a Bitch”. Gaining a record deal off the strength of that appearance, he released his 1995 debut “Doe or Die” to critical acclaim. Taking up with the New York mafioso themes at the time, his subsequent albums followed a similar trend, with hi...

The title isn’t as ballsy as you think. Brady Knapp (BKnapp or BKNAPP in this case) recorded this album in 2014 and by his own confession was a super fan of the Supervillain. “I had a big doom phase a few years back. So much so ...

There are a lot of overlapping coincidences to this album. Less than 24 hours after I wrote about the passing of Lord Sear, I was hit up by a publicist asking if I wanted to review an album from Pounds448. I had been going through Lord Sear’s catalogue onl...

What is the difference between Russian emo rap and American emo rap?

After listening to “Serenity” my answer is simple — there isn’t one. Perhaps that’s telling about how homogeneous the sound has become. The obvious difference is that WARYKID is ra...

Accidentally (or perhaps instinctively) I referred to ISSBROKIE! as “genderfluid” in my last review. With their “EVIL!” album I’m absolutely certain ...