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Thoughts…….
I used to care and enjoy award shows as a kid. Seeing your favorite artist come together and perform and in one place and to see them win was nothing…
Apr 4, 2022
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March 2022
To Pimp A Butterfly
I can remember the exact day of when To Pimp A Butterfly released. It was spring break of my senior year of high school and I had about only 9 weeks…
Mar 15, 2022
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Oxymoron: 8 Years Later
It’s been about 8 years since Oxymoron. I can remember vividly waking up to the Collard Greens music video playing before I woke up in the mornings of…
Mar 12, 2022
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God Don't Make Mistakes
God Don’t Make Mistakes is Conway’s debut project on Shady Records. Although I wasn’t moved by La Maquina, I had a very good feeling this would be a…
Mar 1, 2022
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February 2022
Continuance and the Art of Synergy
Continuance is a great display of rapper and producer chemistry from front to back. Since Curren$y’s most critically acclaimed product with Alchemist in…
Feb 21, 2022
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A Few Good Things.
When Saba announced this album I was beyond excited because of how excellent Care for Me was and also to see what direction he would go in musically for…
Feb 12, 2022
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Streaming, the new Deluxe, The Posse Cut and the 3rd Verse.
Streaming has caused the push out of certain trends and routine things in music and has also introduced some new ones since 2015. The biggest ones I’ve…
Feb 2, 2022
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January 2022
Separating the Art from the Artist in Hip-Hop: Doesn't Exist.
In the year 2022, and in the era of trying to hold people accountable, the constant phrase of “ separate the art from the artist” tends to come about…
Jan 23, 2022
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Separating the Art from the Artist in Hip-Hop: Doesn't Exist.
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An Exaggerated Truth
In the streaming era, the term ‘’all these new rappers sound the same’’ is a common critique used to describe the state of hip-hop by people who don’t…
Jan 15, 2022
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Coming soon
This is The Groovy Files, my site where I write about mainly hiphop, but honestly anything I feel like. As one big step in my writing career, I wanted…
Jan 5, 2022
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