Category: Music
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Future – I NEVER LIKED YOU Album Review
Written by Craig MacDonald The best rapper alive, the best rapper in the past decade, the most consistent rapper of the decade; these are some of the titles used to describe Future and his current standing in the game. After over 23 projects spanning across a decade and dozens of broken records, Future has solidified…
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Breakdown: J. Cole’s two new songs The Climb Back & Lion King on Ice
On a quiet Tuesday afternoon J. Cole took to Twitter to announce two new songs dropping the very next day. The two songs “The Climb Back” & “Lion King on Ice” will be the lead singles for his new album The Fall Off, which has no current release date. The songs are produced by himself…
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Kanye West Discography Ranked & Rated
#9 Jesus Is King 5/10 #8 Ye 6/10 #7 – 808s & Heartbreaks 8/10 #6 – Yeezus 8/10 #5 – Graduation 8/10 #4 – The Life Of Pablo 8/10 #3 – The College Dropout 10/10 #2 – Late Registration 10/10 #1 – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 10/10
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Jay-Z’s Discography Ranked & Rated
Posted by Craig MacDonald a.k.a Debating Hip-Hop #13 – The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse 6/10 #12 – Kingdom Come 6/10 #11 – Magna Carta… Holy Grail 7/10 #10 – The Blueprint 3 7.5/10 #9 – The Dynasty 8/10 #8 Vol. 3… Life and Times of S. Carter 8.5/10 #7 Vol. 2… Hard…
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J. Cole’s Discography Ranked & Rated
Posted by Craig MacDonald a.k.a Debating Hip-Hop #10 – Truly Yours 7/10 #9 – Truly Yours 2 7/10 #8 – The Come Up 7.5/10 #7 – Cole World: The Sideline Story 7.5/10 #6 – KOD 8/10 #5 – Born Sinner 8.5/10 #4 – 4 Your Eyez Only 9/10 #3 – The Warm Up 9/10 #2…
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Kendrick Lamars Discography Ranked & Rated
Posted by Craig MacDonald a.k.a Debating Hip-Hop #9 Training Day (2005) 6.5/10 #8 C4 (2009) 7/10 #7 Kendrick Lamar EP (2009) 7/10 #6 Overly Dedicated (2010) 7.5/10 #5 Section.80 (2011) 8/10 #4 untitled unmastered. (2016) 8.5/10 #3 DAMN. (2017) 9/10 #2 good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012) 9.5/10 #1 To Pimp A Butterfly (2015) 10/10
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2020 Album of The Year list (so far)
This list is obviously based on my personal opinion and enjoyment so far this year. As we enter April this year has already been very good with many impressive releases. I’d like to start off my list by paying my respects to Mac Miller and Pop Smoke who have both tragically passed away recently. Circles…
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Boi-1da & Hit-Boy preview new music from Nipsey/Big Sean, Drake/Roddy & Nas
Producers Boi-1da & Hit-Boy engaged in a beat battle over Instagram Live Friday night giving hip-hop fans something to tune into to during this Covid-19 Pandemic. The two legendary producers went back and forth playing thier best beats throughout thier careers. Last week Timbaland and Swizz Beats competed in a beat battle of thier attracting…
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Top 10 Music Festivals in Canada & The World
Written by Craig MacDonald a.k.a Debating Hip-hop Top 10 Music Festivals in Canada Shambhala Music Festival is an annual electronic music festival held at the Salmo River Ranch in the first week of August. Location is in the West Kootenay mountains near Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. The festival runs all weekend with 6 different stages…
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A Written Testimony Review
A Written Testimony by Jay Electronica A review by Craig MacDonald a.k.a Debating Hip-Hop The long-awaited Jay Electronica debut album is finally here in A Written Testimony. When I said long-awaited, I meant long-awaited, this album has been overdue and anticipated for the past 10 years. Until Jay took to twitter 40 days ago announcing…
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