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“I Learned from Little Brother 2” by Prince Wiser (Album Reflection by MC Till)
The other night I sat down with “I Learned from Little Brother 2” by Prince Wiser. While I was listening I started jotting down some...
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MC Till
May 26, 20233 min
The Sundown E.P. by Th.iii.rd & Freddie Marr is DOPE!
Most boom bap heads know about Buffalo. How can we not? The Griselda crew is everywhere, even appearing on late night talk shows....
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MC Till
Mar 31, 20232 min
Below the Heavens: A Crowdsourced Reflection
When something rises to the level of cult classic like Below the Heavens by Blu and Exile why not let the cult followers speak? That’s...
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MC Till
Mar 7, 20232 min
3 Feet High & Rising (Short Reflection by MC Till)
I remember it clearly. I was at my cousin’s house in Indianapolis when I saw it. I saw, for the first time, a copy of 3 Feet High &...
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MC Till
Feb 15, 20233 min
MAGIC Reflection by MC Till
“Nas picks trash beats.” You’ve probably heard that before. Sure, in the span of his nearly 30 years in Hip-Hop, has Nas picked some...
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MC Till
Jan 26, 20235 min
Four Finger Ring by The Bad Seed (MC Till Reflection)
Four Finger Ring is the hardest boom bap album of the year. No doubt about it in my mind. In some ways The Bad Seed is like the Roc...
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MC Till
Jan 17, 20233 min
A Bizarre Ride Reflection by MC Till
I was reluctant, but I agreed. I would select and play 20 songs from Digable Planets during a Pharcyde vs Digable Planets song-for-song...
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MC Till
Dec 30, 20224 min
"Nothing Less" is Incredible
Sometimes an album is so timely and feels so perfect that you just can’t stop listening to it. That’s the case with Nothing Less by Awon...
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MC Till
Dec 17, 20225 min
A Conflicted Love Relationship
I was in middle school sitting front in center in our school auditorium. I was looking up at a guest speaker that seemed like a pretty...
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MC Till
Nov 28, 20224 min
Glory in the Weight by Tab-One (Album Reflection)
Sometimes an album comes out of nowhere to surprise me. I don’t know the caliber of the emcee and have relatively no expectations going...
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MC Till
Oct 18, 20213 min
A Past About a Better Future: Reflections from “African Dream”
When I was a young child, maybe 5 years old, my family stopped by a gas station in a predominantly black neighborhood. It was dark. I was...
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MC Till
Oct 13, 20213 min
The Battery’s The Change Up 5 Years Later
By Big Sto Jurny Big and Peace 586 (both part of The Tunnel Rats) are pioneers in Hip-hop. I was five years old when LPG’s (a group...
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MC Till
Jun 26, 20213 min
Skyzoo: A Decade of Excellence
Five years ago Skyzoo gave me a birthday present. Okay, he didn’t wrap up a gift and send it to me via UPS. But, just a few days after my...
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MC Till
Jun 26, 20215 min
Champion Sound (Album Reflections)
“Glory” with its rolling snares, cloudy choir esq. vocal samples, and choppy horns opens up the Champion Sounds by Wordsworth & Pearl...
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MC Till
Jun 26, 20213 min
The Starting 5ive (Album Review)
By Michael Stover For ‘The Boom Bap Review’ series I’ve tried not to write about EPs because that adds sooo many records to an already...
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MC Till
Jun 26, 20213 min
MC Till's Top 30 from 2020
I've said it a few times and I'll say it yet again. We are living in a new Hip-hop golden age. It is different from the past. Back then...
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MC Till
Jun 26, 20213 min
thisANDthat: Mama’s Rampage
Hip-hop is competitive. Artists claim to be the greatest of their city. Others say they are the greatest period. Hip-hop fans follow suit...
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MC Till
Jun 26, 20213 min
As God Intended by Che Noir (Album Review)
Apollo Brown. Che Noir. Features by Black Thought, Skyzoo, Ty Farris, and Planet Asia. If you know these names, you know where this is...
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MC Till
Jun 26, 20213 min
What is Hip-hop & am I a guest?
If you follow KRS-One at all, you have heard the phrase “You are not doing Hip-hop, you are hip-hop.” But, what exactly IS Hip-hop? In...
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MC Till
Jun 26, 20212 min
My Favorite Jay-Z Albums
My top five favorite Jay-Z albums are as follows: 5. Unplugged 4. The Black Album 3. The Blueprint 2. 4:44 1. Reasonable Doubt I took a...
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