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Snoop Goes Pop

mreeves September 8, 2015 No Comments 2015From Gs to GentsLos AngelesMonsters of RapSnoop DoggWest Coast OGs

Two decades ago, Snoop Doggy Dogg’s ascent from Long Beach Crip to number-one debut album with a bullet and a murder charge was the target…

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Eminem, ‘The Marshall Mathers LP2’

mreeves January 11, 2015 No Comments 2013DetroitEminemMonsters of Rap

Eminem should have picked a different title for The Marshall Mathers LP2. On its 2000 predecessor, he plumbed the ugly depths of the male ID…

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Drake, ‘Nothing Was the Same’

mreeves January 11, 2015 No Comments 2013DrakeMonsters of RapSuburbiaYoung Money

Nothing Was the Same marks a tide-is-high moment for Aubrey Drake Graham. As he surveys the world from the vista of his achievements, he sums…

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Lil Wayne, ‘Tha Carter IV’

mreeves January 11, 2015 No Comments 2011Down in the TrapLil WayneMonsters of RapNew OrleansYoung Money

Lil Wayne could have made a much worse album than Tha Carter IV. Certainly, he seemed primed for a disaster. 2010’s widely derided Rebirth was…

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Nicki Minaj, ‘Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded’

mreeves August 10, 2013 No Comments 2012Mono-RapMonsters of RapNicki MinajNYCYoung Money

Nicki Minaj is a self-described Harajuku girl with a potty mouth and a dementedly theatrical fashion sense to match. Much like Katy Perry, Lady Gaga,…

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