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May10

Tyler the Creator :: Goblin (Review)

Tyler the Creator

Goblin

Released by XL Recordings


For somebody who appears to give as little a fuck as he does, Odd Future head-honcho Tyler the Creator sure gets his Santorum-stained panties in a twist at the mention of "horrorcore." At the end of the Hodgy Beats-assisted "Sandwitches," the 20-year-old Los Angeles emcee and producer makes sure to drop the beat out before telling his critics that Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All doesn't "fucking make horrorcore, you fucking idiots/Listen deeper than the music before you put it in a box." It's a funny thing to get mad at, if only because no one makes horrorcore at all and certainly no one with 8 million YouTube views for a debut single. The hip-hop subgenre was made up by The RZA and Prince Paul when they collaborated as Tha Gravediggaz, and that album's biggest hit "Diary of a Madman" has 1/10th the views that Tyler's "Yonkers" flick does. Horrorcore didn't matter until Tyler got all pissed about it.

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Nov18

Lil Wayne Documentary: One of rap’s best? (Review)

Lil Wayne

The Carter DVD

Released by QD3


Former URB Editor Brandon Perkins takes his typically thoughtful look at the new doc profiling one of the most intriguing rappers in history.
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