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Jan04

The Best of Toca Tuesdays 2011 Freestyles (MP3)

With the end of a year, Toca Tuesdays has put together a mixtape of the best freestyles that were featured on the hit radio show. You can catch artists like Big Sean, Kendrick Lamar, Black Thought, and many more rhyming their ass off in a megamix done by Tony Touch (with a few bonus cuts added in.

LIST OF ARTISTS FEATURED:

Freestyles from Uncle Murda, Capadonna, Torae, Casey Veggies, French Montana and The Coke Boyz, Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Ab-Soul, Schoolboy Q, Black Thought, Big Sean, Yelawolf, Evidence, Apathy, Smoke DZA, STS, Open, D12, Rapsody, Skyzoo, Boaz, Danny Brown, Tech N9ne, Machine Gun Kelly, Square Off, Vado, Phil Ade, Sean Price, Black Milk, Guilty Simpson, Killer Mike, Action Bronson, Reks, and Young Chris.

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Feb18

Money Making Jam Boys’ Toca Tuesdays Freestyle (Video)

Listen to MMJB set the Shade 45 mics ablaze below. (Sidenote: If Money Making Jam Boys allowed Mary J Blige in their group, would we call them Mx3Jx2Bx2?)

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Dec13

The Roots Score New Black Panther-Inspired Film

Say you’re making a film about a former Black Panther returning home to Philadephia in 1976. Who could you possibly get to score the film, whose music would fit perfectly against original soul classics from the era? If you answered anything but The Roots, then we need to have a serious talk. …MORE

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Sep20

John Legend & The Roots – Wake Up! (Review)

John Legend & The Roots

Wake Up!

Released by Sony


Perhaps it’s the feeling that this album came about two years too late. Perhaps it’s the fact that The Roots already made an album this summer that encapsulated the political, social and economic unrest felt across our nation in How I Got Over. Either way, there’s simply something off about the consciously enlightening album from John Legend & The Roots, Wake Up! The idea behind Wake Up! is pretty simple – and rather admirable to boot. Cover a handful of emotionally charged soul and funk tracks from the ‘60s and ...

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Jul09

Reef the Lost Cauze: Gloves Off

For some reason, the concept of Philadelphia-rap music makes me feel cold all over(sans the jovially-neon Fresh Prince–though even he departed for sunny Bel-Air). Perhaps it’s the town’s deeply-rooted Protestant work ethic or maybe it’s a manifestation of populist pride against New York City’s glitz, but in a genre that revels in showcasing the ascension from poverty to posh, guys like Freeway, Beanie Sigel and Black Thought have always given off the impression that they’re proud to remain scrappy. Certainly no exception to said-zeitgeist is Reef the Lost Cauze whose latest offering, Fight Music, hears the Philly-MC clawing through producer, Guns-n-Butter’s murky beats with domineering confidence. However, as frosty as Reef’s lyrical right-hooks are, he warmly shines some light upon his hometown as well as things that make him laugh and …

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