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There are nineteen tracks which comprise LEGACY, the second full length release from Akir. The focus on LEGACY is primarily --- almost exclusively --- a political one, a call to arms and a look back in regret at what Akir considers to be the failure of the self-styled “Black Power ...

Anthony Robustelli is a multi-faceted musician --- though primarily a keyboardist, he handles most of the instruments on ANOTHER FATAL BLOW, his fifth CD --- and has toured in support of a number of musicians, both known and unknown, over the course of his career. ANOTHER FATAL BLOW spotlights his ...

For a sophomore album, Donnie’s The Daily News, is not half bad, although not overwhelmingly good either, nor is it as catchy as his first album The Colored Section. However, with the socially conscious fervor of Marvin Gaye and a voice like Stevie Wonder, Donnie scores big points with me. ...

UNHUMAN, Motor’s follow-up to its debut disc KLUNK, continues its mission of stretching the boundaries of dance music and multimedia performance. While djs as personalities is not a new concept at this point in time, Motor takes the idea a step further, combining the cult of personality of, say, D.J. ...

EL FOTO GRANDE is Robust’s long-awaited follow-up to 2004’s POTHOLES IN OUR MOLECULES, and despite the lapse in time between the two releases there is no lapse in quality in Robust’s joints, which are uniformly fine. As he raps in "Retrobust," "I’m dope." It ain’t braggin’ if it’s true. Robust’s ...

Eh.Yeah.  “Eh” about sums up this debut of tag team rappers Priviledge and Billy Woods.  Emergency Powers is pretty run of the mill.  Even if they are a little funny, these guys ring in with merely regurgitated flows and recycled subject matter.  They throw in that occasional topic that is ...

Tru-Paz is a trio: Boozie and Akim write the tracks, DJ Unknown does the production and arrangements. The collaboration is a seamless one, based on what I’m hearing on CONCRETE KINGS. The tracks, to a one, are uniformly interesting, the beats solid, the raps positive, the R & B sensibilities ...