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THE BEST SONGS OF 2011
ALEXANDER – TRUTH I first heard this creepy folk tune on the fourth season of Breaking Bad, and I immediately had to Shazaam it. I listened to it on repeat for the rest of the night and had a very...
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CALGARY’S BEST KEPT SECRET
PAUL MARKEN – MAKE YOU WAIT/WASN’T ME/ALIVE/SAME OL’ SONG Almost a year before the release of Girl Talk’s ultimate mash-up album Feed the Animals, a Calgarian named Paul Marken would start his own...
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PLAY THIS LOUD
PUSHA T – NUMBERS ON THE BOARDS For Fans of: Mobb Deep, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Clipse, Something about dark and minimalist rap that brings out the worst in us. Shook Ones, pt. 2 made us want to put on...
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THE DEVIL’S ADVOCATE
JAY Z – F.U.T.W. For Fans of: The GZA, Nas, Mobb Deep, I have struggled recently to listen to Jay Z. He is an unapologetic ex-drug dealer, and often boasts (even in new material and interviews) about...
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NO SUCH THING AS HALFWAY CROOKS
SMOKE DZA – CITY OF DREAMS For Fans of: Pusha T, Mobb Deep, Jay Z, No matter how far I am from my junior high days, how far I am from 40 oz in the school yard, how far I am from Wu-Tang and that East...
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A LITTLE SHAME GOES A LONG WAY
PUSHA T – NOSETALGIA (FEAT. KENDRICK LAMAR) For Fans of: Kanye West, Jay Z, Yes, the new Pusha T track with Kendrick Lamar is successful. The classic guitar notes compliment the bongos for a minimal...
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LEAVE YOUR HEADPIECE HANGIN’
CZARFACE – ESCAPE FROM CZARKHAM For Fans of: DOOM, Ghostface Killah, Jay Z, Written by Amy Prieve If the Czarface moniker was a tip of the cap to Madvillainy‘s comic-sampling mastery, then crown jewel...
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