Continuing on with Exclaim!s 2009 Readers Poll results, today we bring you your top picks for the best hip-hop albums of last year. In this category, it really seems that Beats & Rhymes contributors and readers saw eye to eye, with many of the same albums choosen by both camps. However, when comparing your list and ours, you will see its no mirror image. After all, that would just be creepy. (More after the jump.)...
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Since releasing his debut album, A Place We Could Go, in 2008, L.A.-based songwriter Jeremy Jay has been wildly prolific. Besides the album's follow-up, Slow Dance, he also toured like a workhorse and dropped a number of singles. Now, he'll keep the momentum going with not one but two albums in 2010. (More after the jump.)
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Lots of sci-fi and a little bit of claymation make up this week's Recently Reviewed DVD selections, as well as bit of Hilary Duff, with fresh write-ups on Moon (pictured), Pandorum, Whip It and According to Greta, plus many more. (More after the jump.)...
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Pierced Arrows, featuring former Dead Moon co-founders Fred and Toody Cole drop their new album on February 23 via Vice Records, but you can check out the track Paranoia below. (More after the jump.)...
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TRACK OF THE DAY: The reunion of Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek under the Reflection Eternal banner has been official for a while now, but until recently not much music had emerged from the reformed duo. (More after the jump.)...
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TRACK OF THE DAY: Jason Collett is sitting pretty on his best record, Rat a Tat Tat, which is due out on March 9. Recently word came down that a bonus EP of songs would be released in conjunction with Colletts upcoming Bonfire Ball Tour with Zeus and Bahamas. (More after the jump.)...
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"I pretty much had a meltdown," Owen Pallett admits, laughing ruefully. "This record took a lot out of me." The 30-year-old violin genius didn't name his third full-length album Heartland for nothing. It's all blood, guts, emotion, and his own money that Pallett's poured into the epic, orchestral release, a project that was four years in the making, and according to some anxious and critical fans, long overdue.
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The Nope (Moka Only & Psy) - Melba
Vancouver, BC rapper/producer Moka Only has always been diverse, dropping everything from dusty underground jams to shiny commercial songs, but Melba might just be his most out there yet, invading Kool Keith's turf. Most of Moka's beats for Melba are made with emphasis on the low-end...
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David Read Vinyl Record Guru
Based on Vancouver Island, Vinyl Record Guru is the brainchild of music industry veteran David Read. With over 25 years in the music business in both Canada and the U.S., and with extensive experience in manufacturing, distribution, retail and as an artist, David has been involved in pressing millions of records....
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New and Forthcoming Release Dates In Canada All information is tentative and subject to sudden change
Check out the hottest new releases in the country this week, including: Beach House Teen Dream, Basia Bulat Heart of My Own, David Bowie A Reality Tour, Four Tet There Is Love In You...
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Since releasing his debut album, A Place We Could Go, in 2008, L.A.-based songwriter Jeremy Jay has been wildly prolific. Besides the album's follow-up, Slow Dance, he also toured like a workhorse and dropped a number of singles. Now, he'll keep the momentum going with not one but two albums in 2010. (More after the jump.)
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Lots of sci-fi and a little bit of claymation make up this week's Recently Reviewed DVD selections, as well as bit of Hilary Duff, with fresh write-ups on Moon (pictured), Pandorum, Whip It and According to Greta, plus many more. (More after the jump.)...
TRACK OF THE DAY: The reunion of Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek under the Reflection Eternal banner has been official for a while now, but until recently not much music had emerged from the reformed duo. (More after the jump.)...
TRACK OF THE DAY: Jason Collett is sitting pretty on his best record, Rat a Tat Tat, which is due out on March 9. Recently word came down that a bonus EP of songs would be released in conjunction with Colletts upcoming Bonfire Ball Tour with Zeus and Bahamas. (More after the jump.)...
"I pretty much had a meltdown," Owen Pallett admits, laughing ruefully. "This record took a lot out of me." The 30-year-old violin genius didn't name his third full-length album Heartland for nothing. It's all blood, guts, emotion, and his own money that Pallett's poured into the epic, orchestral release, a project that was four years in the making, and according to some anxious and critical fans, long overdue.
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Vancouver, BC rapper/producer Moka Only has always been diverse, dropping everything from dusty underground jams to shiny commercial songs, but Melba might just be his most out there yet, invading Kool Keith's turf. Most of Moka's beats for Melba are made with emphasis on the low-end...
Based on Vancouver Island, Vinyl Record Guru is the brainchild of music industry veteran David Read. With over 25 years in the music business in both Canada and the U.S., and with extensive experience in manufacturing, distribution, retail and as an artist, David has been involved in pressing millions of records....
Check out the hottest new releases in the country this week, including: Beach House Teen Dream, Basia Bulat Heart of My Own, David Bowie A Reality Tour, Four Tet There Is Love In You...
