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March 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 132: Jeru The Damaja – “The Sun Rises In The East”

Now I knew about this album – maybe not quite at the time, but sometime shortly after, and I just never quite made it through to it. A shame. And good to be there now. Because not only is Jeru The Damaja great, and certainly career-best here on this debut, but also I was into all the stuff that came up around this time […]
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November 12, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: GZA/The Genius (November 12; Wgtn)

GZA/The Genius San Fran Sunday, November 12 Live hip-hop – always a gamble. If the MC is great the sound might be shit, if the production is all good you can bet there’ll be excruciating delays…I’d complain, too, about the crowd being full of white munters, but, erm… So, I’m a fairweather fan of the […]
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August 8, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

GZA: NZ Tour (Nov, 2017)

Wu-Tang Clan founding member, GZA/The Genius returns to New Zealand. He’ll be at The Studio in Auckland on Saturday, November 11 and  San Fran in Wellington, Sunday, November 12. I saw him last time – so good, worth it to hear those mega songs from Liquid Swords alone. But you’ll get key choruses from Wu songs […]
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April 25, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Taking The Power Back: Ten of the Most Important Hip-Hop Albums in my Life

We all know that lists are subjective – that is the point of them. So I’ve decided to do a series of top ten albums across genres. They’ll appear sporadically. And rather than call them “Top Ten” I will call them ten of the most important – sorry if that sounds pretentious. It’s not meant […]
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March 26, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Black Knights: Medieval Chamber

Black Knights Medieval Chamber Record Collection There are two ways to hear the new album by Black Knights – and neither is the incorrect approach. And you can alternate, you can mix and match – you might find that’s the only way to take this in. You see it’s an album by Wu Tang-affiliated rappers […]
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