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Another ill advised rating of 3 rappers from across the decades. These ratings are based on a snapshot of each rappers career and has very little scientific basis.

We discuss the following 'seasons' of each rappers career -

Dr. Dre in 1992-93

Kool G. Rap in 1995-96

Future in 2015-16

The categories are:

Rhymes

Technique

Performance

Acclaim

Popularity

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In 1994, Gang Starr released one of their most celebrated albums. It's still regarded as one of the very best albums of what was arguably the greatest year in the history of rap music. At the time the cassette was the format of choice and that would allow around an hour of audio and most artists were more than happy to fill that up. You've heard the saying 'do more with less' but in this instance we want to do less with more. Once again we try to edit down a beloved album to fit the single disc LP format. Was hard to Earn hard to edit?

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We review the reviewers in the latest Critical Lug, this time with a different format yet again. This time it's a three way dance of death pitting the top 3 best reviewed albums of the year 2024 against one another.

The albums are

'brat' by Charli XCX

'Songs of a Lost World' by The Cure

'Absolute Elsewhere' by Blood Incantation

https://www.metacritic.com/news/best-albums-of-2024/

We're swimming back in rare chronological order with the year that directly followed 1973. Another Ted Heath update as well as a muddled retelling of the Watergate scandal. Plus the movies, television and music of 1974.

If you'd like a Spotify playlist of songs from the year to soundtrack your journey with us, you can find that here https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2lul9o7l30ghV2wRgbsu9O?si=OwBam23wQWeXXw-tPoYMtQ

In this episode we rate three rappers in five categories to arrive at a rating. This is not to be taken entirely seriously but is a fun discussion about Hip Hop's obsession with knowing who is the best in the world.

Rather than focussing on the tired conversation of who is the greatest of all time, we take a snapshot of each rapper at a particular point in their career.

Will Smith from 1997-1998

Redman from 1992 - 1993

KRS-One from 1996-1997

The categories are:

Rhymes

Technique

Performance

Acclaim

Popularity

Please accept our apologies in advance.

Listen to the playlist here and see if you agree https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7lmSQKYtAUB5U69nxbBuFE?si=faf942537f5e426f