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Yep, another break 2 Aug 2013 | 04:46 pm
As I sort-of hinted at in the last post, there's some stuff going on in the real world that is keeping me from giving my full attention to the blog. I plan on returning as soon as I can with new cont...
My Gut Reaction: U-God - The Keynote Speaker (July 23, 2013) 30 Jul 2013 | 03:46 am
I had intended on writing about this project earlier, because it's a Wu-Tang Clan release and, seriously, come on, but life got in the way, so if any of you two were getting pissed that I hadn't yet g...
Xzibit - Weapons Of Mass Destruction (December 14, 2004) 26 Jul 2013 | 09:00 pm
In 2004, Alvin "Xzibit" Joyner released his fifth album, Weapons Of Mass Destruction, on a major label (Sony) and with a major label budget backing him. This outcome made sense, as the man's third an...
EPMD - Back In Business (September 23, 1997) 23 Jul 2013 | 09:00 pm
When EPMD broke up in 1992, it was a shock, mainly because back then there was no such thing as a Twitter feed where one could air all of their dirty laundry to a fanbase that doesn't necessarily give...
My Gut Reaction: Tony Touch - The Piece Maker 3: Return Of The 50 MC's (July 9, 2013) 20 Jul 2013 | 09:16 pm
For his one hundredth mixtape, deejay-slash-producer-slash-rapper-slash-radio show host Tony Touch decided that he needed to do something special. So over the course of two years, he took his time com...
My Gut Reaction: Freddie Gibbs + Statik Selektah - Lord Giveth, Lord Taketh Away (June 24, 2011) 17 Jul 2013 | 09:00 pm
Back in 2011, Fredward Gibbs was sitting pretty as a blogger favorite in our chosen genre, as his mixtape game had taken off and his career was (finally) taking off after a false start at Interscope. ...
My Gut Reaction: Jay-Z - Magna Carta... Holy Grail (July 4 or 9, 2013, depending on whether you download apps just to get free shit) 14 Jul 2013 | 09:00 pm
Shawn Corey Carter's twelfth (seriously?) solo album, Magna Carta... Holy Grail, was announced less than a month before its actual release date. Like his friend and closest competitor Kanye West's Ye...
Something Different: Nathaniel Merriweather Presents...Lovage - Music To Make Love To Your Old Lady By (November 6, 2001) 11 Jul 2013 | 09:00 pm
While you two are still waiting for what I may or may not have to say about the new Jay-Z project, I'm going to take this time to tackle a subject that I have neglected for far too long on HHID: produ...
My Gut Reaction: Run The Jewels (Killer Mike + El-P) - Run The Jewels (June 26, 2013) 8 Jul 2013 | 09:00 pm
Today's post completely throws my whole "finish what I started" project under a bus, as I have written about neither Killer Mike nor El-P on HHID before. (The reviews linked in the sidebar were provi...
My Gut Reaction: Action Bronson - Saaab Stories (June 11, 2013) 5 Jul 2013 | 09:00 pm
As rapper-slash-chef Action Bronson's name has popped up several times in the comments section of many of the posts on HHID, it's only fair that I try to explore his catalog a bit further. And, being...
