KCSB Top Ten Week ending 2/20/03

February 20, 2003 by

1) Hot Cross | A New Set of Lungs | Level Plane 2) Orwell | Following Days | Hidden Agenda 3) Hive and Keaton | Plague | Renegade Hardware
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KCSB Top Ten Week ending 2/13/03

February 13, 2003 by

1) The Sea And Cake | One Bedroom | Thrill Jockey2) Hot Cross | A New Set of Lungs | Level Plane3) Boards of Canada | Twoism | Warp
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Various Artists | Morvern Callar | Warp Records

February 6, 2003 by

Warp Records may have taken a gamble by releasing a soundtrack to a movie most people won't see, but "Morvern Callar" will be known for this very soundtrack alone. The film is not at all about broken ...
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KCSB Hip Hop Top Ten: week ending 2/6/03

February 6, 2003 by

1) Mr. Lif | I Phantom | Def Jux2) Embedded Music | The Bedford Files | Embedded3) Daedelus | The Quiet Party | Plug Research
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Boom Bip | Seed To Sun | Lex

January 29, 2003 by

Boom Bip's somberly successful "Seed to Sun" projects a range of emotions, some unsure of themselves and others standing out as being among the best experimental hip hop beats of the year.
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KCSB Top Ten: January 30, 2003

January 29, 2003 by

1) Hot Cross | A New Set of Lungs | Level Plane2) Morven Callar | Soundtrack | Warp3) Bleeding Kansas | Giving Emo Something to Cry About | self-released
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Common | Electric Circus | MCA

January 23, 2003 by

Common's latest release narrowly spares him from the pitfall of wackness: His commercialized rapping sounds forced, as if he was brought into the studio against his will to record lyrics that are simp...
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KCSB Top Ten: January 23, 2003

January 23, 2003 by

1) Hydroponic Sound System | Synthesis | Bomb Hip Hop2) Hot Cross | A New Set of Lungs | Level Plane3) Bleeding Kansas | Giving Emo Something To Cry About | self-released
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Mr. Lif | I Phantom | Def Jux

November 14, 2002 by

Lif has boldly challenged the post 9/11 political climate, crafting such non-album classics as "Home of the Brave," with timely courage and wisdom unforeseen in today's hip hop.
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Various Artists | Urban Renewal Program | Chocolate Industries

September 26, 2002 by

The Chocolate Industries label is hip-hop's answer to itself. Possibly the freshest compilation in recent memory, Urban Renewal Program is almost daunting with dopeness.
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Count Bass-D | Dwight Spitz | Day By Day Entertainment

May 29, 2002 by

Any album that begins with the Windows 98 start-up theme has to be either dope or stuck in the past.
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Primeridian | I’ll Meet You in Greenwich | Promihjay 8 Inc.

May 15, 2002 by

I'm playin' this shit at my wedding. In fact, if the beats were human I would probably marry them. And let's say I did tie the knot - the rhymes would be my best man.
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J-Live | All of the Above | Coup d’

April 24, 2002 by

Whether it's the "jiggy," beats mixed with bearable lyrics or meaningless,annoying choruses mixed with bearable beats, All of the Above delivers no more than five good cuts.
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Fat Jon the Ample Soul Physician | Wave Motion | Mush Records

April 18, 2002 by

When I listen to music, I see things – I see visions of people, exotic settings and situations. If a picture tells a thousand words, and I only have 220 left to tell you about Wave Motion, IR...
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More Innovative Than 3M

March 7, 2002 by

The masterminds behind the blossoming Weapon Shaped record label, Eriksolo exposes his vocal cords while Quarterbar makes love to his Akai sampler and old, obscure stacks of wax at the same time.
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