The epitome of fun times rhymes, J5 was perfect for chillin or partyin too, a great soundtrack for life. Very few hip hop groups are capable of creating such cohesion amongst such distinctly different MCs, but J5 did it, and they did it damn well.
J5 is feel good hip at its best "“ simple beats and fun rhymes "“ remiscenent of some of the roots hip hop that made us love this genre in the first EP. - Brenden Sloan
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Jason Grishkoff
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Aug 14, 2010
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Featuring wonderfully musical and varying production, female and male vocals, and attention to song structure rarely found in hip-hop these days (as previously ranted about), this was the most pleasant of surprises. This song's also got another of th...
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Dylan Heneck
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Aug 31, 2017
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We're almost at Friday and there is no time to be fucking around with bad vibes. The second this started playing I knew that one, I had soiled my loins, and two, this was music that moved me in deeply nostalgic ways.
It's not the kind of nostalgia t...
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Jason Grishkoff
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Jan 20, 2010
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The first time I saw RJD2 perform was at SXSW two years ago, and I remember being impressed as I saw him switch between multiple intruments during the set in order to pull off the sounds he created on 2007's The Third Hand. It is an album he recorded...
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