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Alexis Pauline GumbsAbout Alexis Pauline Gumbs Alexis Pauline Gumbs is a 25-year-old hip-hop scholar of the new and true school. She is the founder of BrokenBeautiful Press. Reviews
Invincible: ShapeshiftersEvery A&R's worst nightmare is a sustainable media movement's dream come true. [16 July 2008] 
Marcia Ball: Peace, Love and BBQThe gift of the South is that it interrupts any heroic tale the United States tries to tell about itself, even when we have to trace the racism for ourselves from the underside of the electric guitar or the failed exorcism of bongos. [13 May 2008] 
Guru: Best of Guru’s JazzmatazzGuru gives us one idea at a time, like he's walking next to Big Bird, and Snuffleupagus is on next. Hip-hop for beginners. [5 May 2008] 
Santogold: SantogoldThis is the soda shack where punk and electronica meet the rhythm of a diasporic dub addiction. [30 April 2008] 
Lettuce: Rage!Thank God for small miracles and the holy number 7! With Rage! the seven artists in Lettuce raise the dead and uplift the living. [24 April 2008] 
Pete Rock: NY’s FinestRock has not created a new standard with this album, but he has created an alternate universe, reminding us that hip-hop can still be anything we make it. [14 April 2008] 
Ayo: JoyfulYoung, fresh, and pleasant, this album could be described as Sade for beginners. [18 February 2008] BlogsSound Affects: Afro-Futurity: Going On by Gnarls Barkley [27 May 2008] |
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