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• Maybach Music Group, 'Self Made Vol. 2' (MMG/Warner Bros.)

  July 2, 2012 – Pseudo-supergroup of convenience snarls, stunts, and simps luxuriously....Needs more Gunplay. …
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  Rap Release(s) of the Week: Stalley and Zilla

  April 6, 2012 – Simon Reynolds' Retromania thesis — we've become weighed down by the past and as a result, the 2000s lacks its own signature sound — seems pretty spot-on to me. But I'm beginning to suspect there actually is a distinct "2000s sound." It's the druggy, know-it-when-you-hear-it haze of synths and manipulated vocals that are heard across multiple genres. …
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• Stalley, 'Savage Journey to the American Dream' (Warner Bros.)

  April 3, 2012 – MMG's sincere sore thumb studiously rides cushy, kush-happy Block Beattaz synth swirls. …
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  Read Ke$ha's Beard Blog, Watch Stalley's New Video

  December 8, 2011 – Stalley, the proud owner of the best beard in hip-hop and the 21st best rap album in 2011, has unveiled his new music video for "Go On," from his re-released mixtape Lincoln Way Nights. The clip avoids all the tropes and clichés of most hip-hop videos and instead just follows the Ohio rapper on a routine day of chilling in his apartment and walking the streets... …
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  Rick Ross Joins Stalley for 'Lincoln Way Nights (Shop Remix)' Video

  October 21, 2011 – It's hot beard-on-beard action as perpetually rising rapper Stalley teams with the king of Miami, Rick Ross, for his new "Lincoln Way Nights (Shop Remix)" video. …
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  Breaking Out: Stalley

  May 17, 2011 – A lot can happen in an hour. Thirty minutes after picking up a finished copy of his demo, recorded in New York City in 2007, Kyle "Stalley" Myricks brought it to the clothing boutique where a friend worked and played it through the store's speakers. Thirty minutes after that, Mos Def walked in -- and liked what he heard. "He's like, 'Who's this?'" explains Stalley, 28. "He asked for a copy. …
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  The Rise of Rap's Regular Guys

  March 4, 2011 – A rapper's narrative is pretty much always the same: Enter the young, hungry wordsmith who has finally, gloriously, made it. …
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