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Lumidee – Lumi Mini-Review

I’m trying to turn over a new leaf in music. I want to cast aside the days of acerbic wit and stinging commentary and replace them with a kinder, gentler Speed on the Beat. At least the cover art is cool, right? After hearing Lumidee’s newest mixtape, those kinder, gentler times will have to wait […]

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True God Reviews: Speed on the Beat’s Death of the King

Keeping with the tradition started with last year’s “Speed Reviews Songs For…” post, DAR head honcho True God has been courteous enough to actually give an in-depth review of Death of the King. It’s honest, and that’s all I want from every reviewer, friend or not. Thankfully, he doesn’t just say “OMFG THIS IS THE […]

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RAW Review 7/21/14

Oh my word, that was horrible. So horrible that I had to take about thirteen hours to process the sheer putrid nature of last night’s RAW. Don’t get me wrong, though. There were decent spots. For instance, Paige’s Turn, Dolph Ziggler got a win, Ambrose and Cesaro faced off–and (technically) in the main event, too–and […]

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@LupeFiasco – "Toca Tuesday" Freestyle

Now, I’ll probably get crucified for this. I can see it now. “Speed, you like when Lupe dumbs it down and spits on average n-word foolishness, but don’t like ‘real Lupe.’ No wonder you and him had words on Twitter. You’re underneath him, and you’re a dummy.” And to that, I only can say this.  […]

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@DKakaWayneWatts – "Soon As We Get Up"

You know that when I get a track from one of my musical brothers from another, I always contemplate just dropping it and spamming the world with tweets about it. I’ve done it with True and a slew of other artists that I rock with on a personal level. This time was no different, although […]

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