From The Coast - Halifax’s Weekly for November 28 - December 5, 2002 [Vol. 10 No. 26 (#379)
The best of 2002 — and what you haven’t heard yet. by Iain K. MacLeod, Matt Charlton, Trevor Savory, Tara Thorne, Simone McKenzie, Chuck Teed and Trevor MacLaren.
Reverb’s 2002 Hip-Hop Top Ten (The Short Version)
10 - Sixtoo, Duration (Cease and Desist)
09 - Gruf, Druidry (Peanuts & Corn)
08 - Various, Goodnight Music Presents (Goodnight Musics)
07 - Atmosphere, God Loves Ugly (Fat Beats)
06 - EL-P, Fantastic Damage (Definitive Jux)
05 - Edan, Primitive Plus (Lewis Recordings)
04 - Blackalicious, Blazing Arrow (MCA)
02 - J-Live, All of the Above (Coup D’etat)
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[...] Edan is in town. He will be playing at The Attic tonight…around 1 AM (technically Saturday, but you get the drift). There will be some other rapness, but I am mainly interested in catching this Boston-based Jewish-American alternative rapper live. Some might say it is a Sure Thing, but for some reason it is not. I originally heard Edan via Skratch Bastid’s first mix CD. The track was “Mic Manipulator” and it was an easy sell. Rewind to 2002 for my Best Hip-Hop Albums of the Year (note: J-Live also came to town a couple times since then and Atmosphere is playing here in September). [...]