★★★★★
The first time I heard Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' smash hit "Thrift Shop" I thought to myself, "This could be Prof." The same wisecrack attitude, the same untamable flow, the same predilection for musical collages. (Accidentally, the Seattle rapper's full alias used to be Professor Macklemore.) Both also have a serious side to them, and that's exactly where they go seperate ways...
- rapreviews.com
2013-03-12
★★★★★
Goto commentsLeave a commentShare In Need of Refresher Courses Kaiser Von Powderhorn 3 is the latest entry in Prof's Kaiser Von Powderhorn mixtape series. Minnesota rapper Prof can best be understood by looking at the cover of his latest album. A spoof of the famous No Limit Record covers of the '90s: minivans and pregnant women replace sports cars and supermodels. It sets the expectation for the sort of humor and tone one should expect going into this endeavor...
- www.mxdwn.com
2013-02-22
★★★★★
I'm not sure why a picture of someone sitting in a bathtub full of dirty water, eating a sloppy plate of oversauced spaghetti, while drinking milk out of a McDonald's glass would make someone want to buy a rap album. In fact I'm inclined to believe it would have almost the exact OPPOSITE effect. Without knowing Prof you'd think he's some indie rapper trying to get over by being hip-hop's new Bizarre. That tells me one thing about Prof even before listening - he has balls...
- rapreviews.com
2012-01-05
★★★★★
Usually a turntablist record invariably ends up as a subtle chill out affair or as an intense insider demonstration of turntable trickery where the DJ and his technique overshadow the "music". Toronto DJ duo inside-A-mind prefer the former over the latter for both their smoked out live sets as well as for their meticulously planned but laidback recorded material, so it's no surprise that ProF (aka Professor Fingers) continues down this road for his first solo outing...
- www.urb.com
2009-07-21
★★★★★
The general impression that the thriving Twin Cities' rap scene begins and ends with the Rhymesayers conglomerate is worse than wrong?it's insulting to us locals who, despite giving due props to Atmosphere for blazing a national trail and Brother Ali for being fucking dope, know that those representatives are just the tip of this iceberg...
- rapreviews.com
2009-07-21
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