Rugby Thompson
- Smoke DZA
- Band Name: Smoke DZA
- Record Label: High Times Records
- Release Date: Jun 19, 2012
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Aug 6, 201284Rugby Thompson is by far the most cohesive piece of work Smoke DZA has put out and it's clear he has developed in to a serious player in the independent hip-hop scene.
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Jul 17, 201280It is a skilfully wrought glimpse into that dream.
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Jun 25, 201280Rugby Thompson, an album that not only strips him of an unfair "weed rapper" label, but is also probably the best rap album to come out of New York this year.
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Jun 25, 201270Smoke DZA and Harry Fraud deliver a solid collection of songs that grow more interesting on repeated listen, basking in an evolved sound equally representing vintage and avant-garde New York Hip Hop.
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Jun 25, 201270Nothing on the album is groundbreaking and it won't go on to sell millions of copies, but that doesn't mean that it isn't a worthy piece of musical art.
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Jun 25, 201265Rugby Thompson is one of those hard albums to critique in that as hip-hop it is inoffensive, and yet when it comes to pushing the boundaries of what the art and music could be there's literally nothing you could point to as innovative or revolutionary.