Game –“Blood Moon: Year Of The Wolf”– @@1/2 [Review]
On one hand, you have to hand it to Game; even after being exiled from the Aftermath camp after a lengthy battle with 50 Cent, he has still managed to make new friends and keep his name in the, uh…...
View ArticleBlockhead –“Bells & Whistles”– @@@@1/2 [Review]
It wouldn’t really be fair to compare the sound of Blockhead to that of DJ Shadow’s Endtroducing every time we review one of his records. However that is the frame of reference that most people can...
View ArticleRas Kass & Apollo Brown –“Blasphemy”– @@@@ [Review]
Certainly to be one of the most controversial hip-hop albums of the year, Ras Kass and Apollo Brown’s, Blasphemy, is a concept LP that is more or less a crusade against organized religion. It’s also...
View ArticleWu-Tang Clan –“A Better Tomorrow”– @@@ / Ghostface Killah –“36 Seasons”– @@@@...
I’ve done a dual review for Wu-Tang Clan’s A Better Tomorrow and Ghostface Killah’s 36 Seasons, however it is a very in-depth piece – 4500 words – which explores the history of the Wu-Tang Clan...
View ArticleYour Old Droog –“Your Old Droog LP”– @@@@ [Review]
Earlier this year, a Reddit user with a vivid imagination proposed that an buzzworthy Coney Island, NY rapper named Your Old Droog was actually one Nasir Jones, doing a secret underground...
View ArticleRick Ross –“Hood Billionaire”– @@1/2 [Review]
Over the course of his last three albums or so, Rick Ross has proven that he is more than just a guy that makes nightclub drug dealer anthems like “BMF” and “Hustlin’.” But you wouldn’t know that from...
View ArticleEminem –“Shady XV”– @@@@ [Review]
While Rick Ross builds the Maybach Music Group powerhouse by releasing new content almost daily from his stable of artists, it feels like there is definitely a lack of quality control. For Ross it’s a...
View ArticleDJ Premier & Royce Da 5’9 –“PRhyme”– @@@@ [Review]
It seems like ever since we lost Guru, DJ Premier has pulled back on the amount of beats he’s producing for folks. It’s hard to imagine there was a time when Preem would produce entire LP’s for people...
View ArticleBig K.R.I.T. –“Cadillactica”– @@@@1/2 [Review]
Mississippi’s Big K.R.I.T. has steadily been making a name for himself over the last few years, through a series of critically acclaimed self-made mixtape/street albums, which found him taking on the...
View ArticleLupe Fiasco –“Tetsuo & Youth”– @@@@ [Review]
Lupe Fiasco expounds and expands on his fifth studio album Tetsuo & Youth. Those expecting a significant dose of anime imagery hinted at the title, prepare to be disappointed. Those looking for an...
View ArticleDoomtree –“All Hands”– @@ [Review]
History tells us that it is really difficult to make a decent group album. The larger the group, the more unlikely that you can make more than one great album, just ask Wu-Tang. If I was a white girl...
View ArticleJ. Cole –“2014 Forest Hills Drive”– @@@@1/2 [Review]
The best selling hip-hop album of 2014 was J. Cole’s 2014 Forest Hills Drive, which as of February 2015 is just shy of Platinum. Beating out Eminem, Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, Iggy Azalea, and a ton...
View ArticleRae Sremmurd –“SremmLife”– @@@ [Review]
Being young can have both its advantages and disadvantages. On the one side, it gives the opportunity to live free, not to have a care in the world. On the other side, it can be daunting and...
View ArticleJoey Bada$$ –“B4.Da.$$”– @@@@ [Review]
20 year-old Brooklynite Joey Bada$$ has been hailed as the torch-bearer for the return of the “golden era” sound, despite being born at the end of the era in 1995. Nevertheless, one can only imagine...
View ArticleDrake –“If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late”– @@@@ [Review]
My review of Drake’s new surprise album has gone longform, in a new thinkpiece over at Cuepoint called “How Drake Disrupted Kanye.” Read on, true believers… How Drake Disrupted Kanye
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