Rick Ross – Teflon Don Miami dirty south rapper Rick Ross follows last year’s Deeper Than Rap with another solid hardcore rap album. Ross is one of the few artists in the genre who almost convince me they are as hard as they claim to be…even though I doubt he is. Rick Ross ft....
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Big K.R.I.T. – K.R.I.T. Wuz Here Big K.R.I.T. lives up to the hype. This is some of the best ‘dirty south’ rap I’ve heard in a long time. Download his self-produced full length for free. Big K.R.I.T. – Children of the World Reviews: DJ Booth 4/5 cokemachineglow 83% The Smoking Section 4/5
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Eminem – Recovery This is a case of ‘they listened so I had to’. Over the past week I’ve had 4 people tell me how good this album is. This album that the critics have been ripping apart. This album that follows one of the worst hip-hop albums I’ve ever heard, Relapse. This album...
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Big Boi – Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty Years (and legal battles) in the making, Big Boi‘s solo album is finally here. And while it is not a new OutKast album, it just might be the hip-hop album of the year…and it knocks the socks off Idlewild! Big Boi –...
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The Roots – How I Got Over It’s been over 8 years since The Roots put out an album that comes close to their live experience. After witnessing their stage show, I always felt their recorded material fell flat. How I Got Over does not seem flat at all. Quality hip-hop has been hard...
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B.o.B. Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray Guest verses from Lupe Fiasco, T.I., Janelle Monáe and Rivers Cumo? Charting #1 on the Billboard 200 with his debut release? If you type The Adventures into Google, it will auto-fill with this guy. B.o.B seemed to come outta nowhere and now he’s everywhere. I fought liking...
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Black Sheep are back and releasing a new album, From the Black Pool of Genius, on June 29th. Remember Black Sheep? I sure do. A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing is one of those albums I could go 10 years without listening to, but still know every word to every song. It was the shit...
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To say the Wu-Tang Clan have had their ups and down since the ’93 east coast hip-hop masterpiece, Enter the 36 Chambers, would be kind. The truth is, just a couple years ago it was doubtful these guys would put out anything worth listening to (as a group). Ol’ Dirty Bastard died, there was...
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Sage Francis is one of those unique hip-hop artists who crosses genres into the indie rock & experimental worlds. Not unlike artists on the Def Jux label or in the Doomtree Collective, his music is influenced as much by punk rock aesthetics as classic hip-hop culture. If you are not familiar with Sage’s work,...
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You go Kanye! Pic from kanyewest.com
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Every so often I will be posting under the ‘Derailed’ heading. This is for posts that are outside my normal comfort area…indie rock/pop When you think of hip-hop hubs, Minneapolis is probably not the first city to come to mind. But the Twin Cities actually have a pretty exciting scene. And now with Def...
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