Grant Jones

7.5

Chain of Command :: Rogue State

Grant JonesOctober 29, 2024

With so much rap music feeling hollow, message-less, and in both the mainstream and underground, like glorified poverty-shaming, it's nice to just go back to t... Read More...

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8

LL Cool J :: The Force

Grant JonesOctober 15, 2024

It's a shame LL told us not to call this a come back because his new album with Q-Tip certainly feels like one. A successful one too, possibly even one of the ... Read More...

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6.5

Freak Tha Monsta :: The D.O.P.E. Book

Grant JonesOctober 8, 2024

I feel like there's renewed energy in the underground Hip-Hop scene, following last year's celebratory period of self-reflection. Not necessarily in the contin... Read More...

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7.5

Randy Mason :: Practical Rap For Everyday People

Grant JonesOctober 1, 2024

I thought this new project from New York's Randy Mason was a Homeboy Sandman joint at first, but some slight differences between the two emcees are worth confi... Read More...

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7.5

Stallone & Weathers :: The Cost of Doing Business

Grant JonesSeptember 24, 2024

The Wu-Tang Clan may be held responsible for accelerating Hip-Hop's cultural infatuation with martial arts' and its more balletic approach to violence during t... Read More...

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7

Da Beatminerz :: Stifled Creativity

Grant JonesSeptember 17, 2024

Da Beatminerz returned this year with a compilation album called "Stifled Creativity", following a line of records that have been solid rather than remarkable.... Read More...

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