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Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth :: All Souled Out

Pete T.February 23, 2010

In an apparent quest to sign East Coast rap acts of both artistic and commercial merit in the early '90s, Elektra Records stumbled upon a certain Mount Vernon p... Read More...

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Run-D.M.C. :: Down with the King

Pete T.February 23, 2010

Coming off 1990's slow-selling "Back From Hell," the Hollis Crew saw need for a change in order to keep up with a hip hop world that no doubt appeared to be hu... Read More...

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Warren G :: Regulate… G Funk Era

Pete T.February 16, 2010

"G-Funk... where rhythm is life, and life is rhythm..." If there was any doubt that the g-funk era was in full swing after "The Chronic" and "Doggystyle," Warr... Read More...

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Doomtree :: False Hopes

Eric SirotaFebruary 9, 2010

Minnesota has burst onto the indie rap scene like a bat out of hell. Last year, the Minneapolis-based Rhymesayers label put out albums from the likes of Mos Def... Read More...

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Sadat X :: Wild Cowboys

Matt JostJanuary 26, 2010

Looking at American history, one would expect US rappers of African descent to relate to the lot of the continent's native people. Such sentiments were indeed e... Read More...

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Busta Rhymes :: E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event)

Emanuel WallaceJanuary 26, 2010

Remember Y2K? I think most of our readers are old enough to recall the frenzy that most of the world was in at that time. The entire planet seemed to be up in... Read More...

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Reviews

Freeway & Jake One :: The Stimulus Package 2

A-F-R-O x Stu Bangas :: The Bad and The Ugly

Westside Gunn :: Still Praying

Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth :: All Souled Out

Run-D.M.C. :: Down with the King

Warren G :: Regulate… G Funk Era

Doomtree :: False Hopes

Sadat X :: Wild Cowboys

Busta Rhymes :: E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event)