Instrumental

7.5

Madlib :: Shades of Blue – Madlib Invades Blue Note

Matt JostAugust 12, 2003

Around the time when the calendar flipped from the 1980s to the '90s, a couple of clever people started noticing common features in jazz and hip-hop. Some of th... Read More...

InstrumentalReview

9

Galt MacDermot :: Up from the Basement – Unreleased Tracks Volumes 1 & 2

Vukile SimelaneJuly 22, 2003

During the prelude to Outkast's seminal banger "Skew it on the Bar-B," Chef Raekwon tells the listening audience that they "gon' play some funky shit fo' y'all!... Read More...

CompilationInstrumentalReview

6.5

Science Fiction :: Walls Don’t Exist

Damon BrownJuly 18, 2003

Some hip-hop heads are tired of words. Maybe it's the emptiness of R&B â€“ let me put my choo-choo... in your beep-beep â€“ or the non-sense rhyming of rap ... Read More...

InstrumentalLPReview

5

Unagi :: Unagi

Matt JostMarch 25, 2003

If RapReviews.com had a section entitled 'short cuts' or a similar term describing brief reviews of 'other stuff you might want to check out', then what you're ... Read More...

InstrumentalReview

7

Metal Fingers Presents :: Special Herbs, Vol. 1 & 2

Steve 'Flash' JuonNovember 12, 2002

Perhaps best known until now for releasing "T.H.C.," a hip-hop compilation by and for rap artists who are obviously down with the sticky green, High Times Recor... Read More...

InstrumentalReview

9.5

DJ Shadow :: Private Press

John BookMay 14, 2002

To say that DJ Shadow's forthcoming sophomore release is being highly anticipated is putting it lightly. Way back in 1991 when he was Unsigned Hype in "The Sour... Read More...

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RIP Saafir (Reggie Gibson)

Roc Marciano :: Marciology

Yung Tory :: Still Here

Madlib :: Shades of Blue – Madlib Invades Blue Note

Galt MacDermot :: Up from the Basement – Unreleased Tracks Volumes 1 & 2

Science Fiction :: Walls Don’t Exist

Unagi :: Unagi

Metal Fingers Presents :: Special Herbs, Vol. 1 & 2

DJ Shadow :: Private Press