Review

7.5

Crown City Rockers :: Earthtones

Tom DoggettAugust 10, 2004

The Bay Area has a broad hip-hop music scene, covering everything from conscious to gangsta rap. An artist like Blackalicious typifies the area's sound, though... Read More...

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8.5

Masta Ace :: A Long Hot Summer

Matt JostAugust 10, 2004

"I love rap no matter how much I say I hate it" ("Don't Understand", 2001) At the dawn of the release of his fifth full-length, the news of Masta Ace's retirem... Read More...

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8

Theodore Unit :: 718

William Ketchum IIIAugust 10, 2004

It seems like the golden rule of rap: once you get on, go back home and put your crew on. Once Eminem got big with the Head Doctor, he went back to Detroit to ... Read More...

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7

Krumb Snatcha :: Krumb Snatcha Classics

Steve 'Flash' JuonAugust 10, 2004

Some people might say you'd have to be around long enough to HAVE some classics before you can release an album of one. Nonetheless the GangStarr Foundation, a... Read More...

CompilationReview

7

Shyne :: Godfather Buried Alive

Matt BaroneAugust 10, 2004

Next to Pastor Mason Betha's reunion with the microphone, the incarcerated soldier Jamal "Shyne" Barrow is hip-hop's most-publicized story this summer. Current... Read More...

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8.5

Invisible :: Invisible

James CorneAugust 10, 2004

How many great underground artists are out there that nobody knows exist? Countless MCs get shuffled under the table each year while their flasher counterparts... Read More...

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Reviews

Tory Lanez :: PETERSON

Ganksta NIP :: Psychotic Genius

Lordz of Brooklyn :: All in the Family

Crown City Rockers :: Earthtones

Masta Ace :: A Long Hot Summer

Theodore Unit :: 718

Krumb Snatcha :: Krumb Snatcha Classics

Shyne :: Godfather Buried Alive

Invisible :: Invisible