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8.5

Brother Ali :: All the Beauty in This Whole Life

Sy ShacklefordMay 23, 2017

Just the other day, some friends and I were listening to some of the most recently released hip-hop albums. Among them was Brother Ali's sixth studio album, "Al... Read More...

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2.5

Bottom Posse :: 2 Saggin’ Straight From Hell

Matt JostMay 23, 2017

For all its prevalence in the music itself, it still wasn't easy for rap to get the n word on the front page. Raekwon's "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Niggaz" was abb... Read More...

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7.5

Christopher Michael Jensen :: A New Age

Gevan Brooke-HarteMay 16, 2017

Continuing a career in rap at thirty years of age takes courage. Even when other genres have no expiry date for artists, rappers are still retiring as early as ... Read More...

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7.5

Gift of Gab: Rejoice! Rappers are Rapping Again

Steve 'Flash' JuonMay 16, 2017

If you the reader were to create a list of the best emcees of the last 20 years and not put Timothy Parker b/k/a Gift of Gab on it, I would automatically find y... Read More...

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8

Digital Underground: Sex Packets

Steve 'Flash' JuonMay 9, 2017

As a young teenage punk in the pre-internet (and even pre-web browser) era my friends and I could get into some pretty weird arguments. I had a subscription to ... Read More...

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6.5

El Michels Affair :: Return to the 37th Chamber

Patrick TaylorMay 9, 2017

"Return to the 37th Chamber" is the follow up to El Michels Affair's "Enter the 37th Chamber," and is another (mostly) instrumental take on Wu-Tang songs done w... Read More...

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Reviews

Brother Ali :: Satisfied Soul

Fat Joe :: The World Changed On Me

The Alchemist :: The Alchemist Sandwich

Brother Ali :: All the Beauty in This Whole Life

Bottom Posse :: 2 Saggin’ Straight From Hell

Christopher Michael Jensen :: A New Age

Gift of Gab: Rejoice! Rappers are Rapping Again

Digital Underground: Sex Packets

El Michels Affair :: Return to the 37th Chamber