Brother Ali|Us

It’s been nearly ten years since Brother Ali’s debut album Rites Of Passage (Which I’m still trying to get my hands on) was released. Little has changed since then. He is still putting out superior albums release after release…even his EP’s stay positively consistent Read more

Raekwon|Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… PT II

4th solo album. 5 years of waiting. Now we’re finally here, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2; sequel to the certified classic of the same name, without the 2 of course. Generally Hip-Hop and movies had a rule that sequels sucked, with the exception of a name few Read more

Wu-Tang Clan|Chamber Music

With love comes jealousy. And a strong rise always leaves room for a rough fall. However, I never understood why Wu-Tang caught such strong hate after Wu-Tang Forever. It may have been over saturation of the market between the highly successful classic Read more

Eminem|Relapse

4 albums, 24 or so times platinum on those albums, winner of Vibe’s “Best Rapper Alive” tournament, and a life as THE benchmark for all white rappers and most wordsmiths entering the game….no pressure. Read more

Rick Ross|Deeper Than Rap

Rick Ross hit the studio and returned with his third offering titled Deeper than Rap. This is coming off the heels of a “feud” with 50 Cent that turned your typical rap battle into a scene from MadTV. Putting all of that to the side, Ross is focusing on making the best music to date Read more

T.I.|Paper Trail

At the end of summer, when I was reviewing absolute shit albums like Yung Berg’s and V.I.C.’s, I was just looking forward the album that I had been waiting for since the beginning of the year: Paper Trail, which had been announced in February on StreetCred.com. I was still hungry for more after T.I. vs. T.I.P.; it wasn’t that it was a bad Read more

Nas|Untitled

Ever since his debut, Nas has always been known as one of the premier lyricists in Hip-Hop. The public may have sometimes overlooked with “Who’s the Hottest” lists and what not, but for most, Nasir Jones has always kept a spot on a large amount of “Greatest of All Time” lists (Come on, we all have our Top 5). His last album, Hip Hop Is Dead, Nas had the whole Hip-Hop community debating on the whether the art form has met its demise or not (2 years later, we still are).  Well, not to be outdone by him self, Nas releases the originally titled Nigger (Now known as Untitled). Read more

The Roots|Rising Down

Without apologies, hesitation, or regret, I admit that I am a full out Roots fan. This review may/may not be tempered with bias. You all have read a good amount of my reviews and should know by now that I am pretty objective…I hope, cause I have given some stuff good/great ratings even while I haven’t listened to that particular album again cause it’s not my type of music. This CD however, I have been anticipating for quite a while. Let’s go. Read more

Little Brother|GetBack

Little Brother returns with their third album titled GetBack, this one without in-house producer 9th Wonder. The group and the producer parted ways, but Phonte and Rapper Big Pooh decided the show had to go on, so forward they went. Read more

Kanye West|Graduation

Most of you already know the story of Kanye West. Fought hard to get in the rap game not only as a producer but as an artist, started making progress with production on the Jay-Z classic The Blueprint, got into an almost fatal car accident, used that as inspiration for his first single, gains critic acclaim with debut The College Dropout, becomes an in demand producer, talks too confident Read more