Kardinal Offishall|Not 4 Sale (by H20)

There’s one reason why I took this album review: before a year ago, I had no idea who Kardinal was. Then I heard him perform a cipher freestyle with Stat Quo and Cassidy, and I was searching everywhere for this guy. He definitely had skills, anyone with ears could hear that. But all of his albums had been released in Canada, his country, and I didn’t feel like downloading them or searching for them. Then Not 4 Sale came out Read more

The Numbers Game: Re-Up Gang Lands At #55 (by B-Easy)

If you are scratching you head and asking yourself, “Why did Easy put the Re-Up Gang’s pic up as if landing at #55 is anything special?” Well, shit, I honestly thought they wouldn’t crack the top 100 (Plus add in that most of album is recycled rhymes from Got It For Cheap Vol. 3…). Also, don’t ask me where the Nappy Roots review is. Read more

Re-Up Gang|Clipse Presents: Re-Up Gang (by H2O)

The Clipse are often a slept on Hip-Hop group, and most of the time, the artists in Hip-Hop that we sleep on are usually the most clever and are arguably the best, while we bow down to Lil’ Wayne, Jay-Z, or Nas for best rapper alive. People like Lupe Fiasco, Crooked I, AZ, and Clipse all fit into this mold. Read more

Drake|Comeback Season (by Thic Flair)

The success of Will Smith and LL Cool J along with others led to the obliteration of the lines between entertainment and sports industries. Outside of breaking into sports, the others have become highways to the other making the jump from actor to rapper, or vice versa, quite commonplace. Even more so, it makes it harder to take most of those attempts seriously. Read more