Amanda Bassa
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Whatever the acronym's meaning, it's clear that money is on Cassidy's mind as most of the tracks end up taking on that C.R.E.A.M. subject matter.
J-Live - Undivided Attention EP
J-Live's flow is on point over a strong production effort as he tackles issues ranging from Gay Rights to the environment.
David Banner Says "Death Of A Pop Star" Helped Him Spirtually
UPDATE #2: 9th Wonder says the album is coming December 21, after overwhelming responses.
"As Dipset seems to be back with a vengeance in 2010, newcomer Vado is having no trouble proving that he deserves to be along for the ride."
Complete with support from the legendary DJ Premier and Domingo, C of Tranquility is easily Canibus' most wide-reaching and Hip Hop-rooted works in a decade.
Trey Songz - Passion, Pain & Pleasure
With two singles already been tearing up the airwaves, Trey provides listeners 15 more tracks of high quality, modern R&B tailored toward the mainstream palate.
Q-Unique - Between Heaven & Hell
This is the soundtrack of a NYCer growing up in a darker time. There is nothing friendly; no sidestepping around touchy subjects or sanitizing details.
M-Dot & DJ Jean Maron - Run MPC
Run MPC will also serve as an effective argument to non-Bostonians as to why they should be paying attention to the Massachusetts Hip Hop scene as a whole.
Mike Posner - 31 Minutes To Takeoff
Pop is the name of the game on the LP, as it unleashes a handful of tracks tailored toward a Top 40 radio station - a page from B.o.B.'s playbook.
From the break, Browz struggles to exhibit any concrete skills at emceeing, and unfortunately this trend continues until the very last track.
Hold You a tastefully-done modern (read: Auto-Tuned) take on Lovers' Rock, which will be catchy enough to keep people listening.
Trek Life - Everything Changed Nothing
It's not that Trek Life is a bad rapper, it's more that he does nothing on Everything Changed Nothing to make him stand out. In fact, from the break it feels as if Oddisee's beats are overpowering him.
Capone-N-Noreaga - The War Report 2
Transcending subpar sequel syndrome, the follow-up LP isn't going to be perfection in anyone's eyes who considers the original one of their favorites, but it's a definite step up from much of Noreaga's solo work, or even Channel 10.
KRS-One & Just-Ice - The EP, Volume 1
Time doesn't seem to be stopping KRS One and Just-Ice from continuing their craft, as over two decades later the two Bronx lyrical gangsters are back with The Just-Ice and KRS One EP Volume 1.
Die! is not going to win Necro any new fans or mark his great moment of maturity, but rather demonstrates more of the same - with allusions towards more experimental sample sources and tempos.
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Uni5: The World's Enemy
If BTNH over a different type of backdrop (thus providing more variety to their catalog) is what a listener was after, then Uni-5 will be satisfying. If someone wants another taste of Creepin on ah Come Up, the group's latest will only feel average in com
A producer for T.I., Trina and Trick Daddy joins two conceptual emcees for a group's second go-'round with Miami music-making that offers more than thongs and donks.
With a few hits of the old, and a few pulls of the new, Rise Up promises pleasant surprises for longtime fans and new listeners alike.
Marco Polo & Ruste Juxx - The eXXecution
An average release overall, Marco Polo joins his inspirations such as DJ Premier (Group Home), Large Professor (Big Noyd) and Pete Rock (Jim Jones), who all, at various points in their career, produced for simpler-rhyming street scholars.
Raheem DeVaughn - The Love & War MasterPeace
Dr. Cornel West says that Radio Raheem is the "greatest Soul singer" of his generation, and this album makes a strong case for it
General Steele Presents... - Amerikkka
In case anyone has forgotten that there is still a lot of work to be done before we can get back to even a marginally satisfactory relationship between citizens and the government, General Steele of Smif N Wessun has released an LP that says all that need
