HipHopDx Reviews
Torae - Heart Failure
In its most difficult moments, Heart Failure is as manufactured as...well...Valentines Day.
Saigon - The Greatest Story Never Told
As proven by his venerable mixtape past, Saigon's ability to maneuver through various topics becomes his best asset on The Greatest Story Never Told.
DJ Revolution Presents...Malcolm & Martin - Life Doesn't Frighten Me
Life Doesn't Frighten Me is what true Hip Hop heads have been craving - with serious subject matter, social commentary about many aspects of life's struggles.
Slaughterhouse - Slaughterhouse: The EP
The EP addresses the minimal criticisms fans found with 2009's full-length debut, and transition nicely to the super-group's major label future.
Lil B - Angels Exodus
In some ways, "Angels" is impressive for the sheer fact that Lil B seems to have shown some sort of artistic and mental growth since his initial YouTube blitz.
Madlib - Madlib Medicine Show No. 11: Low Budget High Fi Music
Low Budget Hi Fi Music is definitely a keeper and is a sonic testament to the Oxnard musician's magical ability to make tripped-out beats that satisfy.
Game - Purp & Patron (Mixtape Review)
If Game is giving music like this away for free, imagine what R.E.D. will sound like?
Verbal Kent - Save Yourself
Despite some popular friends like Pete Rock, Masta Ace and Edo G., it's still Verbal Kent's presence that makes this album memorable.
JC Poppe - Shadowlands / Tea Party
With his latest two-disc offering, the native son of Brew City looks to create a stronger foundation between Milwaukee and the listening public.
Sam Sneed - Street Scholars
Like academia itself, Street Scholars demonstrates moments of technical mastery, while lacking everyday application.
Talib Kweli - Gutter Rainbows
"It's a tight, cohesive package, but Gutter Rainbows is lacking the highs of Kweli's last two releases."
Mistah FAB, DJ Rah2K & The Empire - I Found My Backpack
This sounds like nothing commonly expected from a mainstream Bay Area rapper, and yet F.A.B. convinces listeners he's built his career on this kind of music.
IMAKEMADBEATS - IMAKEMADBEATS
This east coast transplant has built up his sound throughout the last decade while moonlighting as a deejay and engineer.
Jise - Chronicles 2
This is a mixtape for Hip Hop heads who stayed up to listen to Stretch & Bobbito; who still reach for The Beatnuts and Violent By Design before Plies and Gucci.
G-Side - The One...Cohesive
G-Side's latest album is indeed Cohesive. The group's unpredicatability and totally unique style is grassroots Hip Hop at its best.
Sha Stimuli - Unsung Volume 1: The Garden of Eden
Sha Stimuli is one of the most profound lyricists of the present. His rhymes are often otherworldly, strong enough to carry an LP flooded with dull beats.
Planet Asia - Crack Belt Theatre
Planet Asia's lyrics aren't timidly written. Sometimes, they beg to be closely analyzed. The beats are meant to create a vintage feel, often a gritty one.
Jamie Foxx - Best Night Of My Life
Lyrical features from Wiz Khalifa, Rick Ross, and T.I. may prove enough to garner interest in the album from Rap fans, it offers up undeniably solid R&B music.
Mikkey Halsted - The Dark Room
Cash Money and Jermaine Dupri's loss is easily a Hip Hop fan's gain.
Keri Hilson - No Boys Allowed
This has the potential for greatness: hit producers alongside a premier songwriter, yet as it all too often happens, the final project doesn't work out that way
