HipHopDx Reviews
Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here
Gil Scott-Heron makes a triumphant return on I
Sade - Soldier Of Love
She borrows a few Kool Moe Dee lines for the hook, but absolutely flips the song to perfection. In many ways the title track shows exactly what is brilliant about Ms. Adu.
Styles P & DJ Green Lantern - The Green Ghost
Green Ghost feels both rushed and more like a mixtape than a full album. Still, P manages to wreck house over Lantern and company
MC Ren - RenIncarnated
Although Ren
Nneka - Concrete Jungle
Concrete Jungle is exactly the type of project that the U.S. market needed to hear from Nneka that will keep their attention on new material she releases.
Oddisee - Traveling Man
The Washington D.C. producer/emcee
Statik Selektah - 100 Proof (The Hangover)
The listener can
Dessa - A Badly Broken Code
Perhaps it is time to recognize that this china doll is in the bull pen. It probably helps that she
Mitchy Slick Presents Wrongkind - Yellow Tape
Much like that of Dr. Dre and Ice Cube's intro to "Natural Born Killaz," the audience is warned from the album's opening, and which side of the yellow tape you end up on can be easily determined.
Magic Heart Genies (Myka 9 & JtheSarge) - Cardiac Arrest
Despite Myka 9
Lone Ninja - Burnt Sector
The album follows suit in line of distorted, low fi-sounding Hip Hop projects first started with the classic Enter The 36 Chambers, and reinvented throughout the following decade and a half by outfits like early Juggaknots and MF DOOM.
Lil Wayne - The Rebirth
After the last three years, Lil Wayne can do whatever the fuck he wants. "Can" and "should," however, are two very different things.
Oh No - Ethiopium
As the album ends on the hardcore fusion tip with
Strong Arm Steady & Madlib - In Search Of Stoney Jackson
In Search of Stoney Jackson is a funky mission that lives up to lofty expectations. It
Various Artists - East Coast Block Starz
Although this compilation strays from what 2010 blocks may be about, it boasts stellar work from Sha Stimuli and Wordspit.
RJD2 - The Colossus
RJD2 enlists Phonte Coleman of Little Brother for the mesmerizing record
J. Stalin - The Prenuptial Agreement
Recognizable by his soul-texture bearing voice, self-harmonized hooks, and explicit semiautobiographical tales, J. Stalin demonstrates commendable versatility on Prenuptial Agreement via his remarkable ear for eclectic bass-pulsating instrumentals.
Blockhead - The Music Scene
The Downtown New York producer has reaffirmed his top-tier talents with his latest release
Omarion - Ollusion
More talented artists have ruined their careers on albums that were better than Ollusion. The massive single aside, it
Famous - Goddess Girl
It appears as if Famous wants to be everything to everyone, and make recognizable sounds and tap into established fan bases - not a bad way to approach a career.
