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Let me first own up to saying upon first listen that Justin Timberlake’s (JT) sophomore album FutureSex/LoveSounds deserves album of the year recognition. At the same time, I have taken a step back and allowed myself to mentally understand why. JT’s debut album Justified touted a sonic palette developed with the signature sounds of the […]

More Fish is founding Wu-Tang member Ghostface Killah’s second album of 2006. Fish comes on the heels of last March’s Fishscale, a critically acclaimed album that many in the industry consider one of the best rap albums of 2006. In April, the first Fish scaled as high as No. 4 in Billboard’s top 200. Listeners […]

Jayceon Taylor, also known as ‘The Game’, was rap’s biggest success story of 2005, and his rise seemed inevitable. His debut album The Documentary sold 586,000 units in its first week, and was eventually certified 2 times platinum, selling 5 million copies worldwide. He was the new face of West Coast Hip-Hop and was going […]

“But of course they will provide, a means of employment/ Which is basically a job that I’ll soon be annoyed with.”
Recent studies show that about half of Americans are satisfied with their jobs. Queens native Consequence represents the other half. As an eleven-year veteran who has been on the verge of being released for years, […]

ATTENTION! That’s what Black Milk commands at the first sound from his vinyl-specific project, Broken Wax. An extended player featuring 7 songs and an instrumental exit track, Broken Wax features two songs (”Danger” featuring T3 and Phat Kat and “Sound of the City” featuring Fat Ray and Elzhi) from Black’s Sound of the City project.
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After getting caught up in label politics for over three years, Hell Hath No Fury - Clipse’ heavily anticipated follow up album to their 2002 hit, Lord Willin’ - has proven to be well worth the wait. Although Jive may have been right about this album lacking a hit single, like “Grindin’”, there is a […]

HipHopIsDead by ONI
Hip hop classic? … Boxing? Read ONI’s thoughts on longtime hip hop psychopath R.A. the Rugged Man’s first official release in this edition of HipHopIsDead.

HipHopIsDead by ONI
“With the thought in mind that people actually go to the music store with the intention of buying this album, it really makes me think… Maybe hip hop is truly dead after all.” Nuff Said

HipHopIsDead by ONI
If you dig past all the bullshit that this album contains and get down to the true nitty gritty, you can’t help but realize that this self-proclaimed “kingpin of the ink pen” can still rap.

HipHopIsDead by ONI
Imagine being a student in college and having an essay assignment that is due the next day. You are pressed for time and short of ideas. Then you stumble across the paper of an older […]