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Contributed by Andrew Kahn on 12/16/07
If there’s one song that explains what’s wrong with Cassidy’s approach to making albums, it’s “All By Myself,” the final cut on his latest record, B.A.R.S. The Barry Adrian Reese Story. As a simple piano loop and sample plays, Cassidy explains how he produced the track himself. With no help. […]

Contributed by Andrew Kahn on 11/27/07
If only Ridley Scott was able to release American Gangster, the film, a year earlier. It likely would’ve had the same impact on Jay-Z then as it did a month or so ago during the rapper’s private screening and, in turn, American Gangster, the album, would’ve been Hov’s glorious comeback […]

On this sophomore release from the Minnesota emcee, Musab seems, more than anything, conflicted. He’s got kids now, but it doesn’t appear he can ditch his past – which includes hustlin’, stealin’, and most prominently, pimpin’.
Slicks Box is far from a grab bag. The entire album is produced by fellow Minneapolis native King Karnov, […]

When you’re best known for being the fastest rapper in the game, why would you slow down? Apparently Twista thought there was a good reason to do so, and the result is the sub-par Adrenaline Rush 2007.
It’s been ten years since Tongue Twista’s major-label debut (Adrenaline Rush), and two since his last release (The Day […]

by Andrew Kahn
50 Cent’s latest attention-grabbing remarks has him calling Def Jam cheaters. It’s another example of classic 50 marketing tactics at work that, until CURTIS, seemed to be effective. Perhaps the public is getting tired of 50’s antics.

Kanye West doesn’t want to have much fun anymore. At least that’s the impression you get from his third album, Graduation. Kanye proved he wasn’t joking around when he pushed his album up to September 11, a date that just happened to coincide with a release from one of the biggest selling artists of this […]

DJ Khaled is more like a general manager for a sports team than anything else. On his latest album, We The Best, he’s certainly not a player (he doesn’t rap) and can hardly be considered the coach (he only produced two of the album’s 12 tracks). What Khaled has done on this project is assemble […]

Apparently, T.I. doesn’t think anyone in the rap game is worthy competition. Well, nobody except…himself.
On his latest album, T.I. vs. T.I.P., the Atlanta rapper is in a constant struggle with his alter-ego. Here’s the basic personality outline: T.I. is the wealthy rapper; T.I.P. is the gun-toting thug. The album is broken into three acts - […]

Fabolous: still monotone, still loves to spell his name, still one too many slow jams.
The Brooklyn rapper hasn’t changed much since his 2001 debut Ghetto Fabolous. But like they say, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it, so Fab’s back with another impressive album.
From Nothin’ to Somethin’, his fourth album, delivers nothing unexpected. Fab hasn’t […]