Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2006 Hustler’s P.O.M.E. (Product of My Environment) Jim Jones ★ 29 Hip-Hop “We Fly High” is an iconic 2000s hip-hop song, but the strength of a single can’t always save an entire album, and on 2006’s Hustler’s P.O.M.E. (Product of My Environment), Jim Jones falls into many of theContinue reading “Hustler’s P.O.M.E. (Product of My Environment) – Jim Jones”
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Dark Times – Vince Staples
Year Album Artist Stars Score 2024 Dark Times Vince Staples ★★★★½ 92 Hip-Hop Vince Staples is one of the most understated and consistently great rappers of the past decade. From 2014 to 2024, he’s released six albums and two detailed EPs, with only one — 2016’s Prima Donna — being less than stellar (even thatContinue reading “Dark Times – Vince Staples”
Scrapyard – Quadeca
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2024 Scrapyard Quadeca ★★★ 68 Hip-Hop Neo-Soul Scrapyard is my first exposure to Quadeca, a former YouTube rapper and personality who has transitioned from a kind of goofy and humble DIY hip-hop nerd, known for freestyles and mimicking the flows of other emcees, to an artist with a uniqueContinue reading “Scrapyard – Quadeca”
Kingdom Come – Jay-Z
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2006 Kingdom Come Jay-Z ★★½ 51 Hip-Hop After a three-year “retirement,” Jay Z returned in 2006 with Kingdom Come, a record that sounds exactly of its time in both good and bad ways. The production across Kingdom Come relies heavily on catchy, cleaned up samples of live instruments likeContinue reading “Kingdom Come – Jay-Z”
Hip-Hop Is Dead – Nas
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2006 Hip Hop Is Dead Nas ★★ 47 Hip-Hop Man, I held Hip-Hop Is Dead in pretty high regard in my mind for years because I really dug it when I was back in high school listening to it for the first time. But revisiting it now in fullContinue reading “Hip-Hop Is Dead – Nas”
Lemonade – Beyonce
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2016 Lemonade Beyonce ★★★½ 78 Hip-Hop R&B On Lemonade, pop and R&B icon Beyonce explores recent struggles in her personal life surrounding her husband’s infidelity, dabbling in a range of different genres on her way to both self appreciation and forgiveness. Although some of the concepts and lyrics areContinue reading “Lemonade – Beyonce”
Confessions – Usher
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2004 Confessions Usher ★★★ 64 Hip-Hop R&B Usher’s Confessions has more bangers and hits than any other R&B record of its era. It starts with energy right away with “Yeah!,” one of the most iconic songs of the 2000s and a track that, even if it sounds a littleContinue reading “Confessions – Usher”
Vultures 1 – Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2024 Vultures 1 Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign ★½ 31 Hip-Hop Some habits die hard, like smoking when you’re out on Friday night with friends or spreading anti semitic sentiments in public forums. No matter how bad things get with Kanye West musically and professionally, I just can’t quitContinue reading “Vultures 1 – Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign”
The Mouse and the Mask – Danger Doom
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2005 The Mouse & The Mask Danger Doom ★★★½ 76 Hip-Hop An entire album themed around Adult Swim shows that was promoted heavily by Cartoon Network and that includes features and sketches by fictitious characters has no business working in any artistic way beyond it being a mildly-humorous gimmickContinue reading “The Mouse and the Mask – Danger Doom”
Finally Rich – Chief Keef
2012 Finally Rich Chief Keef ★★ 47 Hip-Hop Drill There’s so much more intensity and hype with Chief Keef’s music compared to almost everything else coming out in the early 2010. The Chief Keef/Young Chop artist/producer duo is really only rivaled by Waka Flocka/Lex Luger in terms of energy, and Waka’s aggressive, Southern, crunk influencesContinue reading “Finally Rich – Chief Keef”
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