Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 Michael Killer Mike ★★★½ 73 Hip-Hop After spending the better part of a decade working with EL-P as part of Run The Jewels, it’s appropriate that Killer Mike’s comeback solo record is simply titled MICHAEL. On MICHAEL, Killer Mike takes us back to his roots, not just withContinue reading “MICHAEL – Killer Mike”
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Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels ★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2013 Run The Jewels Run The Jewels ★★★★ 80 Hip-Hop In 2013, respected by at-the-time essentially forgotten hip-hop veterans Killer Mike and EL-P joined forces to form Run The Jewels. Together, they created an album that felt 100 percent authentic to them and was sonically different from the trappyContinue reading “Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels ★★★★”
Cheat Codes – Black Thought and Danger Mouse ★★★½
Yead Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2022 Cheat Codes Danger Mouse, Black Thought ★★★½ 75 Hip-Hop Cheat Codes brings together a seemingly natural pairing: Black Thought — lead MC for the Roots and a legendary voice in the conscious-rap movement of the late 90s and early 2000s — and Danger Mouse —a longtime producer whoContinue reading “Cheat Codes – Black Thought and Danger Mouse ★★★½”
Run the Jewels 2 – Run the Jewels ★★★½
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2014 Run The Jewels 2 Run The Jewels ★★★½ 74 Hip-Hop Run the Jewels is such a consistent group that it’s hard trying to judge any of their albums against one another. They each have their big highlights. They each show Killer Mike and El-P’s growth as songwriters andContinue reading “Run the Jewels 2 – Run the Jewels ★★★½”
RTJ4 – Run the Jewels ★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2020 RTJ4 Run The Jewels ★★★★ 80 Hip-Hop I know there have been extremely relevant and timely album releases in the past, but RTJ4 being released at the peak of the Black Lives Matter movement after another example of police brutality during the Covid-19 pandemic, and all of theContinue reading “RTJ4 – Run the Jewels ★★★★”
List: All the concerts I’ve ever been to
By Nicholas Cicale I love going to concerts, and this article lists every concert I’ve ever been to! 2019 11/15/19: Flying Lotus with Brandon Coleman Spacetalker, Salami Rose Joe Louis, and PBDY at Emo’s Austin 10/21/19: Vampire Weekend with Christone “Kingfish” Ingram at ACL Live Austin 9/19/10: Built To Spill with ORUÃ, XETAS at MohawkContinue reading “List: All the concerts I’ve ever been to”
Best Albums of the 2010s
by Nicholas Cicale (@nickcicale) We’re already six years into the 2010s, so I thought it would be a good time to list my favorite albums of the decade, so far anyway. This is a tentative list, so as I hear new things and change my mind on other albums the list list will be update. I’ll tryContinue reading “Best Albums of the 2010s”
YEAR IN REVIEW: My favorite albums of 2014
by Nicholas Cicale (@nickcicale) This article was written in 2014. For an updated list of 2014 albums, songs and reviews, click here to view the 2014 year in review page. Flying Lotus’ electronic-jazz-rap fusion album You’re Dead! is not your typical top album. It doesn’t have singles, catchy hooks, or even discernible lyrics. Instead, You’reContinue reading “YEAR IN REVIEW: My favorite albums of 2014”
Fresh Out The Deli 