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billy woods’ GOLLIWOG opens like a trap door. It doesn’t aim to provoke in cheap ways. It lingers, stalks, and drips with unease, constructed like a horror movie shot in reverse. Across 18 tracks, woods delivers some of his most vivid, fractured work to date. The album is dense and difficult on purpose, pulling from a wide cast of producers—The Alchemist, Preservation, Kenny Segal, EL-P, Steel Tipped Dove, and more—to build a rotating gallery of dread. Every beat feels ... read more
On 'International Weed Day' Snoop Dogg dropped his 18th studio album, and what do you know - it's not bad at all, unlike most of Snoop Dogg's recent (and not-so-recent) releases. It's been a while since Uncle Snoop released a really consistent album, and From Tha Streets 2 Tha Suites isn't that album either, but this one is solid Snoop - admittedly with no real stand-outs, but with no real throw-away tracks either. Sure, some songs are stronger than others - "Gang Signs" is the ... read more
Phoniks (from Portland, Maine) and Brooklyn-born Virginia-based rapper Awon have given us a series of superb Hip Hop projects in the 2010s, individually and collaboratively – their collaborative debut album Return To The Golden Era (2013) is a masterpiece, Knowledge Of Self (2015) and The Actual Proof (2018) are not far behind. With Nothing Less, Awon and Phoniks continue their streak of excellence.
The album is laced with Phoniks signature jazz-infused, boom-bap production style and ... read more
Harry Krum is a producer/emcee based in Dallas, Texas. Krum’s work on the boards is outstanding, the instrumentals on Black Lung are FIRE – some of the best you’ll hear this year. Krum cooked up a heady blend of psychedelic vibes and dusty but crisp boom-bap beats laced with some exquisite sampling – reminiscent even of the best work from icons like Madlib and MF DOOM.
The strength of Black Lung is its consistency as well as its thematic and musical cohesiveness – ... read more
The Element Of Surprise, Confidence's collaborative album with Rashad is one of the best Hip Hop albums released in 2011 – Stellar Mind is on par with that release. Beneficence is a real lyricist who made his recording debut in 2004, he has dropped a bunch of solid projects since then – his last one, Basement Chemistry, in 2016.
16 tracks strong, Stellar Mind features guest appearances by Masta Ace, El da Sensei (of Artifacts), Phantasm (of Cella Dwellas), Craig G, Lord Tariq, ... read more
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Rating albums only, ignoring EPs and singles.
100 = Perfect
95-99 = Masterpiece
90-94-= Excellent
85-89 = Great
80-84 = Very Good
75-79 = Good
70-74 = Solid
60-69 = Average
50-59 = Below Average
40-49 = Bad
30-39 = Very Bad
20-29 = Awful
10-19 = Horrendous
0-9 = Beyond Words
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