I was a fan of Cassidy back in the day. I had Split Personality and I'm a Hustla on CD, and I remember this album as well. I'm not quite sure what his legacy is. For a guy from Philly, he sure doesn't rep it much. He was signed to Swizz Beatz' label, so he was always able to pull in big name features. His albums check the boxes for what you'd expect from a mid-2000's mainstream rap album, but he would fade into obscurity after B.A.R.S. I think he would be fun to ... read more

Guess I'll be the highest rating on this one. The point of this album is Magic City, the songs sound like Magic City. If you don't like this, you don't like Magic City. Total strip club music.

Lukah is 0/2 working with big name producers. This one is technically good, but it drags out way too long. And what's up with these 2+ minute skits at the end of some songs?

I'm confident to say Belly Gang Kushington will blow in the next 3-6 months and this album will have much more than 2 ratings.

Lil Wayne hasn't put out anything worthwhile since Tha Carter II. He's been all hype and everyone has fallen for it for almost 2 decades. I wasn't planning on listening to this, but after the backlash I figured I'd have to see if it was as bad as everyone said it was. And yeah, it's pretty bad. But it's still somewhat better than some of those other atrocities in his discography. Anyways, if anyone's reading this review and misses old Wayne. Listen to Soulja ... read more

This is 1980-now.

First listen I was skeptical of this record as it is an even further abandonment from Loner (outside of maybe Goddamn Train). But even though this is far from a fun Indie Pop record, it's still a damn good Singer/Songwriter record.

Kingpen Slim's growth is fun to watch. I don't think he had a track like 'The Cycle' in him when he first released Trapper's Delight. Excited to see where he goes from here.

Ceschi's 'Black Album'.

Dope collection of Halloween-themed songs from the Strange Famous crew. I just feel like this could have been executed way better. Some tracks, while still solid, weren't exactly on topic.

Some fun discoveries here, which is always exciting when going into a Fat Hippy compilation. However, the blend of Abstract Hip Hop and Soul loses me when looking at this as a cohesive project. It is fun to discover an artist like MC Homeless, or that Domino from Heiro is a part of a Neo-Soul/Art Pop blend group with a female lead. All in all, I do prefer this over last year's release and continues to give me some artists to put on my never-ending list of discog deep dives.

Tommy Richman is fun. A lot of experimentation here, and I think it works more than it doesn't. His voice and style reminds me of Justin Timberlake circa 2002-2006. I have high expectations for his debut.

Beats sound too much like Dilla and not the fun stuff he did on The Color Blu(e). Still a cool instrumental project nonetheless.

This would be Megan's best release yet if the last 3 tracks weren't included. Which is extremely disappointing since they were produced by The Neptunes and Timbaland.

This is pop music that the radio even rejects...

Tear It Up and Yung Wun Anthem are classics. But it took listening to this entire album after knowing those 2 bangers my entire life to realize Yung Wun is one of the most prominent and obvious 2Pac clones of all time.

For a compilation displaying all the different sounds of underground hip hop, it is a very cohesive album with the instrumentals in between tracks with vocals serving as a nice way to progress from track to track. Being unfamiliar with most of these artists, some I enjoyed and would be interested in checking out more of their work (WHOBEJAZZ, Big Flowers). However more often than not, I realize there is a reason I'm not familiar with some of these artists and these tracks do not motivate me to ... read more

I don't necessarily care what gimmicks Janelle uses to promote this album or any of her creative endeavors, musically this is just awful to me. The ArchAndroid is one of the greatest R&B/pop hybrids ever made (in my opinion). It's fun, soulful, introspective, musical. This is opposite of that. Perhaps 'afrobreat' is a genre I'm just not into. I will admit I'm not particularly fond of Contemporary R&B of the past 10 years. Janelle has always been the exception to that, however The Art of ... read more

This album is the definition of 'one man in a bedroom making an album'.

Zilla Rocca has become my favorite rapper over the past few years, and as the kids say "he just does not miss". However this one missed a bit for me at first as it was a huge change of pace from his normal work. I also have not enjoyed Andrew's output to this point either as a Mac Miller clone, so expectations were skeptical going into this release. Initially I thought it was good and I really enjoyed the singles released prior to the album dropping. But wanted just more Zilla and ... read more