Big Daddy Kane is probably one of the most notable figures in the genre's history in my opinion. Starting out with the Juice Crew alongside the likes of Biz Markie and Kool G Rap, He also started to mentor Jay-Z years before the release of his 1996 album debut in Reasonable Doubt and he also had one of the genre's first notable beefs in the late 1980's and early 1990's when he beefed with another East Coast legend in LL Cool J. This is technically his retirement album though ... read more

Ghost for the longest time has always been my favourite member in Wu-Tang in terms of both his flows and solo discography. Following the release of one of his most popular albums in Fish, Ghost decided to surprise his fans by giving them well More Fish. The production is really solid through out in my opinion from start to finish has Ghost decides to delves into different styles of production on this album with some examples being delving into more club style sounds and even on a few occasions ... read more

After taking a bit of a minor hiatus after the release of his solo debut in Internal Affairs and the legal troubles that he had the deal with due to sample clearance issues involving the albums lead single and by far Pharoahe Monch's most popular song in Simon Say's. Pharoahe returned to the commercial scene with this album called Desire. I don't really know how to describe the production on this album to be honest ,I feel like this album was probably thought of being a double ... read more

My introduction to Ab-Soul in terms of his album output. Despite being the smallest member out of the four members of Black Hippy, Soul does not cut any corners what so ever when it comes to his song writing abilities on Control System what so ever. This album in a way acts has an album based on paranoid sense if I can describe it in more simple terms. Soul varies in terms of the emotions he display's, On tracks like Track Two and Illuminate he shows of his more confident side in terms of ... read more

Just gonna say this before the review but has of writing this I am just going to say Georgia... Bush might just be this man's best song.Excluding the five skits on the album you have 20 tracks of Weazy rapping over some insanely iconic beats from the likes of Ambitionz has a Ridah and Hustlin,I don't know if all tracks are taken from popular tracks at the time but I just gotta mention tracks like This What I Call Her and No Other have amazing production and hearing Wayne decided into ... read more

Now THIS is where Wayne started to understand what worked with him.Mannie Fresh is off the table for this project and with that Wayne delves head first into a more trap like Southern style in terms of production and oh my god this works with him a million times better in my opinion.Wayne himself sounds way more hungry than he does on the first Carter project and even let's his more egotistical side shine bright on this project and with that makes for a way more enjoyable project to listen ... read more

Just a solid Spreadie project.Nothing that's gonna make the world stop,But if you are a fan of the Gary legend,you will probably have a good time with this.

Amount of tracks I enjoyed=3/3
My most liked track=Immigrants
My least liked track=Rabbit Mode

Is this an important stepping stone for Lil Wayne on his path to become one of the genres largest figure during the late 2000's and Early 2010's,For sure!,But at the same time this album is not going to bring along anything that's gonna make you want to consider this one of Wayne's most memorable works in my opinion.Yes,compared to his first three albums released before this,Tha Carter is basically on par with swapping from Steam Trains to Bullet Trains.Wayne himself in ... read more

Mobb Deep continued to release albums into the 2000's and early 2010's but however to most of the community these albums did not hit has hard has the duo's previous works.Mobb Deep was briefly involved in the Nas and Jay-Z beef of the Early 2000's (Though was mainly Prodigy) but did not come out on the winning side in my opinion.later on in the decade the Duo signed with 50 Cent's G-Unit records for their 2006 album Blood Money and despite being their best performing ... read more

Is it a downgrade compared to the duo's previous two albums,FOR SURE but at the same time I feel this was pretty much the expected result after you release two top 100 rap albums one after an other.To begin Havoc does continue to experiment with a more commercial sound but unfortunately for me it does not quite stick the landing has hard for me this time.It is again a more commercial sound but I feel it is a way more commercial sound that does not fit the duo what so ever has I feel it ... read more

Very rarely not only in rap but in any form of media in general do you see a sequel to a classic album be basically on par with said classic album/albums.If you want some examples you have stuff like It Was Written,The Marshall Mathers LP and Midnight Marauders for example.Well you have another example with Mobb Deeps third album in Hell On Earth,Both Prodigy and Havoc continue to shine bright on the albums track list and Havoc does decided to experiment with the albums production has he does ... read more

While Piñata still remains my favourite album on a personal level.If you're talking to me in terms of quality you might just have the answer here.After the underwhelming performance of their 1993 Commercial debut in Juvenile Hell.The Queens Bridge duo went back into the studio and decided to upgrade their performances on every level from 0 to 11 over the next 2 years of development,Production help from Q-Tip and guest features from the the likes of Nas and Ghostface Killah and ... read more

Short and sweet in a good way in my opinion.This album basically acts has a celebration of Dilla's life has'has far has I am aware this was the first release made by his estate after he died.While features from the likes of Common,Pharoahe Monch and D'Angelo while still being has solid has they usually be,are only really there for hooks and even with that said there features are more a show of support for Jay Dee and not them trying there best efforts.Dilla's vocals are ... read more

I feel like the Rap and or Hip-Hop and music community fall onto one of two or three possible ends when it comes to their opinion on this album.You either think its the most over rated piece of music in all of the genres history or people who think it is basically the modern bible when it comes to modern Gangsta Rap albums.Or you are like me and land on the middle third option where you agree that the album is solid but no where near the so called greatest albums of all time.To begin with the ... read more

Hot Damn what a brilliant album from start to finish.While I am aware that common (Then known has Common Sense) released his debut 2 years prior to Resurrection but this is where I feel he started to get his name out way better.The Clear magnum opus of the track-list is the album's second song in I Used to Love H.E.R,where Common discusses the genre of Hip-Hop has a woman and how despite growing up together and being basically a match made in heaven she began to sell out once moving to ... read more

Now while for sure this album is not on par with the groups previous album in It Takes a Nation of Millions To Hold US Back but god damn this album is just filled with bangers from start to finish.The album does continue to delve into the topics discussed on previous said album with some of said themes being the likes of blatant discrimination faced by minorities in the United States by organisations such has law enforcement and also messaging to the people in said circumstances to rise up and ... read more

It sure is an improvement over The Love Movement but god damn I was expecting a bit more than I got.To cut Tip some slack this album was only made around a year after said Tribe album but at the same time that is not really that big of an excuse in my opinion.The production while still being overall pretty solid in my opinion and with it being mostly dealt with by Q-Tip and the late J-Dilla it still does not make for either producers most note worthy works and also yeah the track with Korn does ... read more

You guy's do not know how bad I want to give this a 100 but sadly that is not the world we live in today.The best way I can describe Doe or Die would be AZ's version of It Was Written or It Was Written 0 has it did release before Nasir's second album.I call it this cause the production you see in the album is in the same Mafioso style production and even some of the same themes seen on It Was Written but at the same time Az does bring in some raw Boom-Bap energy you saw on ... read more

Yes I know that my reviews of golden age era Hip-Hop albums make it seem like i don't find it revolutionary in any way but trust me I don't it's just how the ratings work for me.=/

By the way -10 points cause of how little tracks I find any courage to replay

All I am going to say is that you better get used to hearing that same drum loop pattern for 40 minutes.Yes I know that this was basically a new wave in the genre in 1985 after spending a lot of the late 70's and early ... read more

Just Vibes and Vibes and Vibes in the best way possible with just pure banger after banger brought to you in a very short time span and while yes the lyricism is not the greatest in the world.Who needs it here when you have the likes of Regulate on here.And if you want a new piece of knowledge brought onto you,If you are ever in the need of a great Night Drive album.I have the perfect contender for you here.END OF REVIEW =D

Amount of tracks I enjoyed=10/10
My most liked track=This D.J.
My ... read more