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36 Chambers represents a new quality of hip-hop rarely seen previously in every aspect from unique production, 10 distinctive MCs, creative lyricism, charismatically aggressive deliveries, and chemistry that would change the rap scene. The word count won’t let me list them all, but every member deserves credit. RZA brought the clan together in the early nineties to make enough money off of rap to get out of poverty. Personality filled interludes and completely iconic samurai movie samples ... read more

It’s not often a rap album comes out and strikes a chord with me as hard as “Faces” did when I first started walking home from school with “Angel Dust” or “Diablo” playing at max volume practically daily in late 2018. Now that time has passed and I’ve evolved my music taste, I still find Faces to have all the qualities of a modern classic. Mac’s almost “haunted” production throughout the album exerts itself as murmuring organs, ... read more

With some of the best and most innovate production in hip-hop, “A Tribe Called Quest” present a sublime jazz-rap album with countless tracks that are the best in the genre to this day. Not only does “A Tribe Called Quest” deliver on addicting baselines and organic drums consistently, Q-Tip and Phife Dawg serve some of the catchiest lyrics ever written, sometimes their lyricism can get a little abstract but Q-Tip’s more mindful lyrics mixing perfectly with ... read more

Death Grips on the entirety of “Bottomless Pit” find a way to make your mind feel equivalent to a rubber band being stretched at its farthest point. A perfectly chaotic mess that could only be accomplished by coordinated cohesion has never been displayed better than it is here; various different overwhelming synths define most tracks but they wouldn’t be much on their own without MC RiDE’s insane vocals and lyricism led by occasionally directionless drumming that only ... read more