Hip Hop Album Reviews
All album reviews
Avg Rating: 4.3
When they write the history of hip-hop in 2008, they’ll have to write about Flo Rida. Growing out …
Avg Rating: 4.1
Editor’s Note: Since our Managing Editor and Album Reviewer Extraordinaire, Nathan S., is off enjoying a relaxing vacation …
Avg Rating: 4.2
In my perfect world auto-tune would be a distant memory, Pimp C would still be alive and Rick …
Avg Rating: 4.0
The landscape of the music industry has shifted seismically in the last five years, and nowhere is this …
Avg Rating: 3.5
It’s not easy being a male R&B sex symbol. Sure, at first it’s fun to watch girls hyperventilate …
Avg Rating: 4.4
Sometimes it’s best to just let an artist speak for himself. When describing his new album, Love vs. …
Avg Rating: 4.0
2009 is a good year to be named Hope. Thanks to the audacity of Barack Obama a black …
Avg Rating: 4.0
No matter where you live, from the narrow concrete streets of New York City to the palm tree …
Avg Rating: 4.7
The Los Angeles you know, that’s the fake Los Angeles. That’s the L.A. of The Hills and Baldwin …
Avg Rating: 4.1
Everyone knows Joe Budden is crazy - or at least that’s what they say. Bring up Joe’s name …
Avg Rating: 4.4
You know how right before they execute you, you get one last meal? The prison will let you …
Avg Rating: 4.8
Drake may be new to you, but he’s no stranger to success. A rapper turned singer turned actor …
Avg Rating: 4.2
Acts come and go, but an artists’ impact can last centuries. Acts become irrelevant as soon as their …
Avg Rating: 4.0
There comes a time in every man’s life when he must strike out on his own. When he …
Avg Rating: 3.7
The year was 1961. President John F. Kennedy had just witnessed the first men set foot on the …
Avg Rating: 4.1
Ryan Leslie is a complicated man, and like most complicated things, America’s had some trouble figuring him out. …
Avg Rating: 4.7
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A boy grows up in Mogadishu, Somalia, during a civil …
Avg Rating: 3.8
Not everyone plays the game for the same reasons. Some rappers pick up the mic with dreams of …
Avg Rating: 4.0
Hype is a dangerous thing. It can camouflage an artist’s weaknesses and unreasonably inflate expectations, transforming a mediocre …
Avg Rating: 4.6
Fame is a strange thing. There are people who deserve to be far more acclaimed then they are …
Avg Rating: 4.4
It’s been more than ten years since Biggie was gun downed in Los Angeles. At the moment he …
Avg Rating: 4.3
What is hip-hop? It’s not a trick question, you really should be able to answer it. Go ahead. …
Avg Rating: 4.5
They say that everyone’s born for a reason. Everyone’s put on this Earth to do accomplish something that …
Avg Rating: 3.9
Some artists have great stories. More than just their music, it’s the myths and legends surrounding them that …
Avg Rating: 4.1
Every rapper wishes they were an actor. LL Cool J set the stage for the legions of rappers …
Avg Rating: 2.0
As 2008 draws to a close, I’ve decided to award this year’s Most Controversial Rapper title to…drum roll …
Avg Rating: 3.5
Keyshia Cole has said her biggest musical influence is Mary J. Blige, and if that’s true she’s following …
Avg Rating: 3.8
I know what you’re thinking. Didn’t Plies just put out an album? I know, I thought the same …
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