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Avg Rating: 4.8 ReturnOf4Eva
The cynics can relax, Big K.R.I.T.'s "ReturnOf4Eva" proves the man might just have a classic album in him.
Avg Rating: 3.6 Rolling Papers
Wiz Khalifa makes his major label debut with Rolling Papers, an album that might just make him a pop icon.
Avg Rating: 3.9 F.A.M.E.
Chris Brown continues his attempt to regain his formerly elite status with his mediocre new album, F.A.M.E.
Avg Rating: 3.8 Give the Drummer Some
Does hip-hop owe Travis Barker a round of applause for Give The Drummer Some?
Avg Rating: 4.6 W.A.R. (We Are Renegades)
The underground mainstay delivers the long-awaited follow-up to 2007's Desire.
Avg Rating: 3.9 Lasers
Does Lupe's much-buzzed-about junior set have what it takes to rise above the controversy?
Avg Rating: 4.6 Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang
The Chef's back with another serving of Wu-style freshness on his fifth full-length.
Avg Rating: 4.5 The King's Khrysis
There was a time when New York City ruled hip-hop. And then rap manifest destiny spread the locus …
Avg Rating: 4.6 Late Nights & Early Mornings
I’ve been waiting to write this for a long, long time. Way back in 2002 I took the …
Avg Rating: 3.6 Free Agent
I’m an OG in the hip-hop album review game. Believe it or not, my first review for the …
Avg Rating: 4.5 The Greatest Story Never Told
It was the second season of HBO’s hit show Entourage and the writers had cooked up a storyline …
Avg Rating: 4.5 Lovers Holiday
Believe it or not, there was a time when hip-hop was fun. In fact, at first it was …
Avg Rating: 4.7 I vs. I
Name your favorite Hawaiian rapper. Go ahead, I’ll give you a minute. Actually, I’m feeling a little hungry, …
Avg Rating: 3.8 Purp & Patron
Since Game dropped his solid album LAX nearly three years ago things have been a little dicey for …
Avg Rating: 4.6 Huffing Glue With Hasslehoff
I didn’t realize it until I finished my first pass through Jarren Benton’s new, fantastically titled album, Huffing …
Avg Rating: 3.6 Gutter Rainbows
Talib Kweli will never make better albums than Black Star and Train of Thought. Or more accurately, he …
Avg Rating: 4.1 More or Less
For a music that holds onto the concept of “realness” so tightly, hip-hop is very rarely real. Putting …
Avg Rating: 3.7 Love Me Back
Hundreds of artists across every genre and medium have threatened to retire, almost none have. In fact, Dave …
Avg Rating: 3.9 Apollo Kids
Phrases like “best rappers alive” and “most underrated” are so overused in hip-hop, subject to such neverending and …
Avg Rating: 3.9 Death of a Pop Star
True story. David Banner was reading my review of his previous album, in which I said that his …
Avg Rating: 3.7 No Boys Allowed
I highly recommend you don’t think too much about the title of Keri Hilson’s sophomore album, No Boys …
Avg Rating: 3.0 Best Night of My Life
Do you understand how incredible Jamie Foxx’ story is? Do you really? Let’s review. Foxx started his musical …
Avg Rating: 4.4 Love Letter
R. Kelly is more than an artist, he’s a writer’s dream. Now that Michael has passed, he’s the …
Avg Rating: 3.6 Last Train to Paris
The other night I finally got around to watching Get Him to the Greek, the summer movie that …
Avg Rating: 3.2 Libra Scale
I can’t believe I get a second chance to write about Ashanti Syndrome in just a few weeks, …
Avg Rating: 3.8 No Mercy
If there’s any argument I get into over and over again with DJBooth Nation, it’s over who has …
Avg Rating: 3.8 The Hunger for More 2
Is Lloyd Banks a legitimate solo rap star, one of the best microphone controllers in the game, or …
Avg Rating: 4.3 All I Want Is You
For a young quarterback who picked up his first bruises in Pop Warner, sweated through double sessions in …


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