Hip Hop Album & Mixtape Reviews

Bad Rabbits - American Love

Preview & Review

Regardless of where they might actually land on a mythical list of the greatest albums ever, we all have a favorite album that, for one reason or another, will stick with us and never get old. I have a few of these, and... Read Full Review

Logic - Young Sinatra: Welcome to Forever

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As a DMV native, I’ve kept a close eye on Logic’s career, as I try to do with any promising Maryland prospect. Logic first caught my attention with his Young, Broke and Infamous tape, specifically his knack for killing... Read Full Review

Avg User Rating: (17 votes)

Talib Kweli - Prisoner of Conscious

Preview & Review

I don’t know if I’d be writing this if it wasn’t for Talib Kweli. I liked hip-hop before I heard Black Star, but that album helped me fall in love with hip-hop, and before I knew it, I had memorized every word of Black... Read Full Review

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Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap

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In the digital age, hip-hop receives a litmus test every few months. A new rapper emerges on the scene and suddenly, everybody starts talking about him or her. The buzz leading up to the “big release” from this... Read Full Review

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Rittz - The Life and Times of Jonny Valiant

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When you’re in high school, your horizon often only extends as far as your beat up, hand me down, used car will drive; and that’s if you’re lucky enough to have a beat up car. The people you know might as well be the... Read Full Review

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R.A. The Rugged Man - Legends Never Die

Preview

Veteran emcee R.A. The Rugged Man last released an album on November 16, 2004. Since then a black president has been elected (and re-elected) to office, Apple created the iPhone and D4L became a one-hit wonder with Laffy... Read More

Ghostface Killah - Twelve Reasons To Die

Preview & Review

Years from now, when we talk about 12 Reasons to Die, we’ll talk about it as a Ghostface Killah album, and understandably so. Ghostface is the one with the Wu-Tang pedigree, the one with the multiple classic albums, the one... Read Full Review

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Kid CuDi - Indicud

Preview & Review

Lately headlines have been circulating about Kid Cudi‘s departure from the label that birthed him, wondering if Kid Cudi’s career will maintain its longevity without the G.O.O.D. Music machine behind him. It’s been... Read Full Review

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Tyler, The Creator - Wolf

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Nature loves a forest fire. Humans see only the destruction, but nature sees a fresh start, a chance for some of the younger trees to grow without their elders blocking their sunlight. Without the occasional forest fire the... Read Full Review

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Lil Wayne - I Am Not A Human Being II

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Lil Wayne has become the Amy Winehouse of rap. To quote my favorite writer, me, “Winehouse’s “Back to Black’ came at the perfect time. Two years prior she had made Frank, a stylistically remarkable but... Read Full Review

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The Antiheroes - Modern Day Riot

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The last we heard from a Toronto duo, Smash Brovaz had dropped their Booth-hosted album Think It's A Game?. Fast forward three months, and we're greeted by Flex and Sha Prince, together known as The Antiheroes. The twosome,... Read More

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Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience

Preview & Review

Music has never seen anyone like Justin Timberlake. No one has ever navigated the path from teen heartthrob to widely respected artist more successfully than Timberlake. While nearly every other child star has either ended up... Read Full Review

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Aer - Strangers EP

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Following their success in 2012, with the release of their debut album, The Bright Side, and its subsequent 48-city North America tour, Boston-based duo Aer have released free 5-track EP, Strangers. Included on the project... Read More

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Harry Fraud - Adrift

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a·drift /əˈdrift/ Adjective (of a boat or its passengers) Floating without being either moored or steered. (of a person) Without purpose or guidance; lost and confused: “adrift in a strange country”. At... Read Full Review

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Calez - Too Broke Tape

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On the heels of last June's Booth-hosted Kid With Raps: Deluxe, Chicago emcee Calez has released his first project of the new year, the Too Broke Tape. Joining the 2008ighties crew member on the 14-track project are guests... Read More

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Jared Evan - Boom Bap & Blues

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What’s in a name? That which we call a genre, by any other name would sound as dope. True, labels do have their place. Generally speaking it’s good to know if I’m listening to ATL trap or Mongolian folk music before I... Read Full Review

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Jeff Chery - Jetset Vagabond

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Haitian-American emcee and DJBooth veteran Jeff Chery is going back to his lyrical roots on the brand new, 10-track project Jetset Vagabond. Over the course of the free album, Chery tackles topics ranging from violence in... Read More

Avg User Rating: (5 votes)