HipHopDX Album Reviews
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Lord Jamar - The 5% Album
Album Reviewsposted 6 years ago
The densely-packed layers of knowledge and science would likely prove overwhelmingly heady were, it not for the imminently accessible grooves that back the tracks - which were always Brand Nubian's saving grace.
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Smitty - The Voice of the Ghetto
Album Reviewsposted 6 years ago
With the help of a dope production line-up consisting of Kanye West, 9th Wonder, Jazze Pha, Hi-Tek and more, Smitty is prepared to show the world his ability to come with variety and appeal for each spectrum of Hip Hop.
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Field Mob - Light Poles & Pine Trees
Album Reviewsposted 6 years ago
The Albany, GA group, Field Mob, consisting of Shawn Jay and Smoke aka Chevy P, were earlier easily stereotyped as country rap from their inception in the late 90s. The duo have since signed to Ludacris', Disturbing the Peace label
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KRS-One - Life
Album Reviewsposted 6 years ago
The same powerful voice that fronted Boogie Down Productions some 20 years ago is back with more food for thought, served fresh to the anorexic minds that abound in today's society.
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Yo Gotti - Back 2 Da Basics
Album Reviewsposted 6 years ago
Hailing from the north side of Memphis, This ya boy Yo Gotti. After years of hard-earned grinding, Gotti brings the rap game his major TVT records release Back 2 Da Basics.
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Busta Rhymes - The Big Bang
Album Reviewsposted 6 years ago
He has always been about the rah rah shit to get the party jumping, not weaving tales of ki's and burners with the digits scrapped off.
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Yung Joc - New Joc City
Album Reviewsposted 6 years ago
Who is this guy? What is he about? Fortunately his debut album New Joc City is out on Bad Boy South to help us answer some of these questions.
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Louis Logic & JJ Brown - Misery Loves Comedy
Album Reviewsposted 6 years ago
This is why, even though you can say Misery Loves Comedy lacks that off-the-wall diversity Sin-A-Matic was famous for, it has much more direction and brings a stronger sense of self.
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Ice Cube - Laugh Now, Cry Later
Album Reviewsposted 6 years ago
After a period of being a washed up rapper-turned-actor making little other than cookie cutter party tunes, The Predator has returned to prove that he never lost it; he just chose not to use it. Bow down.
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Terror Squard Presents DJ Khaled - Listennn
Album Reviewsposted 6 years ago
When DJ Khaled was piecing together his album Listennn he decided to make it big. The LP boasts a roster that brings rappers from various regions and with varying styles together for what should be a deadly concoction.
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L.E.G.A.C.Y. & DJ Paradime - Whut? Thee Mixtape
Album Reviewsposted 6 years ago
"I've gotta go, it's an animal war/ it's all controlled by mechanical doors/ frozen and sealed, they controllin our mail/ and viewin habits, I'm done with doing bad shit/ no game here, put trust in the heavens/ no name here, I'm just number seven."
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Dudley Perkins - Expressions 2012 (a.u.)
Album Reviewsposted 6 years ago
Expressions (2012 a.u.) marks the second release from the artist known most notoriously to his label-mates for having first "dibs" on Lib's "prized" beat collection
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DukeDaGod - Dipset: The Movement Moves On
Album Reviewsposted 6 years ago
To make a long story short, this mixtape is everything that is wrong with Hip Hop rolled into 17 dismal tracks. There is not one original idea; no creativity whatsoever.
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Smiley The Ghetto Child - The Antidote
Album Reviewsposted 6 years ago
Born in Harlem and raised in the Bronx, Smiley The Ghetto Child is no stranger to this Hip Hop shit. From ghostwriting for the likes of Black Sheep and Chi Ali to running with Gang Starr and Group Home, Smiley has been in this game for well over decade.
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Public Enemy - Rebirth of a Nation
Album Reviewsposted 6 years ago
What began as a thinly veiled reference to the Public Enemy revolutionary classic, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold us Back, ends with an experiment for the group as a whole to become a collective mindset
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Nature Sounds Presents - Natural Selection
Album Reviewsposted 6 years ago
You can add one more solid release to your shelves, because Natural Selection is quick to please. Important for any growing label, it captures the truly unique and definitive resonance Nature Sounds has.
