HipHopDX Reviews
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Homeboy Sandman - Subject:Matter
Album Reviewsposted 1 day ago
Giving himself a framework of talking about the untouched, Homeboy Sandman achieves his goal with an effortless-seeming ability.
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K'Naan - More Beautiful Than Silence EP
Album Reviewsposted 3 days ago
Each track sounds completely different from the last, and although the record could be a pop smash, his message is never diluted in the melody.
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Young Buck - Live Loyal Die Rich (Mixtape Review)
Album Reviewsposted 6 days ago
While "Live Loyal Die Rich" has some issues as a whole, Young Buck still seems to be in fighting shape and anxious to make a comeback in earnest.
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Gangrene (Alchemist & Oh No) - Vodka & Ayahuaska
Album Reviewsposted 8 days ago
"Vodka & Ayahuasca" is that gutter shit. Rejoice.
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Saigon - Warning Shots 3: One Foot In The Grave (Mixtape Review)
Album Reviewsposted 10 days ago
"Warning Shots 3: One Foot In The Grave" is a clear upgrade from its predecessor, displaying Saigon's ability to feed the streets without the preservatives.
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T.Shirt - The Fuck
Album Reviewsposted 12 days ago
Despite its circumstances, "The Fuck" sounds far from amateur, an album that unleashes his many voices without letting them overstay their welcome.
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Wiley - Evolve Or Be Extinct
Album Reviewsposted 13 days ago
While much of the album leans on a frenetic pace, there are moments of sincerity and clarity.
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KRS-One - The BDP Album
Album Reviewsposted 15 days ago
Although "The BDP Album" might not be KRS-One's catchiest album in years, it's a worthy work to wave the flag of the trailblazing South Bronx clique.
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ScHoolboy Q - Habits & Contradictions
Album Reviewsposted 17 days ago
There's no shortage of the requisite Hip Hop fare - drugs, crime, hustling - on "Habits & Contradictions," and Q does a fine job of espousing it as his own.
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Sha Stimuli - The Calling
Album Reviewsposted 20 days ago
Make no mistake, "The Calling" is a ringing endorsement of Sha Stimuli's skills as an emcee. The problem is, he didn't need any more of those.
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Rick Ross - Rich Forever (Mixtape Review)
Album Reviewsposted 24 days ago
With this small window of exceptional versatility exhibited, the biggest issue with the mixtape is that it's frankly too much and too little at the same time.
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Yo Gotti - Live From the Kitchen
Album Reviewsposted 27 days ago
From the title alone, you can guess what the Memphis-raised Yo Gotti's studio debut is going to sound like - and as it progresses it confirms every suspicion.
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T.I. - Fuck Da City Up (Mixtape Review)
Album Reviewsposted 2 months ago
Fortunately, this mixtape serves as a buzz-builder for T.I.'s official return to music later this year with "Trouble Man."
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Raekwon - Unexpected Victory (Mixtape Review)
Album Reviewsposted 2 months ago
In essence, "UnExpected Victory" is a cross-generational collaboration project.
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Fabolous - There Is No Competition III: Death Comes In 3's (Mixtape Review)
Album Reviewsposted 2 months ago
"There Is No Competition 3" isn't a particularly memorable release. The days of Fabolous' mixtapes being something to write home about has come and gone.
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DX Review Bits: Albums We Missed In 2011 - Schoolboy Q, Action Bronson, Black Milk & Danny Brown and more
Album Reviewsposted 2 months ago
HipHopDX's Review Bits columnist Edwin Ortiz talks ten albums we didn't review in 2011, but are getting to now.
