What’s happening peeps! Continuing with my album anniversary salutes, I’m going with an album that, at first, received unfair hate for not living up to its predecessor but in time…
…that reveals its plot non-linearly. Or even a dad-joke that’s funny simply because its “not funny”. This is postmodernism, and it exists everywhere. But for Hip Hop, it wasn’t always…
…album as the “album with no beat” and “what is Lauryn doing”, but what was lost within all of this is that she crafted amazing songs and performed them raw,…
…“Nappy Heads” remix is just flames). However, in 1996 the game was turned upside down when they released their epic sophomore album, The Score. A breathtaking release, this album sold…
…imaginable. Although their next album would put them into the Platinum light with Murda Muzik (which in itself is an insane album), this was a very bleak and disturbing album,…
…Paid in Full, at Power Play Studios in New York. In 1987, 4th & B’way Records issued the album. After the success of “Eric B. is President”, the album climbed…
…studio album and their most commercial album, Hell Hath No Fury, which was praised by critics. After one more album as the Clipse in 2009, both No Malice and Pusha…
…with his unbelievable Vol. 2…Hard Knock Life album, and he ended blessing them with a verse on the lead single to their forthcoming album, First Family 4 Life: “4 Alarm…
…in. We have the chance to highlight and take an in depth look at AZ’s debut album “Doe Or Die” and to give this album it’s much needed recognition and…
…J Dilla has been a part of and each album contains timeless cuts. Still, the criticism is understandable. For some, the Tribe-vibe had become stale. But after an 18-year-long hiatus,…
…with sonic non sequitur (bong rips, didgeridoo, banjo) and extrinsic bits of dialogue, finishing rhymed phrases like a game of musical Mad Libs. Non-verbal samples serve a dual purpose, acting…
…album the word has been waiting over 10 years for – the (uncredited) Jay-Z is featured on 8 of the 10 tracks (the two non-Jay-Z tracks are the intro and…