Hip Hop – R&B – Soul
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Das Racist – Shut Up, Dude
Das Racist, the Brooklyn based duo behind the internet sensation “Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell,” produced a surprisingly good record with Shut Up Dude, Mixtape. Anyone familiar with this track or the YouTube video knows how ridiculous, yet entertaining the song is. The album retains the fun and hilarious...
The Roots – How I Got Over
It’s simply impossible for The Roots to make a bad album. The worst that the crew from Philly can do is record an album less-good than their others. And even their less-good shit is twice as good as almost everything out there. Scientifically speaking: (The Roots-Album X ≥ The Roots-Album...
Nas and Damian Marley – Distant Relatives
In life, some seemingly unlikely combinations just make sense. That first time someone told you to pour orange juice in your 40 oz after drinking to the top of the label, or when someone introduced you to dipping your french fries in your chocolate shake at Wendy’s – shit just...
Reflection Eternal – Revolutions Per Minute
Reflection Eternal is Talib Kweli and DJ Hi-Tek; and even though Kweli claims that he and Mos Def are the best alliance in hip hop, Reflection Eternal definitely cracks the top 10. So after much hype, several mixtapes and ten years of fan anticipation, Revolutions Per Minute is here. So...
Sage Francis – Li(f)e
I have a friend who shit-talks toward my general direction for listening “backpack hip hop”. I have no real defense because there is no denying that I do happen to listen to a disproportionate amount of “independent”, “conscious” hip hop – as opposed to say, Young Jeezy or fuckin, I...
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings – I Learned The Hard Way
On the first listen to I Learned The Hard Way, by Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, I was not overwhelmed. The energy I’ve come to expect from the Dap Kings was absent, and it didn’t grab my attention. That was exactly the problem, I had it playing as background...
Gil Scott-Heron – I’m New Here
I’m New Here is Gil Scott-Heron’s first collection of new songs in 16 years, and it shows. This is clearly the work of an artist who has had a lot of time for self-reflection. Having led a particularly troubled decade (prison, multiple arrests on drug charges), an album of deeply...
Gorillaz – Plastic Beach
Damon Albarn, front man and co-creator of the Gorillaz, has been a very busy man of late. Even though a Gorillaz album has not been released since Demon Days, in late May of 2005, Albarn has been in constant creative motion. Rare live shows, the Grammy Awards with Madonna, a...
4.5/5 : Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before ...4.2/5 : Wavves- King Of The Beach4.2/5 : Scissor Sisters - Night Work4.1/5 : Das Racist - Shut Up, Dude4.1/5 : The Roots - How I Got Over4.1/5 : Crystal Castles - (II)4.0/5 : Nas and Damian Marley - Distant Relativ ...3.9/5 : Crocodiles - Summer of Hate3.9/5 : Devo – Something for Everybody3.6/5 : High on Fire – Snakes for the Divine 
4.8/5 : Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before ...4.0/5 : Devo – Something for Everybody4.0/5 : Abominable Iron Sloth - The Id Will Ove ...4.0/5 : Nas and Damian Marley - Distant Relativ ...3.5/5 : Wavves- King Of The Beach3.5/5 : Ceremony - Rohnert Park LP3.3/5 : Crystal Castles - (II)3.3/5 : Das Racist - Shut Up, Dude3.0/5 : Scissor Sisters - Night Work3.0/5 : High on Fire – Snakes for the Divine 