REVIEWS

The Curse of the Classic Debut. It's a familiar story in the music business that can haunt artists for their entire career.

From the outside looking in, it appeared that The Stimulus Package had exactly what was needed to indeed energize and spark some real movement within this hip hop market of ours

After selling three million copies of The Carter III Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. uses his seventh studio album Rebirth (which was accidently leaked by Amazon) to experiment and try to expand his talent. 

After listening to the most recent collaboration between the good people of Strong Arm Steady and The Beat Konducta, Madlib, one might wonder if California, often refereed to as the "Golden State", might have received its nickname as a credit to the seemingly unlimited amount of radiant emcees / musicians that continue to emerge from there.  

Ever since Lupe Fiasco dropped his stellar sophomore album "The Cool" about two years ago, fans have been left guessing as to what the Chicago born wordsmith would be doing for a follow up. 

Following many setbacks and delays, the long awaited mixtape, The Natural, from Emilio Rojas, in conjunction with DJ Green Lantern, is upon us. 

Attention Deficit is, for the most part, a cohesive effort that's tied together by Wale's identity as an MC and the tendency for the production to be undeniably hip hop, even if it is flavored by a variety of elements. 

Dropping two albums in a one-year span is something remarkable; if both of those albums are hot, then it's all the more impressive