Rick Ross Deeper Than Rap: Rick Ross is the rap cliché of going on about money, drugs, and bitches. He is the embodiment of what your parents think rap is. Yet Ross does this shtick well. His rhymes are passable and has some enjoyable wordplay. Plus he has charisma which keeps the fourteen tracks from [...]
DOOM – Born Like This
DOOM Born Like This: I’ve made my feelings about DOOM well known before. So the time has come for me to pass judgment. It’s a mixed bag. Many of the tracks are typical DOOM, which means they are boring. The guests stars are pretty good, especially when Wu-Tang’s Raekwon and Ghostface Killah show up. IT’s [...]
Gorilla Zoe – Don’t Feed Da Animals
Gorilla Zoe Don’t Feed Da Animals: I won’t lie, Gorilla Zoe sounds like some obscure racists epithet. But it’s actually Atlanta’s next rapper poised to break out into the mainstream. So what does he talk rap about? Drugs and hoes mostly. While most rap albums these days are like that, Zoe has the charisma to [...]
Harmonic 313-When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence
Harmonic 313 When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence: An album of synthesizer heavy beats and cool guest singers and MCs. Musically similar to El-P, but less jarring, and more prone to epic synth washes. The guest vocals range from vocoder drenched rants about a dystopian future to MC brag tracks. The balance between instrumentals and vocal [...]
Mike Posner & The Brain Trust – A Matter of Time
Mike Posner & The Brain Trust A Matter of Time: This really should be worse than it is. Most of these songs are like reading some lame dude’s blog about love. But there is great production and also the songs are catchy. So it’s not super bad, but you may feel embarrassed if you friends [...]
Aesop Rock-None Shall Pass
Aesop Rock None Shall Pass: Lame beats and lame lyrics seem to be Aesop’s new forte. I prefer his old forte, which was making classic albums, and breaking new ground in hip hop lyricism. Rating: 3/15 Labor Days
cLOUDDEAD – Ten
cLOUDDEAD Ten: Here is a rare album: an experimental rap album that’s good. It’s tough describing this album since it’s constantly changing through out. What I’m going to say is that it is well through out and executed. The beats are at first very minimalist, but upon further listens reveal more depth. The songs change [...]
MC Chris-MC Chris is Dead
MC Chris- MC Chris is Dead: Never has been funny isn’t funny and never will be funny. The fact that he is making a living making not funny fake hip hop makes me question the validity of Humanism as a moral viewpoint. Rating: 0/15 Humor points
Atmosphere-God Loves Ugly
Atmosphere God Loves Ugly: Confessional rhymes and rants set over old school production. Strong overall but, the confessional lyrics sometimes become whiney lyrics, and the old school beats sometimes become boring beats. Rating: 11/15 Lucy’s
N.A.S.A. – The Spirit of Apollo
N.A.S.A. The Spirit of Apollo: Two DJs sample obscure South American records then reach into a hat and pull names out to form the guest stars. All the songs are solid and there some amazing pairings on here. Tom Waits and Kool Keith? Hell yeah! Dudes even dug out Fat Lip from whatever basement he [...]
