When Ice Cube split from N.W.A after the group's seminal Straight Outta Compton album changed
the world forever, expectations were high, too high to ever be met by anyone but the most talented of artists, and at his most inspired. ...
Da End furthers the horrorcore style that Three 6 Mafia had unveiled on their cult
favorite Mystic Stylez debut, except here the overall tone is one of outright violence rather than eerie ominousness. Moreover, the sound quality here is much ...
I don't suspect that even Kid Rock believed he had an album as good as
Devil Without a Cause in him. Nobody else believed it, that's for sure. But he didn't just find the perfect extention of his Beastie and ...
Busta Rhymes rocketed to superstardom in an alarmingly short time, simply because there was no
other rapper quite like him. Nobody else in his position had his wild sense of humor, reckless fashion sense, and, most importantly, willingness to take ...
By his 2007 album, Houston rapper Paul Wall became a multi-platinum punching bag through little
fault of his own. While he occasionally lets the bragging and victory-speak get the best of him, he's never declared himself the Freestyle King or ...
Nas (a.k.a. Nasir Jones) kicks off his musical eulogy to hip-hop with the nostalgic Carry
On Tradition, on which the Queensbridge MC details how members of the younger generation have abandoned the values instilled by rap pioneers like Big Daddy ...
Def Jam's How High soundtrack comes close to being another Method Man and Redman album,
a follow-up to the blunt-smoking duo's successful Blackout! album from two years before. But about halfway through, the soundtrack segues into previously released Def Jam ...