To the untrained ear, it might seem that every album issued by Twiztid was inspired
by hate, but Abominationz lives up to that press release claim, offering a more jagged and angry version of the horrorcore rap group's usual darkness. ...
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. ...
Despite his look, Ray Cash is neither Ludacris' younger brother nor an accountant. The bespectacled
MC from Cleveland sticks out his neck as the new representative for a city that hasn't produced a considerable amount of hip-hop talent. (There's Bone, ...
Under the guidance of the Notorious B.I.G., Junior M.A.F.I.A. released their first single, Player's Anthem,
in the summer of 1995, along with the full-length Conspiracy. Not surprisingly, the group's music resembles that of The Notorious B.I.G.'s Ready to Die, complete ...
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 ...
Grateful marks the tenth studio album form producer DJ Khaled, and the occasion is marked
with an impressive array of high-profile guests. The record's lead single, Shining, boasts vocal contributions from both Beyoncé and her husband Jay Z, and its ...
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 ...
Nas celebrated the 20th anniversary of his classic 1994 debut Illmatic on multiple fronts. There
was an expanded reissue of the album, Illmatic XX, the release of which was coordinated with the Tribeca Film Festival showing of the documentary Time ...