Category: Reviews
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Common – The Dreamer, The Believer | Album Review
For all the youthful lyricists who have contributed to 2011 being a memorable year for Hip Hop, it has also been down to the chief rhymers whose brief appearances in the spotlight have surrounded immense projects. Whether it was Talib Kweli‘s gem from earlier this year or the empirical release from The Roots this month,…
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Logic & Last Resort – True Talk | Album Review
When it comes to the genre of UK rap music, there are certain veterans in the game that have stayed underground and Logic is one of them. After dropping a fair few mixtapes and three underground albums spanning over a decade, with affiliations to south London rap collective PDC and playing the role of Peoples…
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The Black Keys – El Camino | Album Review
Vocalist/guitarist Dan Auerbach and Drummer/Producer Patrick Carney, better known as The Black Keys, have come to be synonymous with the term consistency. Since their start in 2001 with debut album, The Big Come Up the duo has really came up releasing six albums: Thickfreakness, Rubber Factory, Magic Potion, Attack & Release, Brothers, and their latest…
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Van Hunt – What Were You Hoping For? | Album Review
Naming your album What Were You Hoping For? is a pretty bold statement with a few different outcomes, most commonly a statement exclaiming boldly that this album is a genius of sorts. With neo-soul rocker Van Hunt’s latest musical installment What Were You Hoping For? , released this September via his own label Godless Hotspot,…
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Mobb Deep – Black Cocaine | EP Review
Mobb Deep has been a staple of east coast Hip Hop since the early ’90s. It’s fair to say that the Queensbridge rappers have had their share of ups and downs both personally and musically. It’s hard to imagine a doper album than The Infamous being put out. Infamy a few years later hit Platinum,…
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Curren$y presents Jet Life / Jet World Order | Album Review
Curren$y’s new Jet Life compilation – the Jet World Order album was always going to be a smash. Released under Jets International/iHipHop Distribution, the album features fellow Jet members Young Roddy, Trademark Da Skydiver, Sir Michael Rocks, Nesby Phips, Corner Boy P and Street Wiz, plus Smoke Dza who definitely made his mark on hip…
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Mary J Blige – My Life II: The Journey Continues (Act 1) | Album Review
Rather than taking a break after being on the scene for over ten years, Mary J Blige shows no signs of slowing down collaborating with DJ Khaled and Diddy Dirty Money earlier on in the year. The queen of R&B went back into the studio to create a few more tear-jerking ballads and foot-moving jams…
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Stalley at Vibe Bar, London | Live Review
As people trickled into East London’s Vibe Bar on Brick Lane last Friday night (December 2nd), anticipation was clearly in the air for the performances that Trapstar London had put together, in a somewhat impromptu manner. With Maybach Music Group’s Stalley headlining, soon the first floor room was filled up to the hilt while DJ…
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T-Pain – rEVOLVEr | Album Review
We saw the slow demise of Auto-Tune after it’s over use on almost every club song played in 2008 – 2010 but that hasn’t stopped Grammy Award winning Florida born rapper T-Pain working on music with his precious pitch-correcting machine. Having released a string of promotional tracks to lukewarm reception [including “Rap Song” featuring Rick…