Review

8

Rodan :: Theophany – The Book of Elevations

Dan MennellaApril 6, 2004

Slowly but steadily grows a faction of underground hip hop that is as bizarre and difficult to describe as it is strangely engaging. Spearheaded by artists lik... Read More...

LPReview

8.5

Pete Rock :: Lost and Found – Underground Hip Hop Soul Classics

Dan MennellaApril 6, 2004

"Lost and Found" dropped in the fall of 2003, not surprisingly, to little fanfare. In fact, for those who aren't firmly-rooted in the underground scene (and eve... Read More...

CompilationReview

7

49 Stories :: Blind Faith

Vukile SimelaneApril 6, 2004

49 Stories is composed of a producer (Gollum), and two mic rippers in Paradox and Once. "Hailing from the land-locked isolation of Colorado," this trio drops th... Read More...

LPReview

7.5

Pacewon :: Telepathy

Steve 'Flash' JuonApril 6, 2004

In the world of acquired taste for hip-hop, there are MC's that don't just push the boundaries of expected flavors, they blow right past it. Pacewon has that c... Read More...

LPReview

8

Dilated Peoples :: Neighborhood Watch

Steve 'Flash' JuonApril 6, 2004

From the Merriam-Webster website, the worddilated (di·lat·ed) is defined this way: 1 : expanded laterally; especially : being flat and widened 2 : expanded nor... Read More...

LPReview

8.5

Metal Fingers Presents :: Special Herbs, Vol. 5 & 6

Steve 'Flash' JuonApril 6, 2004

MF Doom - the demented mad scientist of hip-hop music and culture. In truth that might even be an understatement. Although he started out in the early 1990's un... Read More...

InstrumentalReview

Reviews

Blueface :: Free Blueface

Independent as F*** : Underground Hip Hop from 1995-2005

Quadeca :: Scrapyard

Rodan :: Theophany – The Book of Elevations

Pete Rock :: Lost and Found – Underground Hip Hop Soul Classics

49 Stories :: Blind Faith

Pacewon :: Telepathy

Dilated Peoples :: Neighborhood Watch

Metal Fingers Presents :: Special Herbs, Vol. 5 & 6