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9.5

Snoop Doggy Dogg :: Doggystyle

Steve 'Flash' JuonMay 28, 2002

This album may have the WORST cover art I've ever seen. Thankfully, the old adage that you shouldn't "judge a book by it's cover" has never been more true than... Read More...

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8.5

Ras Kass :: Soul On Ice

Steve 'Flash' JuonMay 21, 2002

'Back to the Lab' entries can be inspired by damn near anything, but this one in particular goes out to the brother who sat next to me during "Star Wars Episod... Read More...

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7.5

2Pac/Makaveli :: The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory

Steve 'Flash' JuonMay 14, 2002

Tupac Shakur's "Makaveli" CD was the first in a long series of posthumous recordings (bootleg and otherwise) released after his death in September of 1996. Com... Read More...

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6

2Pac :: All Eyez On Me

Steve 'Flash' JuonMay 9, 2002

Some would have said it was an unstoppable combination. Tupac Shakur - the actor, artist, poet and INTERNATIONAL THUG EXTRORDINAIRE; and Suge Knight - the ex-s... Read More...

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8.5

KRS-One :: Return of the Boom Bap

Steve 'Flash' JuonMay 3, 2002

Boogie Down Productions 1992 album "Sex and Violence" was by all accounts an artistic triumph and a commercial disaster. Without question the beats of Kenny Pa... Read More...

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3

KB-Dub :: North Carolina Shocks the World

Matt JostApril 30, 2002

The whole idea of 'representing' in rap music harks back to the early days when MC's moved crowds by asking them where they were from: "Is Brooklyn in the hous... Read More...

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Reviews

Mobb Deep :: Infinite

Autumn! :: You Never Was Mine

Dave East :: Karma 4

Snoop Doggy Dogg :: Doggystyle

Ras Kass :: Soul On Ice

2Pac/Makaveli :: The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory

2Pac :: All Eyez On Me

KRS-One :: Return of the Boom Bap

KB-Dub :: North Carolina Shocks the World