Compilation

9

Galt MacDermot :: Up from the Basement – Unreleased Tracks Volumes 1 & 2

Vukile SimelaneJuly 22, 2003

During the prelude to Outkast's seminal banger "Skew it on the Bar-B," Chef Raekwon tells the listening audience that they "gon' play some funky shit fo' y'all!... Read More...

CompilationInstrumentalReview

6.5

Various Artists :: Battletown Presents – The EPs

Tim LavenzJuly 18, 2003

We all know EPs. They're typically anywhere from five to ten tracks sampling an artist's skills, oftentimes a teaser for a full album which is to come sometime... Read More...

CompilationEPReview

7.5

Frontline :: Sine Language

Matt JostJune 24, 2003

In hip-hop, label compilations have a place since Sugarhill Records put out the "Street Beat" double LP in 1984. Old school samplers like these, however, compil... Read More...

CompilationReview

6

Sticky Fingaz :: Decade

Steve 'Flash' JuonMay 28, 2003

The bald headed terror is back, and it's not another episode of the hit TV series "Platinum" - although you CAN catch him there as the intense Grady Rhames. Fi... Read More...

CompilationReview

7

Supernatural :: The Lost Freestyles

Damon BrownMay 28, 2003

Over the past couple of years the media, in both print and film, has examined the life of battle rappers and how they operate much differently than record-deal... Read More...

CompilationReview

7

Various Artists :: A Blow to the State

Matt JostMay 6, 2003

Coup d'Etat Entertainment? Relax, it's just a name. The only blow they're going to deliver to any state is one aimed at the stagnant state of hip-hop. Somethin... Read More...

CompilationReview

Reviews

OMB Peezy :: Better and Better

Big K.R.I.T. :: Dedicated to Cadalee Biarritz

Beastie Boys :: Aglio e Olio

Galt MacDermot :: Up from the Basement – Unreleased Tracks Volumes 1 & 2

Various Artists :: Battletown Presents – The EPs

Frontline :: Sine Language

Sticky Fingaz :: Decade

Supernatural :: The Lost Freestyles

Various Artists :: A Blow to the State