Review

3.5

Mancini :: Mancini

Nin ChanJuly 12, 2005

This is pretty bland, by-the-numbers stuff. Apparently Mancini is a rising emcee on the East Coast (what aspiring two-bit "mixtape" emcee isn't, really?), thou... Read More...

MixtapeReview

7

The Turntable Assasins :: The Lord of the Mixtape: The Fellowship of the Ring Vol. 2

Pedro 'DJ Complejo' HernandezJuly 12, 2005

It seems the death of Justo Faison, founder of the annual mixtape awards, has come and gone with little attention from the general hip-hop community. It's not s... Read More...

MixtapeReview

6.5

Smoke & Numbers :: The Color of Money

Matt JostJuly 12, 2005

A month ago, in an effort to crack down on the mixtape market, the Recording Industry Association of America sent the NYPD to raid Mondo Kim's, a popular indep... Read More...

MixtapeReview

8

Slim Thug :: Already Platinum

Steve 'Flash' JuonJuly 12, 2005

A lot of things go into making a rapper a superstar, but if you tried to define the elements as a simple formula and just plug people into it 9 times out of 10... Read More...

LPReview

7.5

Locke and the Chris Wilson Five :: Loose Ties

One LineJuly 12, 2005

If there's one thing we know about certain rappers, it's that they hate being put in the proverbial "box". Andre 3000 ("The Love Below"), Mos Def ("The New Dan... Read More...

LPReview

5

G-Rik :: Ghetto The Hood My Life

Tom DoggettJuly 12, 2005

An artist such as G-Rik is the ultimate example of the success that southern hotbeds have reached in rap music. He is not necessarily the next big thing, the n... Read More...

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Reviews

Blueface :: Free Blueface

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

Quadeca :: Scrapyard

Mancini :: Mancini

The Turntable Assasins :: The Lord of the Mixtape: The Fellowship of the Ring Vol. 2

Smoke & Numbers :: The Color of Money

Slim Thug :: Already Platinum

Locke and the Chris Wilson Five :: Loose Ties

G-Rik :: Ghetto The Hood My Life