Review

5.5

Various Artists :: The Bassments of Badmen – Volume 2

Matt JostAugust 19, 2003

Back in the mid-nineties, Halifax, Nova Scotia may have seemed like a hip-hop wasteland to strangers to the port city on the Canadian East coast. But make no mi... Read More...

CompilationReview

6.5

Hand Held Aspects :: From Point A to H

Matt JostAugust 19, 2003

References to crime and the ominous 'time' convicted criminals face are abound in rap music. Most of them have been around long before hip-hop made its first ba... Read More...

LPReview

6

Ilvyris :: Ilepidemic

Steve 'Flash' JuonAugust 12, 2003

Back in the day it was fairly simple to tell which side of the fence a rap group stood on. If the name was "Public Enemy" or "Poor Righteous Teachers," it was ... Read More...

LPReview

4

Onyx :: Triggernometry

Steve 'Flash' JuonAugust 12, 2003

Why? That single thought pervades the prospective buyer when confronted with a new album from Onyx. A new album from a group who released one classic album ("B... Read More...

LPReview

8

Big Moe :: Moe Life…

Steve 'Flash' JuonAugust 12, 2003

Last time out, Big Moe was (no pun intended) a hard man to miss. His album "Purple World" was picked up for national distribution by Priority Records, and a tec... Read More...

LPReview

7.5

Madlib :: Shades of Blue – Madlib Invades Blue Note

Matt JostAugust 12, 2003

Around the time when the calendar flipped from the 1980s to the '90s, a couple of clever people started noticing common features in jazz and hip-hop. Some of th... Read More...

InstrumentalReview

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Clipse :: Let God Sort Em Out

Lee Bannon :: The Big Toy Box 2

Death Grips :: Death Grips

Various Artists :: The Bassments of Badmen – Volume 2

Hand Held Aspects :: From Point A to H

Ilvyris :: Ilepidemic

Onyx :: Triggernometry

Big Moe :: Moe Life…

Madlib :: Shades of Blue – Madlib Invades Blue Note