Nov 30, 2018 Music Neon Impasse by City Girl (Review) The “chill-hop” producer blends hip-hop beats, melancholy atmospheres, jazzy riffs, and other elements for supreme chill-out material.
Oct 7, 2017 Music Vibescapes by Deadxbeat (Review) These instrumentals make you realize how limited the term “hip-hop” has come to be understood.
Jan 13, 2007 Music Best of Bootie 2006 by Various Artists (Review) You’re struck by the thought that perhaps some higher power had always intended for the components to be mashed together.
Mar 24, 2006 Music Arche-Lymb by Depth Affect (Review) An exhilarating of sampling, laptop electronica, glitch pop, and hip-hop.
Feb 8, 2005 Music Joyful Rebellion by K-Os (Review) K-Os, in a gentle, nasal flow of intelligent lyrics, reminds his listeners of the true roots of hip-hop.
Oct 23, 2004 Music Champion EP by Brother Ali (Review) From start to finish, it’s a solid undertaking by one of the premier MCs nobody knows about.
Apr 7, 2004 Music Pants Control by Lil Pocketknife (Review) I’m flabbergasted as to how something like this made it out the door without someone crying foul.
Mar 24, 2004 Music Ten by Clouddead (Review) More focused and concise then their debut, but still as out there as you’d expect from cLOUDDEAD.
Feb 1, 2004 Music 1958 by Soul-Junk (Review) A record that punches holes through what the trained ear would classify as “beat-driven hip-hop.”
Oct 21, 2003 Music Pacific Drift - Western Water Music Vol. 1 by Nobody (Review) One of the year’s best, and I can’t wait to hear more Nobody in upcoming years.
Oct 13, 2003 Music The Kill Bill Soundtrack Rocks (Review) This probably kicks more ass than any soundtrack has a right to.
Sep 6, 2003 Music Shades of Blue: Madlib Invades Blue Note by Madlib (Review) Shades of Blue is smooth, no doubt about that. So smooth, in fact, that it barely leaves any impression.
Jun 26, 2003 Music A Poem for M by Sphyr (Review) Combines hip hop-infused slam poetry with a mellowed-out post-rock rhythm section and a classical guitarist.
Jun 26, 2003 Music The Escapist by Lee Baby Simms (Review) The music is effective in creating pleasantly impressionistic moods, but it seems like there should be more.
Feb 18, 2003 Music Linear Language by Syst (Review) I simply forgot that I was listening to a white boy and just starting soaking in some nice beats and skilled rhyming.
Feb 17, 2003 Music Bombay the Hard Way: Guns, Cars & Sitars by Dan The Automator (Review) Guns, Cars & Sitars flows with a sense of style and funk that is deeply infectious, exotic, and most importantly, bad ass.
Oct 6, 2002 Music 1957 by Soul-Junk (Review) Taking in “1957” is like listening to all of the schizophrenia of “1956” condensed into only half the time.
Jan 13, 2001 Music The Streets of Babylon by Samori (Review) Samori has taken the art of hip-hop a notch higher with his beautifully crafted musical tracks and passionate lyrics.
Jan 13, 2001 Music Tragic Epilogue by Anti-Pop Consortium (Review) Anti-Pop Consortium’s detours are not the same old breaks trotted out which are sure to rock a crowd.
Dec 23, 2000 Music 2000 Fold by Styles Of Beyond (Review) While it may be hip to be unknown and trendy to record for an independent label, you still have to make good music.