Whether you like rap, rock, classical or country, you'll find your favorite music at the Thomas Crane Public Library in Quincy, MA.
Posted in Rap/Hip Hop on Feb 13th, 2012
“Over 14 tracks and 38 filler-free minutes, the album traces the birth, cold-sweat life and early death of a street hustler, consumed by paranoia, crack and unfulfilled dreams…If an album can be both chilling and beautiful at once, undun is it.” –Chicago Tribune Check Our Catalog
Posted in Rap/Hip Hop on Feb 13th, 2012
“At his best, the MC has managed to balance a modicum of street strut with a lover’s sensitivity and deliver both in an irresistible velvet flow. That’s exactly what he does here while firing out smart, intricate couplets.” –The Boston Globe Check Our Catalog
Posted in Rap/Hip Hop on Jan 27th, 2012
“Well-Done is un-apologetically steeped in the classic East Coast sound, but in Statik the album has the perfect maestro. From the funky horn bump of “Keep Off the Grass’’ to the intoxicating vibe of “White Silk,’’ Statik serves up Action’s verses over superb beats that should keep hungry fans satiated for months.” –The Boston Globe [...]
Posted in Rap/Hip Hop on Jan 27th, 2012
“Absurdly expensive samples, a pair of choruses from Odd Future R&B singer Frank Ocean at the exact moment where he’s turning the corner and becoming a Thing, another chorus from long-been-a-Thing Beyoncé…a murderers’ row of producers working on almost every track, and a fleeting moment where Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon sounds like the funkiest man [...]
Posted in Rap/Hip Hop on Sep 12th, 2011
“In terms of straight-up free-spirited musical fun, the Beasties might as well be a f***ing pharmacy of rap-funk escapism. In Hot Sauce Committee Part Two (evolved from a proposed Part One after delays, resequencing, and MCA’s cancer scare), they’ve combined the live-band focus of 2007′s all-instrumental The Mix-Up with the old-school hip-hop of 2004′s The [...]
Posted in R&B, Rap/Hip Hop, Rock/Pop, Soul on Sep 12th, 2011
““Q: Soul Bossa Nostra” collects newly recorded versions of songs associated with Jones in one way or another…None of it’s unpleasant to hear, particularly when someone as dependably charismatic as Snoop Dogg shows up, as the rapper does in a typically laidback take on “Get the Funk Out of My Face.” And Jones hasn’t lost [...]
Posted in R&B, Rap/Hip Hop, Soul on May 13th, 2011
“Bustling through funk, Philly soul and gospel, taking on songs famous (Marvin Gaye’s “Wholy Holy”) and obscure (Mike James Kirkland’s “Hang on in There”), Legend and the Roots capture the old feeling of protest and uplift while updating the sound. They’re not imitators — they’re heirs.” –Rolling Stone Check Our Catalog
Posted in Rap/Hip Hop on May 13th, 2011
“Pea’s Gotta Have It’s appeal lies in the artist’s ability to tap into nostalgia…He connects with shrewd bars and witty narratives of timeless situations to which nearly anyone who has ever attended high school can relate.” –HipHop DX Check Our Catalog
Posted in Rap/Hip Hop on May 13th, 2011
“Both innovative and infectious. For backpackers and underground fans, it’s a must, but anyone who wants their hip-hop both a bit stranger and a lot deeper will fall hard for this one.” –All Music Guide Check Our Catalog
Posted in Rap/Hip Hop, Rock/Pop on Mar 25th, 2011
Check Our Catalog “Amid the zapping prog-lift of the vaguely Nietzschean “Power,” the lead single from his fifth album and magnum opus, Kanye tosses off the casual self-platitude “Every superhero needs his theme music.” “But if he’s a superhero, who is he saving? Perhaps the music industry, quickly in need of rescue now that it’s [...]
Posted in R&B, Rap/Hip Hop, Rock/Pop on Mar 25th, 2011
Check Our Catalog “Celebrity, commodity, singer, sex object, cyborg — Ciara just about fuses all of them on “Basic Instinct.” Ciara’s breathy voice is the candy in the machines.” –The New York Times
Posted in Dance & DJ, Rap/Hip Hop on Mar 25th, 2011
Check Our Catalog “Not to be misinterpreted as an institution teaching the Wu Tang Clan’s Shaolin ways, this is a collaborative project showcasing the new school of raps talents accompanied by the seminal producer’s blazing beats.” –Soul Culture
Posted in R&B, Rap/Hip Hop, Soul on Mar 25th, 2011
Check Our Catalog “Ne-Yo has crafted an epic full of party songs, beatific ballads and throbbing spy-movie club music. It’s lavish disco; the songs are cinematic in scope but have the unshakable hooks of great pop.” –Rolling Stone
Posted in Rap/Hip Hop, Rock/Pop on Mar 25th, 2011
Check Our Catalog “The album bubbles over with insidious grooves, inventive samples, and lissome rhyming about things frivolous and fraught. Several bold-faced friends make appearances, including Jamie Foxx on the jittery “Hustle Blood,’’ Janelle Monáe singing the hook of the pretty “Be Still,’’ and George Clinton and Too Short rasping it up on “Fo Yo [...]
Posted in Rap/Hip Hop on Mar 23rd, 2011
Check Our Catalog “Curren$y’s second effort of 2010 is just straight-up solid…Spacy dreams of flight like the opening “Airborne Aquarium” alternate with more traditional numbers like the street single “Michael Knight,” which is packed with meaningful verses and a memorable chorus.” –All Music Guide
Posted in Rap/Hip Hop, Rock/Pop on Feb 10th, 2011
Check Our Catalog “In Wayne’s patented way, the songs feel tossed-off: He has a gift for making virtuosity sound casual, while delivering laugh-out-loud punch lines every few seconds. You won’t hear a funnier record all year. Jailbird or civilian, human or moon man, Lil Wayne is pop’s most reliable deliverer of unadulterated fun.” –Rolling Stone
Posted in R&B, Rap/Hip Hop, Rock/Pop, Soul on Feb 8th, 2011
Check Our Catalog “How can you not love Cee Lo? He’s a virtuoso rapper who has one of pop’s most unique singing voices. He’s a self-proclaimed lady-killer who’s roughly as tall as a mini-refrigerator and as broad as a Hummer. He wears pink suits. He put a song called “F*** You” in the Top 20. [...]
Posted in Rap/Hip Hop, World Music on Nov 17th, 2010
Check Our Catalog “Few best-of-both-worlds collaborations work as well as Distant Relatives, which pairs Nas’ incendiary rhymes with the keening hooks and global rhythms that Bob Marley’s youngest son favors.” –Entertainment Weekly
Posted in Rap/Hip Hop on Oct 28th, 2010
Check Our Catalog “As bawdy, referential, and effortless-sounding as ever, Terius “The-Dream” Nash takes his long-playing love affair to the next level on this third solo effort, fading snappy summer-jam contenders into seething urban-rock suites.”–Spin Magazine
Posted in Rap/Hip Hop on Oct 28th, 2010
Check Our Catalog “Any hip-hop act but the Roots would be bragging about camera time on “How I Got Over,” their first studio album since becoming the supremely flexible house band for “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.” But there’s no TV-star smugness on the Roots’ ninth studio album, “How I Got Over.” Instead, the group’s [...]