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Posted in Rap/Hip Hop on Oct 28th, 2010
Check Our Catalog “Losing none of the momentum put in motion by his 2009 effort, Deeper Than Rap, Rick Ross keeps a very good thing going on Teflon Don, arguably his best album to date.”–All Music Guide
Posted in Rap/Hip Hop on Oct 28th, 2010
Check Our Catalog “The abundance of spacey synths and clattering, reverbed percussion makes Thank Me Later feel like ideal cruising music for a ramshackle UFO, but it also incorporates dynamics like few other hip-hop albums before it.” –Spin
Posted in Rap/Hip Hop, Rock/Pop on Sep 30th, 2010
Check Our Catalog “B.o.B, the rapper behind recent smash ”Nothin’ on You,” wants to be a rock star. In between his debut’s nimble verses, he covers Vampire Weekend, collaborates with the singers from Weezer and Paramore, and plays arena-ready guitar.” –Entertainment Weekly
Posted in Rap/Hip Hop on May 28th, 2010
Check Our Catalog “The AC/DC of trashy stoner rap…as the Dude would say, Suite #420 got it all rolled up, and you just gotta put a light on it.” –All Music Guide
Posted in Alt-Country, Concertos, Rap/Hip Hop on May 19th, 2010
Check Our Catalog “It has the right balance of line and harmony, the right feel for mass and momentum, the right sense of being in and of the moment, and above all, the sheer audacity to pull off the whole mighty and monumental work.” — All Music Guide
Posted in Rap/Hip Hop on May 10th, 2010
Check Our Catalog “With a brand new sound, rich production, and a palpable sense of growth, graduation has come, and Kidz in the Hall have officially earned their degree in unadulterated artistry.”–Urb
Posted in Rap/Hip Hop on May 10th, 2010
Check Our Catalog “Ludacris, the ever-underrated Atlanta MC, offers another good-humored album, this one aimed at the vexing relationships between men and women.”–Boston Globe
Posted in Rap/Hip Hop on Apr 6th, 2010
Check Our Catalog “This sequel may have little to do with the original, but if the title helps to point out this is the Shaolin poet’s best work since 1995′s Pt. 1, then so be it.”–All Music Guide
Posted in Rap/Hip Hop on Apr 6th, 2010
Check Our Catalog “Slaughterhouse’s new album is relentlessly lyrical, which is the point. Equally talented and underrated, Royce, Joell Ortiz, Crooked I, and Joe Budden came together and instantly created a situation where the sum was greater than the individual parts.”–Boston Globe
Posted in Rap/Hip Hop, Rock/Pop on Apr 6th, 2010
Check Our Catalog “Its sound is hard but loose, rooted in sinewy beats by Patrick Carney, the Black Keys’ drummer, and spooky riffs by Dan Auerbach, its guitarist and singer.”–New York Times
Posted in Rap/Hip Hop, Rock/Pop on Jan 29th, 2010
Check Our Catalog “Attention Deficit offers the best of both worlds; it’s pop music with integrity and brains. And, in the parlance of American Bandstand, you can dance to it!”–The Onion
Posted in Rap/Hip Hop, Rock/Pop on Jan 29th, 2010
Check Our Catalog “The Miami-bred MC Rick Ross has faced a number of career obstacles in recent months–from damaged street credibility to a multi-episodic beef–so it’s all the more impressive that on his third album, Deeper Than Rap, he presents his most cohesive work yet.”–Billboard
Posted in Rap/Hip Hop on Jan 25th, 2010
Check Our Catalog “Cudi turns out to be that rarest of rap phenomena: a hyped upstart who really does represent a promising new phase in the genre’s evolution.”–Entertainment Weekly
Posted in Rap/Hip Hop on Jan 25th, 2010
Check Our Catalog “So Far Gone shows that Drake is for real, and works as a tantalizing teaser for his first full-length record.”–All Music Guide
Posted in Rap/Hip Hop, Rock/Pop on Nov 12th, 2009
Check Our Catalog “The long-awaited Blueprint 3 doesn’t disappoint. In fact, the album may just be the blueprint for hip-hop music to come.”–Billboard.com
Posted in Rap/Hip Hop, Rock/Pop on Oct 2nd, 2009
Check Our Catalog “The Miami-bred MC Rick Ross has faced a number of career obstacles in recent months–from damaged street credibility to a multi-episodic beef–so it’s all the more impressive that on his third album, Deeper Than Rap, he presents his most cohesive work yet.”–Billboard
Posted in Rap/Hip Hop, Rock/Pop on Oct 2nd, 2009
Check Our Catalog “After being the first white guy to grace the cover of a Gangsta Grillz underground mixtape (“The Greenhouse Affect” with Don Cannon & DJ Drama), this buzzed-about MC proves that suburban rap has finally arrived.”–Billboard
Posted in R&B, Rap/Hip Hop, Rock/Pop on Oct 2nd, 2009
Check Our Catalog “Three albums in and Trey Songz still sounds like he was raised in a bizzaro land where all music was based on the teachings of R. Kelly. If those played-out R. Kelly albums aren’t doing the trick anymore, Ready is just what it says it is.”–All Music Guide
Posted in Rap/Hip Hop, Rock/Pop on Oct 2nd, 2009
Check Our Catalog “Fabolous alternates typical gun-toting swagger (who knew he called his gun Nadia? Who cared?) with the kind of clever wordplay that should be keeping other MCs up at night. This is a record simply built to make the Brooklyn-born rapper huge.”–Boston Globe
Posted in R&B, Rap/Hip Hop, Rock/Pop on Oct 2nd, 2009
Check Our Catalog “Few vocalists who can sing and rap can display such versatility on one album.”–All Music Guide