Articles tagged with hip hop

This is one of those albums that from the start, it'd be really hard to like it. First, Nas wanted to name it after a slur. After causing a stir and using that whole thing as a media tool, he decided to simply call the album Nas, figuring the imagery of the album cover would do the trick. (The reality is, the label wanted to avoid the fights that would've broken out at music stores when the 5 kids who still buy CDs went...

The thing about N.E.R.D. is that it's really the one act where you see Pharrell the most comfortable. It's spaztastic, genre-busting music that's not intended to fit anywhere. Unlike past releases by N.E.R.D., this album isn't intended to 1) sell beats or 2) transcendent hits by a concept band.

Seeing Sounds is basically a concept album, but it's...

Weezy F Baby serenades with an album of epic clumsyness in Tha Carter III. I have to say that Lil' Wayne has had the most remarkable career trajectory in rap history. He went from afterthought to hip-hop maven in a relatively short period of time. He's a witty kid, who clearly seems to have learned from spending time around the brainiest in the game and has taken notes and crafted a style of his own.

It's clear that he's trying to use this album to burnish his...

You know, I didn’t really like the first single they released from this LP. But this got more than a few positive reviews and so, I thought it might be worth actually listening to from start to finish. And the thing is, I thought I had already.

But the album I heard when I listened the most recent time resembles nothing like that thing I must’ve thought I heard.

Bottom line? This thing is good. But not for the reasons you’d think. Lupe...