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Sort by: Rating | Release Date | Rating Date | Name5.0 classicBig Daddy Kane Long Live The Kanethis makes Paid In Full whimper and cry for mercy. Big Daddy Kane is aided by the sparse production of Marley Marl, the humorous rhymes of Biz Markie, and Mister Cee's track. Other than "The Day You're Mine", a song that can be completely ignored, this album is completely classic. It also helps that Big Daddy Kane is one of the best rap lyricists out there.Botch We Are the RomansCharlie Parker Ken Burns Jazz: Charlie ParkerConverge Jane DoeCryptopsy None So VileGhostface Killah FishscaleGZA Liquid SwordsProbably my favorite record ever, completely changed my view on music as a whole, not just rap. Ever since this, i have barely have been really that happy with any Wu-Tang release since, but its hard to follow up to such a classic as this great, cutting piece of work. GZA has incredibly dexterity and knowledge behind the microphone and his flow shows a true mastery of his art, and he spits metaphoric rap masterworks over RZA's most complex, wonderous, and gloriously dark soundtrack yet. Truly rap's greatest and most potent classic.Insane Clown Posse Bang! Pow! Boom!FUCKING MAGNETS, HOW DO THEY WORK?! Miracles is the best song evarzJay-Z Reasonable DoubtKyuss Welcome To Sky ValleyMadvillain MadvillainyOutKast AqueminiOutKast ATLiensI can't decide which is the true Outkast classic, Aquemini or ATLiens. They're both aided by smooth, weird instrumentals, both scrawled with lyrics that are futuristic, braggadocios, and street-conscious all at once, and both are just built to perfection as albums. It's getting harder and harder to pick between the two because they're both so perfect, so we might as well make them both Outkast classics.Prince Purple RainQuasimoto The UnseenRaekwon Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...UGK Ridin' DirtyWu-Tang Clan Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)4.5 superbA Tribe Called Quest The Low End TheoryAgalloch The MantleAtheist Unquestionable PresenceBig L Lifestylez ov da Poor & DangerousCircle Takes the Square As the Roots UndoCoalesce Functioning on ImpatienceCommon Like Water for ChocolateConverge Petitioning the Empty SkyConverge No HeroesConverge Axe to FallDe La Soul 3 Feet High And RisingDead Kennedys Fresh Fruit For Rotting VegetablesDinosaur Jr. You're Living All Over MeDJ Shadow Endtroducing.....Dr. Octagon Dr. OctagonecologystEminem The Slim Shady LPDr. Dre brought home a bunch of, by his high high standards, below average instrumentals that were still quite serviceable, and allowed Eminem to absolutely rip them to SHREDS. Eminem is a storyteller first and foremost, giving the listeners humorous stories of the life of a drug addicted white trash kid. Even with the occasional punchline-rama, like the albums best song "Role Model, the album mostly focuses on stories and rantings of one hyperaggressive motherfucker who's tired of it all. His best album by a good shot.EPMD Strictly BusinessEric B and Rakim Paid in FullExodus Bonded by BloodFrank Zappa Hot RatsGhostface Killah Supreme ClienteleGoodie Mob Soul FoodGucci Mane The Burrprint: The Movie 3-DThis mixtape is currently climbing in my opinion, can't stop listening to this. Gucci's performance is at an all-time best here, comfortable rhyme schemes, hilarious lyrics, reliance on similar subjects, but at the same time, with the most flexible array of flows in the rap right now. The wizzing electronic beats give Gucci both a darker aurora and a considerable bounce, making The Burrprint a flowing, diverse experience with very little filler ("More" is about it). Hot Cross CryonicsIce Cube Death CertificateIce Cube AmeriKKKa's Most WantedImmolation Majesty and DecayJohn Coltrane A Love SupremeJohn Frusciante The EmpyreanKing Crimson In the Court of the Crimson KingKMD Bl_ck B_st_rdsKyuss Blues For The Red SunLed Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IVLed Zeppelin Houses Of The HolyLL Cool J Mama Said Knock You OutMAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT... I'M GONNA KNOCK YOU OUT... Best LL Cool J album, one of the best rap albums of the time.Marvin Gaye What's Going OnThe review written about this album here states that his political stature is weak, but rather, Marvin Gaye is taking a much different approach. Instead of going all out, Malcolm X-style revolt music, he's making an approach that is more like Gandhi than anything else. His music is smooth, subtle, warm to the touch, but still gets message across effectively. This album isn't so much about it's politics neither, rather, it's a showing on Motown's musical strength, and Gaye's light vocals, lacing it. Massive Attack MezzanineMelvins BullheadMiles Davis Kind of BlueMobb Deep The InfamousN.W.A. Niggaz4LifeNas IllmaticNeurosis The Eye Of Every StormOutKast SouthernplayalisticadillacmuzikQueens of the Stone Age Rated RRaekwon Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt IIRoyce da 5'9 Death is CertainScarface The DiarySigh Scenes from HellSlick Rick The Great Adventures of Slick RickSuffocation Pierced From WithinSuffocation Effigy of the ForgottenSuffocation Breeding the SpawnTha Alkaholiks 21 & OverFar from deep, and maybe thats the good thing about this record. It's party hop at it's simplest, sweetest best. Tash and J-Ro consistently kill the mic with clever metaphors and punchlines while E-Swift's production is consistently funky and bassy, creating the perfect enviorment for just jumping around the some real hip hop. Kind of like Illmatic without the surreal look into the street life and without the terrible hooks, it's quick to the punch and gets its point in over ten tracks and thirty-four minutes. Very close to a classic.The Dillinger Escape Plan Option ParalysisThe Fall of Troy DoppelgangerThe Mars Volta De-Loused in the ComatoriumThe Notorious B.I.G. Ready to DieThe Pharcyde Bizarre Ride II the PharcydeUGK UGK (Underground Kingz)UGK Super Tight...4.0 excellent2Pac Me Against the WorldAerosmith RocksAgoraphobic Nosebleed Frozen Corpse Stuffed With DopeAgoraphobic Nosebleed AgorapocalypseArghoslent Hornets of the PogromArsis A Celebration of GuiltAugust Burns Red ConstellationsB.B. King One Kind FavorBig Pun Capital PunishmentBinary Star Masters of the UniverseBlackalicious Blazing ArrowBotch An Anthology of Dead EndsBotch American NervosoBrother Ali Shadows On The SunBrother Ali The Undisputed TruthBurzum FilosofemCam'ron Purple HazeCap'n Jazz AnalphabetapolothologyCap'n Jazz Shmap'n ShmazzCave In JupiterClipse Hell Hath No FuryCoalesce 0:12 Revolution in Just ListeningCoalesce OXCompany Flow Funcrusher PlusConverge You Fail MeConverge When Forever Comes CrashingCorrosion of Conformity AnimosityCurrensy Fast Times at Ridgemont FlyCurrensy Jet FilesCurrensy Smokee RobinsonCurrensy Pilot TalkDanger Mouse and Jemini Ghetto Pop LifeDarkthrone Transilvanian HungerDe La Soul De La Soul Is Dead Dead Kennedys Plastic Surgery DisastersDinosaur Jr. FarmDirty Projectors Bitte OrcaDr. Dre The ChronicDrudkh MicrocosmosEazy-E It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um KillaEminem The Marshall Mathers LPI don't see how this is a classic. It's very good, but it doesn't have the highlight power of Slim Shady LP, and along with a bunch of very crappy beats a la Dre, should've been a failure. Eminem's rapping pulled this one out of the dumps, but in every sense, Slim Shady LP is better. "Kim" and "Stan" are two of the best songs of his career, but ultimately that's mostly what's memorable from here.Eric B and Rakim Follow the LeaderEric B and Rakim Let the Rhythm Hit 'EmErykah Badu New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the AnkhFang Island Fang IslandFreddie Gibbs midwestgangstaboxframecadillacmuzikFreddie Gibbs The Miseducation Of Freddie GibbsFreeway Philadelphia FreewayGary Wilson You Think You Really Know MeGaza He Is Never Coming BackGOT DAMN! Gaza mixes a dark cloud of sludgy riffs with some brutal as fuck late 90s metalcore and creates an effort truly worth your ears.Genghis Tron Board Up the HouseGil Scott-Heron Pieces of a ManGuilty Simpson Ode to the GhettoRedman, my all time favorite MC, is sampled twice. That's enough win for one album. But no seriously, some of the most tuneful underground production ever heard from Madlib and Black Milk, and since both already make some of the smoothest, most artistic beats in hip hop already that only helps Guilty Simpson. Guilty also speaks on behalf of the streets of Detroit, and does so in a believable, considerate, and at times hilarous manner. Great album.Handsome Boy Modeling School So ... How's Your Girl?Harvey Milk Life... The Best Game in TownHe Is Legend I Am HollywoodHeltah Skeltah NocturnalHORSE the band Desperate LivingIldjarn IldjarnIncantation Onward to GolgothaIron Maiden Iron MaidenIron Maiden KillersJ Dilla DonutsJay-Z The BlueprintOther than the silly eastern influenced "Jigga That Nigga" and the below average verse lyrics of "Girls Girls Girls" (a wasted beat if i ever heard one), The Blueprint is one of the most solid and enticing rap albums out there, but is not deserving of classic status simply because it's just not up to that level yet. That belongs to 'Reasonable Doubt'.Jay-Z The Black AlbumJay-Z American GangsterJeru the Damaja The Sun Rises in the EastJohn Coltrane Blue TrainJon Lajoie You Want Some Of This?Kanye West Late RegistrationKanye West The College DropoutKayo Dot Choirs of the EyeKiller Mike I Pledge Allegiance to the Grind IIKyuss ...And The Circus Leaves TownLa Dispute Somewhere at the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IIILightning Bolt Wonderful RainbowLil B Blue FlameMadlib Shades of BlueMadlib's mindfulness for jazz shows its truest colors on here, mixing exotic, newer sounds from his hip hop influences, and the smooth intricacies of everything Blue. It sounds like a mad scientists concoction of all types of Jazz from all era's and a spice of hip hop, and it sounds AWESOME. Madlib is a genius. Mastodon Blood MountainMegadeth Rust In PeaceMethod Man TicalMethod Man and Redman Blackout!MF Grimm American HungerMiles Davis NefertitiMinus the Bear Planet of IceMobb Deep Hell on EarthMudvayne L.D. 50Muse AbsolutionMystikal TarantulaOpeth Blackwater ParkPanacea (USA) Corkscrew GapsPat D & Lady Paradox Soulscapes & Jazz BreaksIt's smooth, creamy, jazzy production-wise, sort of like a more straight-forward, less experimental Madlib. This mixed lively lyrics of Lady Paradox, we get a record that hails the 90s without trying to mimic their sounds in it's entirety. If only the Lady sounded a bit more lively while rapping her lyrics :-(. Pharoahe Monch Internal AffairsProdigy Return of the MacRage Against the Machine Evil EmpireRedman Muddy WatersRedman Doc's Da Name 2000RJD2 DeadringerScarface The FixScarface Mr. Scarface Is BackScarface MadeSean Price Monkey BarzSean Price Jesus Price SupastarSlayer South Of HeavenSnoop Dogg DoggystyleG-Funk at it's true height, bouncy funky waddlings, and Snoops clear throat and oddly hyper flowing comparatively to his later material. Also, oddly good compared to his later works. Due to Snoop's lively delivery and the records general consistency, it might be a small deal better than the The Chronic. Truly legit. Sole and the Skyrider Band PlastiqueSurfer Blood Astro CoastSystem of a Down System of a DownT.I. KingTera Melos UntitledThe Decemberists The Crane WifeThe Dillinger Escape Plan Calculating InfinityThe Dillinger Escape Plan Irony Is a Dead SceneThe Magnetic Fields Holidaybasically "Strange Powers" might be my new favorite song, and this is really solid and good stuff.The Red Chord Fused Together in Revolving DoorsThe Red Chord Fed Through the Teeth MachineThe Roots Things Fall ApartVarious Artists A Christmas Gift For YouViktor Vaughn Vaudeville VillainWeezer WeezerXzibit 40 Dayz & 40 NightzYelawolf Trunk MuzikThe year starts off already with one of the best mixtapes out there, by the first real great white hope since Eminem. His incessant speed rapping reminds the listeners of Eminem if he was raised in the south, but his taste for bloopy, off-the-wall electronic beats and booming bass is top notch, and his lyrics are constantly improving, mixing syrup sippin UGK-isms, syllable bending abilities of New York rappers, and mind ripping flows of the already mentioned obvious influence. Not to mention "Pop The Trunk", "I Wish", and the title track will be three of the most memorable tracks this year, i can only hope for more from Yelawolf this year. Z-Ro The Life of Joseph W. McVey3.5 great50 Cent Power of the DollarAerosmith Toys In The AtticAgoraphobic Nosebleed Altered States of AmericaAndre Nickatina Conversation With a DevilB. Dolan Fallen House Sunken CityBeanie Sigel The B. ComingBig Noyd Episodes Of A HustlaBlack Milk TronicAt points, Black Milk wants badly to be Royce Da 5'9" as a rapper, and he comes out with a decent flow and decent lyrics, but he's truly a beast behind the boards.Black Moon Enta Da StageBlackalicious NiaBlackalicious The CraftBlind Illusion The Sane AsylumBoris FloodBroken Bells Broken BellsBrother Ali The Truth Is HereBun B TrillBun B II TrillBun B 2 Damn TrillBurzum Hvis Lyset Tar OssBusta Rhymes The ComingBusta Rhymes When Disaster Strikes...By The End Of Tonight/Tera Melos Complex Full of PhantomsCam'ron Come Home With MeCam'ron Crime PaysCamron Giles, top of the food chain of wit-filled, oddball, blizzardous coke rappers, is fairly bi-polar. Say what? Killa Cam has different sides to himself, he acts like he's a numbskull, but in truth he knows word for word what he's talking about (Don't believe me? ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oLGjhpY9jM) , and, like a lot of rappers in his area, switches moods quite often in a single record. On Crime Pays, one of his better albums, and his most recent, he mostly discusses his life of luxury and his dealings in the snow business ("Cookin Up" and "I Get It In Ohio"), but he also switches to topics like the ladies ("Bottom Of The Pussy" and "Spend The Night"), and Cam even puts his persona in a new persons eyes, rapping in the view of a middle class white person, trapped in their plain cubicle lifestyle. Cam's soundtrack sounds dated, like they were outtakes from Cam's earlier albums, but they sound perfected in their datedness as Camron isn't exactly the most modernly relevant MC. Although Crime Pays sounds like it could have been recorded in 2004, it's a great record, and although it has filler, Cam is an awesome lyricist, and manages to fit these lyrics with fitting beats, and thus Crime Pays is fairly solid. "Come thru in ta zipper god damn I mite white nike her yeah she straight buh get it straight underestimate I mite just dike her You fight and fuss wanna bite her lock your girl down just like rikers I ain't gottah do that once I hit your shit the damn bitch will lifer" Cam'ron Boss of All Bosses IICanibus Rip The JackerCanibus Miclub: The CurriculumCannibal Corpse The BleedingCapone-N-Noreaga The War ReportCave In Planets of Old Clipse Lord Willin'Coalesce Give Them RopeCommon BeCommon ResurrectionCryptopsy Blasphemy Made FleshDark Time Sunshine VesselDavinci The Day The Turf Stood StillDe La Soul Are You In?: Nike+ Original RunDef Squad El NinoDomo Genesis Rolling Papersdredg El CieloEazy-E Eazy-Duz-ItElzhi The PrefaceEPMD Unfinished BusinessEPMD Business Never PersonalEric B and Rakim Don't Sweat the TechniqueExodus Fabulous DisasterExodus Another Lesson in ViolenceFalkenbach ...Magni Blandinn Ok Megintiri...Foo Fighters Foo FightersFoo Fighters The Colour and the ShapeFreeway Free At LastFreeway & Jake One The Stimulus PackageGenghis Tron Dead Mountain MouthGhostface Killah IronmanThe production is like a mesh of soulful-ness of Cuban Linx and the eerie atmospheres of Liquid Swordz, and it sort of lacks the usual touch of amazingness from RZA, rather sounding a bit more, dare i say, workman-like of him. Same goes for Ghostface here. Ghostface Killah would shape into his own artist later on, with fantastic internal rhymes, ridicolous crime stories, and beats that fit him better, but here he sounds like a technically proficient Wu-member who hasn't quite found his niche yet. This is great, but lacks the same sort of found-ness and uniqueness of Rae's and GZA's or even ODB's and Meth's debuts. Ghostface Killah Bulletproof WalletsGhostface Killah The Big Doe RehabGhostface Killah Ghostdini: The Wizard of Poetry in Emerald CityGnarls Barkley St. ElsewhereGrizzly Bear VeckatimestTwo Weeks is probably one of my favorite pop songs this year. Oh... the rest of this album is pretty awesome too.Gucci Mane Writing on the WallGucci Mane The State vs. Radric DavisThe Burrprint was an amazing step from an underrated artist: he did an entire mixtape with the renowned producer Zaytoven and created an effort that shows that Gucci Mane can rap with a certain amount of skill, and for once in his career, his mediocre flow was ignorable. Other than the mediocre "Spotlight", however, Gucci's flow is completely good throughout all of The State vs. Radric Davis. Lyrically, as comedically inclined and blizzardous as he's ever been, and the beats are, dare I say it, the best he's ever had. "Lemonade" might just be my favorite song of the year. Gucci Mane The Movie Pt. 2 - The SequelGucci Mane The Movie: Gangsta GrillzGuilty Simpson O.J. SimpsonGZA Pro ToolsHot Cross Risk RevivalIron Maiden The Number Of The BeastJ Dilla The ShiningJ Dilla Welcome 2 DetroitJ's a mediocre MC, but he gets a lot of friends that make this sound better, and along with his awesome production chops, Welcome 2 Detriot is a great album only hindered a bit by his lack of MCing skill.J. Cole The Warm UpJake One White Van MusicJedi Mind Tricks Violent by DesignJedi Mind Tricks Servants in Heaven, Kings in HellJeezy The InspirationJelani Wait, You Can Rap?!?!John Coltrane Lush LifeJohn Legend Get LiftedJohn Legend Once AgainJohn Legend EvolverJohnny Polygon Rebel Without ApplauseJuvenile 400 DegreezKanye West GraduationKayo Dot Dowsing Anemone With Copper TongueKeith Murray The Most Beautifullest Thing In This WorldKeith Murray EnigmaKillah Priest Heavy MentalKMD Mr. Hoodfun, old school rap with some political undertones. If you like late 80s early 90s rap like A Tribe Called Quest and Eric B. and Rakim, you might like this a lot too.Kool G Rap 4, 5, 6Krallice KralliceKXNG Crooked Mr. Pig Face Weapon WaistLightning Bolt Ride The SkiesLightning Bolt Earthly DelightsLil B The Based God: Based Blunts Vol. 1Lil B Roses ExodusLil Wayne Tha Carter IILudacris Theater of the MindLudo Broken Bride EPMassive Attack 100th WindowMassive Attack HeligolandMastodon RemissionMastodon LeviathanMastodon Crack the SkyeMegadeth Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?Megadeth United AbominationsMegadeth EndgameMeth, Ghost and Rae Wu-MassacreSome of the worst drum sounds in rap right now, but the beats are mostly pretty good. Ghostface switches from love rap mode to super extreme story telling, Raekwon stays slightly less inspired than usual, and Method Man does his thing in the most inspired way he's been since Tical. Method Man and Redman Blackout! 2MF DOOM Operation: DoomsdayMF DOOM MM.. FoodMF DOOM Born Like ThisMF Grimm The Hunt For The Gingerbread ManMF Grimm & MF DOOM Special Herbs and Spices Volume 1Miles Davis Bitches BrewMiles Davis Jack JohnsonMos Def The EcstaticMudvayne MudvayneMystikal Let's Get ReadyN.W.A. Straight Outta ComptonNe-Yo Year of the GentlemanNeon Indian Psychic ChasmsNeurosis A Sun That Never SetsNeurosis Times Of GraceNeurosis Given To The RisingNeutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane Over the SeaObie Trice Second Round's On MeObie Trice CheersOh No Exodus Into Unheard RhythmsOl' Dirty Bastard Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty VersionOpeth DamnationOpeth Ghost ReveriesOpeth WatershedPanacea (USA) Ink Is My DrinkPanacea (USA) A Mind on a Ship Through TimeWhile the music is pretty, and technically it's one of the better rap releases out there, it reeks of unoriginality, and while it does feel like a complete piece, the lack of highlights is a bit perturbing in some cases. Also that Cappadonna sample was just embarrassing to hear on what is an actual GOOD album.Panacea (USA) The Scenic RoutePantera Vulgar Display of PowerPharoahe Monch DesirePhat Kat Carte BlanchePhat Kat isn't the greatest MC, but he works with gangster-isms to paint a truly brooding character of a gangster rapper. Despite Phat Kat's work as a rapper, Carte Blanche is truly Dilla's show. J Dilla, best known for his soulful, yet unique way of making beats, changes his style up to make menacing soundscapes, similar to that of Mobb Deep in the 90s, but rather than using an abundance of samples, J uses his skills as an instrumentalist to create a natural darkness in the production. This effort would inspire Madlib to do the very same with Guilty Simpson's Ode To The Ghetto.Pill (USA-GA) 4180 The PrescriptionPill (USA-GA) 4075 The RefillPortishead ThirdPrince 3121Project Pat Real Recognize RealProject Pat & Juicy J Cut ThroatTrap at some of it's height, kudos to Bulldog for finding this. Juicy J, as usual, keeps the beats bumpin and banging, sometimes even gets the clubs erotic and moving. Juicy J and Project Pat step up their game, making absolutely hilarious metaphors about cars, hoes, and money and create bloody dark images of the streets. Despite some faults, including the fact they're surrounded by an entourage of entirely inferior MC's, and the fact that "Twerk" is one of the shittest songs Three 6 has ever been involved with, Cut Throat is one of my favorite mixtapes of the year, and as an album it actually isn't that bad either. Protest the Hero KeziaProtest the Hero FortressQ-Tip The RenaissanceQuasimoto The Further Adventures of Lord QuasR. Kelly 12 PlayR.A. The Rugged Man Die, Rugged Man, DieRaekwon Coke Up In Da Dollar BillRage Against the Machine Rage Against the MachineRedman Whut? Thee AlbumRich Boy Bigger Than the MayorRick Ross Teflon DonRoyce da 5'9 Street HopRun-D.M.C. Run DMCRun-D.M.C. Raising HellSaafir Boxcar SessionsSaafir drops one of the most unorthodox, absolutely weird flows ever, and mixes it with hazzy, dizzy productions. The beats have a distinctive 90s New York flavor, muddy up-right bass thudding, down-tuned samples, and simplistic pounding drums that mix with an overall dark vibe, and you get one of rap's most experimental (mood and flow-wise) albums yet. Despite a massive amount of filler, Boxcar Sessions is a killer 90s rap album.Sauce Money Middle Finger UScarface EmeritusSigur Ros ( )Silversun Pickups SwoonSlayer Reign In BloodSlick Rick The Art Of StorytellingSmoke DZA Substance Abuse 1.5Smoke DZA's voice sounds a bit too much like Jermaine Dupri, but thats one of the few negatives of this EP-Mixtape. He's not a master lyricist, but Smoke DZA makes up for that by slipping in a very conversational, unconventional flow, making his words slither within the lush grooves. His affiliation with more charismatic rappers like Curren$y and Big K.R.I.T. boost his music too, giving us hope that DZA continues his affiliation to the majors. One of the few New Yorkers bringing a unique style nowadays.Snoop Dogg Tha DoggfatherSon House Delta Blues & SpiritualsSon House Preachin' The BluesSpoon Ga Ga Ga Ga GaStrong Arm Steady In Search of Stoney JacksonStyles P The Green Ghost ProjectSunn O))) Black OneT.I. Trap MuzikTalib Kweli EardrumTalib Kweli LiberationTera Melos Drugs to the Dear YouthThe Alchemist 1st InfantryThe D.O.C. No One Can Do It BetterThe Dead Weather HorehoundThe Dillinger Escape Plan Miss MachineThe Dillinger Escape Plan Ire WorksThe Game Doctor's AdvocateThe Game The DocumentaryThe Mars Volta The Bedlam in GoliathThe Notorious B.I.G. Life After DeathThe Pharcyde LabcabincaliforniaThe Roots Game TheoryThe Roots Do You Want More?!!!??!The Roots Illadelph HalflifeThe Roots Rising DownThe White Stripes White Blood CellsJack White is innovative and all, re-inventing minimalistic, bareing-of-the-soul blues in his own form of garage rock. Having Meg White on the drums is really a part of the sound, and it works together well. The bare bones nature of his records is incredibly effective, especially here. However, as usually with Jack White's type of song writing, it's brimming with filler, which short hands White Blood Cells effectiveness. Still White Stripes best record though.Them Crooked Vultures Them Crooked VulturesThree 6 Mafia Chapter 1: The EndToo $hort Short Dog's In the HouseTusche Costa CrucifixUGK UGK 4 LifeUGK Dirty MoneyUlver KveldssangerUlver Bergtatt - Et eeventyr i 5 capitlerWale Mixtape About NothingWeezer PinkertonWu-Tang Clan Wu-Tang ForeverWu-Tang Clan 8 DiagramsXzibit RestlessXzibit At The Speed of LifeZion I True & Livin'3.0 good2Pac All Eyez on Me50 Cent Get Rich or Die Tryin'50 Cent Guess Who's Back?50 Cent Before I Self DestructAfroman The Good Timesgood ol' fashion fun music. i mean if you expect more you're a faggot.Afu-Ra Body Of The Life-ForceAfu Ra is a MC characterized by his affiliation with Jeru Da Damaja and his kung fu influences that are even more direct than the Wu-Tang. His voice is nasally and annoying, and his lyrics are mostly the same kind of 'self-aware' gibberish that invades this kind of rap, but the production and Afu Ra's general sense of what's going on saves this record from hip hop mediocrity. Check out if you like this type of music, but be fore-warned, the best tracks feature guests.Animal Collective Merriweather Post PavilionArsis Starve for the DevilAsher Roth Seared Foie Gras With Quince & CranberryAugury ConcealedAugust Burns Red MessengersBeanie Sigel and Freeway The Roc Boysthis is pretty good, if only because "Average Cat" is a surprisingly epic diss to Jay-Z from Beanie Sigel. Impressive MCing from both, excellent chemistry, but most of the record is packed to the brim with inconsistent beats and crappy Young Chris appearances. Oh and they're all like 'it's not beef, we're cool' all the time, which is obnoxious. It's like they're holding back, when this could be great if they didn't. Between the Buried and Me AlaskaBetween the Buried and Me ColorsBig Six Mid-South TrappinBlack Milk Album Of The YearBoosie Badazz Superbad: the Return of Boosie Bad AzzBoosie Badazz Bad AzzBoosie Badazz IncarceratedBrother Ali UsBusta Rhymes Extinction Level Event Busta Rhymes The Big BangCam'ron Killa SeasonCannibal Corpse Tomb Of The MutilatedChamillionaire Ultimate VictoryChino XL I Told You SoChiodos Bone Palace BalletClipse Til the Casket Dropsthe beats aren't as weird as they used to be, but they're still pretty legit. As for the rapping, it's changed a little bit. Malice still raps the same way he ever did and the same talent he ever did, but Pusha switches from his best and worst performances yet, sometimes just writing simplistic bravado lines that would fit on any generic rap albums, and sometimes like on 'Freedom" writing such lines that could easily compare to their old stuff. Other than a few real highlight tracks, like the descending piano notes and hilarious lyrics courtesy of the group and Cam'ron of the anthemic "Popular Demand (Popeyes)" and the melodic guitar and realism of "Freedom", it's easily the worst Clipse release yet, but it's still far from bad.Common Finding ForeverConverge Caring and KillingCraig Mack Project: Funk da WorldCrystal Castles Crystal CastlesDangerDoom The Mouse And The Maskthis isn't that good, but most of the songs work and sound pretty good. I don't get why people like "Benzie Box" though, and overall, DOOM has definitely more comfortable over the course of his career.Dilated Peoples The PlatformDJ Clue The Professional 2DJ Paul Scale-A-Ton (Skeleton)DJ Quik & Kurupt BlaQKoutDMX It's Dark and Hell Is HotDr. Dre 2001Drake So Far GoneE-40 Revenue Retrievin': Day ShiftE-40 Revenue Retrievin': Night ShiftEarl Sweatshirt EARLEl-P Fantastic DamageEl-P I'll Sleep When You're DeadEPMD Business as UsualFabolous From Nothin' To Somethin'Fabolous There Is No Competition 2 (The Funeral Service)Fashawn Boy Meets WorldExile should get a better rapper to rap over these beats, because it's disappointing to hear this guy slobber all over beats that honestly deserve WAY better.Ghostface Killah More FishGucci Mane Back to the Trap HouseGucci Mane Mr. Zone 6Gucci Mane Jewelry SelectionGZA Legend of the Liquid SwordHeltah Skeltah D.I.R.T. (Da Incredible Rap Team)Hi-Tek Hi-Teknology 3Ice Cube The PredatorIldjarn Forest PoetryIlla J Yancey BoysIlla J is an absolutely chill singer, giving the listener a shakey, soulful withering effect that fits J Dilla subdued production style. Illa J's rapping however, suffers from ADHD, and he switches from topic to topic like every couple of lines, and going into stuff that should not be gotten into. The digressing can be incredibly interesting, but most of the time it's just boring, and not showing Illa's skill as a rapper. J Dilla's beats are ILL though. Inspectah Deck The ManifestoSurprisingly good, his lyrics and voice sound rejuvenated, his flow is as multi-syllabic as ever, and best of all, the beats are actually sounding competent this time around. Overall, the best Inspectah Deck rap album out there, but it still lacks any personality, as Inspectah lacks it. Shallow, but good. Iron Maiden The Final FrontierJ. Stalin Prenuptial Agreementthis dude is pretty average other than a couple of worthwhile similes and punchlines, but the beats are pretty legit. its like a 2.8, but i'll round up to be nice mang.Jay Rock Watts Finest Vol. 1Jay Rock From Hood Tales to the Cover of XXLI like his lyrics, but this is really boring. Jay's constant aggression is monotonous, and his beat choice is so inconsistent, switching from the best West Coast beats since 2001 to awful 'soul' sampling ("Real Bloods"). Overall, If Jay Rock weren't such a monotonous MC and the beats weren't so crazily inconsistent, this would be utterly amazing. Rather, this is kinda good, but a bit far from great. Jay-Z Kingdom ComeJedi Mind Tricks Visions of GandhiJedi Mind Tricks Legacy of BloodJeezy Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101Jeezy The RecessionJeru the Damaja Wrath of the MathJim Jones Pray IV ReignJoe Budden Padded RoomJuelz Santana What the Game's Been Missing!Katy Perry One of the BoysKayo Dot Blue Lambency DownwardKeith Murray It's a Beautiful ThingKeith Murray Rap-Murr-Phobia (The Fear of Real Hip Hop)Kid Cudi Man on the Moon: The End of DayKing Chip The Cleveland ShowChip is a rock solid rapper, his voice is soothing, he has a lot of charisma, and although his lyrics feel generic at first, there's a certain charm and punch to everything he says. Everything sort of sways on the album, and that's a real problem over seventy-nine minutes and twenty-seven tracks, it's just too relaxing to listen to all of this beast. The middle seems to be filled with filler, but most of the opening tracks and closers are excellent, and that results in a good mixtape. "Fat Raps" is worth a stand-out mention, because Chip, Curren$y, and even Big Sean rip the track to shreds.Krallice Dimensional BleedthroughKRS-One I Got NextThe very tiny amount of mainstream that reaps its head on here, the Puff Daddy remix of "Step Into The World (Rapture's Delight)", inspired KRS-One's decline from one of the best rappers of all time to one of the biggest assholes of all time while no longer having anything to back it up. He hated this album, but this is honestly is better than anything he produced later on despite its general inconsistency.Lightning Bolt Hypermagic MountainLil B 6 KissLil B Base World Pt. 1Lil Wayne Tha Carter IIILil Wayne Tha CarterLil Wayne I Am Not a Human BeingLL Cool J RadioLupe Fiasco Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor Lupe Fiasco The CoolMaroon 5 It Won't Be Soon Before LongMegadeth YouthanasiaMegadeth The System Has FailedMeshuggah Destroy Erase ImproveMetallica Kill 'Em AllMetallica ...And Justice For AllMethod Man 4:21... The Day AfterMF Grimm & MF DOOM MF EPMiles Davis In a Silent WayMudvayne The End of All Things to ComeMurs Murs For PresidentMuse Black Holes & RevelationsN.W.A. N.W.A. and the PosseNas It Was WrittenIt Was Written has the potential. Nas certainly sounds good here, but the problem is, while Illmatic is the debut, It Was Written sounds much rougher, and thus sounds more like it was made by inexperienced artist. So much inconsistency on this album, ranging from the horrible "Watch Dem Niggas" and "Black Girl Lost", the average "Suspect" and "Street Dreams", to the amazingly awesome "If I Ruled The World", "Affirmative Action". and "Shootouts". Despite rave reviews, it's certainly not even close to Illmatic, and Nas's inconsistency in songwriting is the reason why.Nas God's SonNe-Yo Because of YouNicki Minaj Beam Me Up ScottyNipsey Hussle Slauson Boy, Vol.1Noreaga N.O.R.E.Obie Trice Special ReserveOJ Da Juiceman I Got The JuiceOne Day as a Lion One Day as a LionOpeth Still LifePantera Cowboys from HellPaul Wall The Peoples ChampPayso The Charlie Brown TapeThis absolutely slaughters his Mario tape, while only being around nine minutes long. Payso is the epitome of the mixtape rapper, all punchlines and no song, but he realizes this and writes short snippets that are only about one to two minutes long, and perfects the art. Highlights include the humorous stoner confrontation of "Charlie Brown", the Cam'ron sampled hussle of "The Hunger", and the ridiculously bad in a good way story telling of "True Story". It's still around a 3, but that's about as it goes for the shoddy sounding drums of the closer and the general lack of ability to write songs.Prince Planet EarthPrince LOtUSFLOW3RQ-Tip AmplifiedQ-Tip Kamaal The AbstractQueens of the Stone Age Songs for the DeafQueens of the Stone Age Lullabies to ParalyzeQueens of the Stone Age Era VulgarisRadiohead Kid ARadiohead OK ComputerRage Against the Machine The Battle of Los AngelesRakim The 18th LetterRas Kass Soul on IceRas Kass Van GoghReal Estate Real EstateRedman Dare Iz A DarksideRedman Red Gone Wild: Thee AlbumRich Boy Rich BoyRich Boy is a genuinely average rapper here, so what keeps this above water? The simple fact that Polow Da Don was at his production height here and absolutely made every beat excellence. "Throw Some D's" was one of the best ringtone rap songs of '07, and Rich Boy has a decent flow, but this album is nothing more than awesome beats with average raps. Rick Ross Deeper Than RapRJD2 Since We Last SpokeRJD2 The ColossusRun-D.M.C. King Of RockRZA RZA as Bobby Digital in StereoSex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex PistolsSilversun Pickups CarnavasSkyzoo The SalvationThis is mostly a productionists affair. Blaring, wonderous, the beats are mostly EPIC. The rapper, however, sounds like he wants to be Jay-Z, and although he proves he can spit long lengths, he's not that good, and is nowhere near Jay-Z's charisma. Overall, would've been a better group of beats for someone like Sean Price or Ras Kass, rather than a 'meh' Jay-Z wannabe. also all critics that gave this really high scores should be kicking themselves, Skyzoo sounds more influenced than influential.Slaughterhouse SlaughterhouseSlick Rick Behind BarsSlim Thug Already PlatinumBlurry, slow lazy moving Huston rap at a good level, but far from the best. The Neptunes seem like an odd couplet for Slim thug to team up with, but they combine together excellently occasionally ("Click Clack"), along with a couple of great tracks from Mr. Lee. Slim Thug's enormous voice and crackling productions that back him are what make this record what it is. Snoop Dogg Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$Snoop Dogg R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta) - The MasterpieceSouls of Mischief Montezuma's RevengeStyles P Time Is MoneySunn O))) White2Sunn O))) Monoliths and DimensionsSystem of a Down MezmerizeT.I. T.I. vs. T.I.P.Talib Kweli The Beautiful StruggleTalib Kweli QualityTenacious D The Pick of DestinyFun, humorous Hard Rock that is easily accessible, but also quite inconsistent quality-wise and humor-wise. Still, "Master Exploder", "Car Chase City", and "Beezleboss (The Final Showdown)" are all epically metal and riveting, combining Jack Black's over-the-top metal delivery with the sheerly rock n'roll guitars to near perfection. Most of the songs are filler, but what works here absolutely works. Tha Joker We Do It For Fun Tha MixtapeThe Fall of Troy Phantom on the HorizonThe Game LAXThe Mars Volta Frances the MuteThe Shins Chutes Too NarrowMellow music, packed with a couple layers, and filled with insightful lyrics from James Mercer. However, that's not enough to stop me from being bored by their sound. Lullaby-ish in it's motions, the lush atmospheres that The Shins create are, in some cases, utterly boring to listen to. What they do to spice it up here is a bit nice, some electronics here, some more blatant flair of influences there, but when they head straight towards their sound plainly, it's a major drag even if they're doing it well. I think a 3.2 fits this album well, but since i can't go around there, I'll just round down to 3 and call it a day.The White Stripes ElephantThe White Stripes Icky ThumpThree 6 Mafia Most Known UnknownLyrically, this album just shows how far this group has declined lyrically. DJ Paul's incessant rhyming the same word, Juicy J's gruff violence, and Crunchy Black's general generic crunk-isms are just boring to read from a lyric sheet, with only Project Pat even occasionally showing off glimpses of interesting lyricism, and that was just before he got REALLY good. One would say this group declined like they were a down south Mobb Deep, considering the drop in lyrical ability, but the fact is Three 6 MAfia are more entertaining than ever. The beats, unlike the plodding piano compositions of Mystic Stylez, are really bouncing and interesting. The way flows together and on their own are excellent, whether it's DJ Paul's rough like sandpaper bark, Juicy J's pulsing , Crunchy Black's singsongy delivery, or Project Pat's lyrically rhythmic blanket, each MC brings something different, but they still manage to come together perfectly. Overall, Most Known Unknown is a good album from a group that only continues to improve musically, but continually declines lyrically.Three 6 Mafia Mystic StylezThree Six Mafia prove to be at their best here, but at a cost. Their satanic rapping and love for everything against that of the christian church is sound, but makes the album split into two secitons; the weed songs, and the devillish songs. The devillish songs contrast in quality, some take that slowed bounce of funeral drums and keys and make it into a purely menacing concoction, and others mix it into a bewilderingly boring mixture that horrors the listeners dreams forever. The smoke songs, however, are purely quality, mixing a funky element into their music, and is purely drawling in it's prowess. Koopsta Knicca's insanity aside, this just isn't a classic. It's cetainly good though.Three 6 Mafia Live By Yo Rep (Bone Dis)Tony Moon MOONshine: You Know, For Kids!!!Too $hort Life is... Too ShortU-God DopiumUGK Too Hard To SwallowUnearth III: In the Eyes of FireUnearth The MarchUsher ConfessionsUsher is the master of the perfect singles. "Yeah!" is an absolute monster of a club track, with an absolutely bangin beat from Lil Jon, smooth yet jaunting vocals from Usher, and a quick nice verse from Ludacris, one of the singular greatest club bangers of the twenty first century. Shame, the rest of the album doesn't QUITE hold itself up to the singles.Viktor Vaughn (VV:2) Venomous VillainWait What the notorious xxWaka Flocka Flame Salute Me or Shoot MeWale Attention DeficitWill Smith Big Willie StyleWu-Tang Clan The WWu-Tang Clan Iron FlagWu-Tang Clan Wu-Tang Chamber MusicYoung Buck Buck the World2.5 average50 Cent Curtis50 Cent Forever KingAs I Lay Dying An Ocean Between UsAsher Roth Asleep In The Bread AisleAugust Burns Red Thrill SeekerBeatdealaz Excessive ForceBetween the Buried and Me The Great MisdirectI didn't like it that much at first, but damn this album is up there with the likes of "The Silent Circus" (but not quite there). Easily my favorite album of the year... this album is just so much fun from start to finish. Whether your going into a trance with the opening Mirrors, or jamming out to the groovy breakdown in Disease, Injury, Madness... or even headbanging to the most epic riff BTBAM have ever written 13:15 into Swim to the Moon, you will be thoroughly enjoying yourself the entire time. oh rly?Birdman 5 Star StunnaBoosie Badazz Survival Of The FittestBrad Paisley Time Well WastedProbably my favorite album in the scene of poppy crappy nu-country that has ridden and infest the mainstream like mosquitos, and thats probably only because Paisley actually has a nack for guitar playing and occasionally has interesting lyrics ("Alcohol" is about as good as it gets for pop country). Despite this, the album is still riddled with over-production, and the fact that Paisley still doesn't know any other scale other than a friggin G. I'd recommend this on an odd day, otherwise, naaah.Bun B Trill O.G.Bun B is stuck at this point: he's old, but before that didn't affect his rhyming ability, or at least his confidence behind the mic. He's still got confidence, but no longer is he sound behind the mic. He's spitting the same ol' UGK nostalgia over and over again without any of the flashy mic wielding he used to possess. His albums have always been hit/miss, mostly because of guests and beats, but before it was never Bun's fault. Simply put, this is Bun's first album where BUN himself is the problem. The album's best moment is when we hear the voice of Pimp C again, it seems as if Bun B needs a foil to make an entire album work. At least "Countin' Money All Day" and "Just Like That" are serious street BANGERS.Cannibal Corpse KillChamillionaire The Sound of RevengeCharles Hamilton This Perfect LifeChino XL Here to Save You AllDe La Soul Buhloone MindstateDiggy The First FlightDJ Khaled We the BestDr. Dre Dr. Dre Presents... The AftermathDrake So Far GoneEminem The Eminem ShowEminem RelapseEminem RecoveryEPMD Out of BusinessGhostface Killah The Pretty Toney AlbumGnarls Barkley The Odd CoupleGucci Mane Trap HouseGucci Mane Hard to KillGucci Mane The Appeal: Georgia's Most WantedGuru Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New RealityGZA Beneath the SurfaceHandsome Boy Modeling School White PeopleInspectah Deck Uncontrolled SubstanceJadakiss The Last KissJeezy 1,000 GramsJim Jones Hustler's P.O.M.E. Standard EditionJoanna Newsom Have One on MeJoe Budden Joe BuddenJoell Ortiz Road KillJuelz Santana From Me To UKanye West VH1 Storytellers: Kanye WestKing Geedorah Take Me to Your LeaderKurupt The Streetz iz a MuthaLil Wayne No CeilingsLloyd Banks The Hunger For MoreMegadeth The World Needs A HeroMetallica Master Of PuppetsMethod Man Tical 2000: Judgement DayNas StillmaticNas Hip Hop Is DeadNas UntitledNe-Yo In My Own WordsNecro Gory DaysBasically one of the reasons why the underground shouldn't be hailed as high as it should be. This guy is a bad lyricist and rapper in general. His beats are killer, but it's sort of like listening to Cappadonna's debut, the beats are the only thing worth listening to. +0.5 for Necro producing this himself.Ol' Dirty Bastard Nigga PleaseOpeth Apostle in TriumphOutKast Speakerboxxx/The Love BelowPayso Super Mario All StarsProdigy H.N.I.C.R. Kelly Double UpR. Kelly UntitledRas Kass Institutionalized Pt. 2Redman MalpracticeRick Ross Port of MiamiSean Price Kimbo PriceSean Price is one of the best rappers out there, mixing generic bravado gangster-isms with one of the best flows out there, and some of the most technically proficient rhymes out there. If that's so, then how come, out of all of the lyrical underground rappers out there, he's putting out what may be some of the worst material of this rap renaissance? Well, it's clearly not him, it's just Kimbo Price has generally awful beats. Even worse than the dull 9th Wonder beats that occasionally drained his past efforts, these are just basement budget keyboard junk beats not worth two cents. I suppose that's to be expected from a rapper that calls himself an 'a thousandare', but this 23 track mixtape utterly fails as a showcase of Sean Price's talents, because although it does, it's muffled by horrid beats and absurd guests. Slim Thug Boss of all BossesSnowing Fuck Your Emotional BullshitSystem of a Down Steal This Album!System of a Down ToxicityT.I. Paper TrailThe Alchemist Chemical Warfare1st Infantry is a promising producer putting out a record with his potential up to it's fullest and the rapping staying consistently ace throughout. The Chemical Warfare is a mismatched, inconsistent mess of an album where the album's best song is the same grimey stuff on 1st Infantry ("Lose Ya Life"), and the rest is either good or terrible. Disappointing.The Fall of Troy ManipulatorThe Fall of Troy In the Unlikely EventThe Mars Volta AmputechtureThe Notorious B.I.G. Born AgainThis faggot who sounded off has clearly only heard this one album by Biggie, which is depressing, because this is probably his second worst, next to his other posthumous release. This has Diddy's grave robbing hands all over it, and it sounds sort of scattered and generally mediocre. But it's not AWFUL.The White Stripes Get Behind Me SatanThree 6 Mafia Chapter 2: World DominationTimbaland Timbaland Presents Shock ValueUlver Nattens MadrigalUsher Here I StandWale Back To The FeatureWeezer HurleyThe first non-awful Weezer album since Pinkerton. Rivers Cuomo, i no longer wish death upon you.Will Smith WillenniumXzibit Man vs. MachineXzibit Weapons Of Mass DestructionYoung Buck Straight Outta Cashville2.0 poor50 Cent War Angel LPApator Masturbate in Praise of Black SatanBeanie Sigel The SolutionBig Noyd Queens ChronicleBody Count Body CountBone Thugs-N-Harmony E 1999 EternalCanibus Can-I-BusCannibal Corpse Evisceration PlagueCappadonna The PillageChiodos All's Well That Ends WellChop Chop AuthenticDMX Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My BloodSwizz Beatz had a big part in chucking this record to the garbage bin, but this album just sealed its own fate the fact that DMX is all voice, no skill. His gruff tone was mixed with an array of merely decent productions on his debut, but on this album, other than the occasional highlight, Swizz Beatz shitty keyboard 'orchestrations' completely take this record off the roads of quality and take it to shit island. Chunky flowing, insipid rhyming, horrible beats, Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood is one of the most overrated rap records ever, and is just another shit-tacular album from an artist who has never proven himself any good without his gruff delivery or a legion of decent producers.Duran Duran RioEminem Relapse: RefillFoo Fighters One by OneFoo Fighters Echoes, Silence, Patience & GraceGucci Mane Murder Was the CaseGunther PleasuremanGuru Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1Heaven Shall Burn Iconoclast (Part 1: The Final Resistance)Ice Cube Lethal InjectionImmortal Technique Revolutionary Volume 2Inspectah Deck The MovementIron Maiden Fear Of The DarkIron Maiden No Prayer For The DyingJay-Z The Blueprint²: The Gift & the CurseJay-Z The Dynasty: Roc La FamiliaJedi Mind Tricks A History of ViolenceJoanna Newsom The Milk-Eyed MenderJoanna Newsom YsJohn Frusciante Smile from the Streets You HoldKanye West 808s and HeartbreakKeith Murray He's Keith MurrayKidz in the Hall The In CrowdLil Wayne Dedication 3Lloyd Banks Rotten AppleI mean his first album didn't have quite the highlight as this album does with "Cake", but overall this album just re-instates the fact that Lloyd Banks has a terrible ear for beats and the fact he just can't write a rap SONG worth a shit. He can write a couple decent punchlines, but his hooks and overall verse stamina fall flat.Lone Ninja Burnt SectorLudacris Battle of the SexesMase Welcome BackMC Frontalot Nerdcore RisingMiles Davis Doo BopOh dear... Miles starts his one year acid jazz binge and does just that: trippy, hip hop smeared jazz that makes Miles lose a sense of who he once was. While this is interesting to see Miles do something absolutely different than anything he's done before, its difficult to call this anything other than trash.Miles Davis Miles in the SkyMuse The ResistanceNaked City Torture GardenThe ideas are ambitious, but the sound is completely unappealing and uninviting.Nas Street's DiscipleNas I Am...Nas NastradamusNecro I Need DrugsNile Those Whom The Gods DetestNine Inch Nails The Downward SpiralNine Inch Nails The FragileOpeth DeliveranceRaekwon The Lex Diamond StoryRakim The Seventh SealHow'd it turn out this year, 50 Cent, usually considered a hated character in hip hop, put out a much better record than hip hop's most beloved Rakim. That's a little depressing, but ah well, this record was only to be expected from an MC who has showed little signs of success since his days with Eric B. Unbelievably Average.Rick Ross TrillaThe beats are like the glaze on glazed donuts, so sugary, so knowingly bad for you, but you keep coming back for more. The rapper, however, is terrible, waddling around talking about his hussle in such a stripped down fashion that he will tell you up front he's a hustler and rhyme that with hustler over and over again. Basically thats all you need to know about Trilla.RJD2 The Third HandSlick Rick The Ruler's BackSoulja Boy iSouljaBoyTellEmSoulja Boy Dat PiffThe Notorious B.I.G. Duets: The Final ChapterTimbaland Timbaland Presents Shock Value IITony Moon Lunar PlexusTony Moon's brand of socio-politico babble was at least tolerable and cohesive in the soul-drenched Moon Shine: For The Kids!, but here Moon jumps from good beat to completely different good beat and ruining it with even more babble. Moon's flow is ace, but just about everything else about his rapping, his one-dimensional, preachy lyricism, his obnoxious, Lupe meets Big Boi voice, and his annoying beyond belief delivery, just shit all over everything here. Basically, listen to "Rebel Hell", "Midnight Music", and "Requiem for a Lunatic", because everything else here is pretentious as hell. Sorry BowldogViolent J Wizard Of The HoodI blame Bulldog for me ever hearing this. The concept, is over-filled with buckets and buckets of CHEESE, it's basically the stoner's wizard of OZ. The beats switch from terribly low-fi poopty rock rap, mellow keyboard tracks (the best), and WTF accoustic rap. The production is hay-wire, the concept sucks, and it's ICP, where's the good stuff? well, the lyrics for like a couple of times are vulgar enough, and mixed with the concept, are actually kind of FUNNY, and it kind of works together as a whole. Other than that though, sheesh this is BAD. STUPID BULLDOGWill Smith Born To ReignXzibit Full CircleYoung Money We Are Young Money1.5 very poor50 Cent The MassacreAs I Lay Dying Frail Words CollapseBirdman Pricele$$Bone Thugs-N-Harmony The Art of WarOkay Bone Thugs, I can KINDA see why people might enjoy E 1999 Eternal, but this is ridiculous. Two hours of some of the most monotonous, uncharismatic rappers out there. The most plain rap music out there, and it goes on for so long that you may want to kill yourself. At least I can stay awake while listening to Mike Jones.Busta Rhymes Back On My B.S.Fabolous Loso's WayFort Minor The Rising TiedGrandmaster Flash The Bridge - Concept of a CultureIn Flames A Sense of PurposeInspectah Deck The Resident PatientKevin Rudolf In The CityMethod Man Tical 0: The PrequelOwl City Ocean EyesPharrell Williams In My MindRaekwon ImmobilarityRZA Digi SnacksSix Feet Under HauntedSnoop Dogg Da Game is to Be Sold, Not to Be ToldPoopty No Limit Snoop Dogg, along with appearances from every No Limit artists of all time. Boring and cheap.Soulja Boy Souljaboytellem.comSystem of a Down Hypnotize*sigh* terrible terrible terrible metal. shame these guys went this far from their self-titled, and only are digging their grave even further with the new solo albums.Too $hort Get Off the StageU-God Golden Arms Redemption1.0 awfulAttack Attack! Someday Came SuddenlyCommon Universal Mind ControlDMX Year of the Dog... AgainThe same beatz from Swizz Beatz? kill yourself please. The same hyper aggressive rapping? kill yourself please. The same guy who hasn't been able to rhyme in a comfortable way since ever and yet is praised for his early records and his gruff voice? kill yourself please. This guy has shown absolutely no passion to make other than mediocrity, and other than a couple of songs, DMX is an utterly worthless artist. The worst thing is, this album contains NONE of those good songs.Dr. Octagon The Return of Dr. OctagonDuran Duran Red Carpet MassacreEminem EncoreIn Flames Soundtrack to Your EscapeIn Flames TriggerJaldaboath Hark the HeraldJay-Z The Blueprint 3Jay-Z hit rock bottom right after we all thought he was getting his act together again. The beats usually are washed over and over in poppy over production, but its the rapping that really faults this record. His flow is stagnant, lazy, abrupt, and his writing is anything but clever. Just with "Empire State of Mind" alone, Jay-Z commits lyrical suicide after the years of work he's put in as a one of raps better lyricists ("YOU KNOW I BLEED BLUE/BUT I AINT A CRIP THO//BUT I GOT A GANG OF NIGGAS RIDIN IN MY CLIQUE THO"). Seriously the WORST record he's put out.Lil Wayne Rebirth*hides* DONT HIT ME DAD!!! NOT THE BASE BALL BAT!!!!!! Rebirth by Lil Wayne will evoke the same reaction just from hearing it one track at a time.Weezer The Green AlbumFor a lot of people, there is a thin line between a 4.5 and a 5 star album. For me; there's a huge difference between a 1.5 and a 1 star album. 1.5 albums are albums that have major flaws, but are for the most part, tolerable, and their sounds are completely listenable from beginning to end. WHAT.THE.FUCK. is this though? Weezer had a good streak before critics, foolishly, raped and murdered Pinkerton, a record that spelled a new hope for a promising band, and that killed all of the serious nature out of Rivers Cuomo. Now he makes superficial, 'power pop' records that are completely and utterly terrible. Everything from this point on has been unlistenable entirely and it's depressing. There's always the song that, at first, sounds decent enough, and there's a crowd of people that claim Weezer's back because of it. As soon as the terrible terrible album comes out, however, it obliterates the fans hope and dreams to nothing. Stop hoping, this album already should have eliminated it. Terrible terrible terrible rock abomination.
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