Long players that win
This might be the best project that these distinguished gentlemen have released – ‘Torture Chambah’ in particular has been in constant rotation all week. The limited edition run of 200 CD copies are available from here, as is the digital. Cop this shit! Here’s a quick break-down of what’s in store:
Listening to this album again reminds me of a few important facts. For starters, certified mentalist The Jaz aka Jaz-O was making some great beats in the late nineties. Secondly, apparently Avirex still held some weight in certain sections of Brooklyn in 1998. Thirdly, this vaulted LP from the guys who would later put out…
At some point in every rap fan’s life, there comes the day when you have pretty much every album worth owning but realize that all those late eighties and early ninties albums that were designed to fill up a 74 minute compact disc were doomed to whisper-quiet single vinyl pressings that you could only hear…
After smashing it out the park on the incredible ‘No Message’ with RAST and the P Brothers, I soon tired of Your Old Droog’s ill-advised singing and overly jazzy beats and stopped paying attention to his output for awhile. Can he lift his game and carve out a niche as someone capable of making a…
Rap old timers are having a bumper month if you’re idea of fun is listening to eighties and nineties favorites have another stab at making records, with the release of Positive K and Greg Nice’s Gr8te Mindz and a new Group Home LP titled Forever. The realist in me is none too keen in hearing…
Missed it by this much… Raekwon – The Wild album review
A press shot from the salad days… Styles P, Sheek Louch and Jadakiss have done a pretty good job of sticking to their guns as far as maintaining their CRC-approved status as rappers over the years in terms of subject matter and delivery. Where they’ve often let themselves down, however, has been in the beat…
This was originally meant to be a best and worst kinda thing but there was no way I was going to listen to Aasop Rock and 2 Chains mp3’s just for some stupid column. I also just realised that I should have included Timeless Truth’s Cold Wave, which I thought was released last year when…
Despite immediately dismissing this album when it was first announced on account of Havoc’s history of uninspired solo work, upon further inspection it turns out that Alan The Chemist has once again been able to bring out the best of the situation, as he’s previously done for Curren$y, Boldy James and Action Bronson. Hav put…
Having previously covered his early childhood on Son of Yvonne, Ace continues to reminisce about both the good and bad ol’ days of life in Brooklyn while attending high school via a long bus ride. Unlike the fictionalized scenarios he acted out on Disposable Arts and A Long Hot Summer, here we find Ace recalling…
For a new regular feature, I thought it would be interesting to revisit some albums that were originally lauded as classics in their time to see how they still hold up, or have the sands of time dulled their shine? Peter and Cory’s first full-length was feverishly anticipted following both their enjoyable debut EP and…
Both the Diggin’ In The Crates crew and this site are now back from hiatus so it seemed appropriate to review the new album. No Country for Old (Rap) Men: The Return of D.I.T.C.