2021 was another rough COVID year with most new music missing my favourite aspect of experiencing it: seeing the songs get performed live. I almost didn’t write this article since there weren’t a lot of the new albums from last year really made a meaningful impact on me, but that’s not to say there wasn’t…
Category: Album Reviews
Revisiting MF DOOM’s Discography (1989-2020)
New Year’s Eve 2020 going into 2021 is the day fans around the world heard that MF DOOM had passed away. Some fans may have met the news with skepticism, as it felt exactly like the type of prank Hip-Hop’s supervillain would pull off. He allegedly passed away on Halloween, the holiday that celebrates fear,…
Top 20 Hip-Hop Albums of 2020
2020 was a rough year on many fronts, but one positive that came out of the chaos was all the incredible music that was released. From old school vets releasing big comeback albums, to newer artists establishing themselves in the history books, the new decade got kicked off with a bang. Keeping up with all…
Revisiting Run The Jewels’ Discography (1997-2020)
Each of the four RTJ albums are classics in their own way, but RTJ4 captures the right amount of rage and criticism called for in 2020, and delivers it in a time when society both needs and wants to hear it.
Top 15 Hip-Hop Albums of 2019
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Like we always do around this time of year, it’s time to look back at our favourite new releases to drop in 2019 in reflection of the year gone by! The last year of the decade started off relatively slow compared to a busy 2018 when it comes to Hip-Hop…
Top 30 Hip-Hop Albums of 2018: #10-1
2018 may go down as the best year of the 2010s for Hip-Hop releases. It’s been a year to be known for the sheer volume of great albums, with so many dropping that it’s been a challenge keeping up. While it’s great to see the culture thriving with so many artists putting out new music,…
Top 30 Hip-Hop Albums of 2018: #20-11
2018 may go down as the best year of the 2010s for Hip-Hop releases. It’s been a year to be known for the sheer volume of great albums, with so many dropping that it’s been a challenge keeping up. While it’s great to see the culture thriving with so many artists putting out new music,…
Top 30 Hip-Hop Albums of 2018: #30-21
2018 may go down as the best year of the 2010s for Hip-Hop releases. It’s been a year to be known for the sheer volume of great albums, with so many dropping that it’s been a challenge keeping up. While it’s great to see the culture thriving with so many artists putting out new music,…
Top 20 Hip-Hop Albums of 2017
It’s that time of year again! For those who haven’t been following on Facebook or Twitter, the good folks at CulturedVultures.com let me curate their Top 20 Hip-Hop albums of the year list. There have been so many new albums to drop this year, and I was spending so much time listening to artists I…
Tag-Team Album Review: OtherWise Known – After Hours
Last year I got Great Mathias from The Mathias Doctrine (renamed Spinesthesia) and Wayne Maye from Wayne’s Hip Hop Blog to do a joint review of Nova Major’s mixtape Whatever It…[TAKES]. This time, Nova (now going by Otto Major)’s group OtherWise Known has released their debut album, After Hours. While Wayne couldn’t make it this time, I brought back…
The Countdown (In Review): My Top 20 Favourite Albums of 2014
Happy Holidays to all! For those who couldn’t keep up with the daily countdown, I have all of the entries listed below. Click on the albums to read the reviews! Also look out for my Top Concerts of the Year list dropping on New Years Eve! Honourable Mentions #20 Ab-Soul – These Days… (B-) #19 Joell…
My #1 Favourite Album of 2014: Run The Jewels (Killer Mike & El-P) – Run The Jewels 2
*Click here to go back to the beginning of the countdown* *Click here to go back to #15* *Click here to go back to #10* Much like the cover art suggests, Killer Mike & El-P just stole the spotlight when they dropped the sequel to their very successful Run The Jewels album. Everything was awesome…
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