Talib Kweli is an emcee’s emcee. Last month he put out an independent album, Gravitas, his 9th album overall, which is available now in digital format and will become available in CD and vinyl in February only on his website http://kweliclub.com/. I was unable to include this album in my Top 30 Favourite Albums of…
Category: Album Reviews
My #1 Favourite Album of 2013: R.A. The Rugged Man – Legends Never Die
*Click here to go back to the beginning of the countdown* *Click here to go back to #25* *Click here to go back to #20* *Click here to go back to #15* *Click here to go back to #10* *Click here to go back to #5* R.A. The Rugged Man has had a long, legendary…
My #2 Favourite Album of 2013: Killer Mike & El-P – Run The Jewels
*Click here to go back to the beginning of the countdown* *Click here to go back to #25* *Click here to go back to #20* *Click here to go back to #15* *Click here to go back to #10* *Click here to go back to #5* This collaboration looked weird on paper at first, but with…
My #3 Favourite Album of 2013: Demigodz – KILLmatic
*Click here to go back to the beginning of the countdown* *Click here to go back to #25* *Click here to go back to #20* *Click here to go back to #15* *Click here to go back to #10* *Click here to go back to #5* Years in the making, The Demigodz have finally come…
My #4 Favourite Album of 2013: Inspectah Deck, 7L & Esoteric – Czarface
*Click here to go back to the beginning of the countdown* *Click here to go back to #25* *Click here to go back to #20* *Click here to go back to #15* *Click here to go back to #10* This album has some of the coolest CD packaging in my entire collection (those who bought…
My #5 Favourite Album of 2013: Shad – Flying Colours
*Click here to go back to the beginning of the countdown* *Click here to go back to #25* *Click here to go back to #20* *Click here to go back to #15* *Click here to go back to #10* This is another album I did a more in-depth review of when it first came out,…
My #6 Favourite Album of 2013: Deltron 3030 – Event 2
*Click here to go back to the beginning of the countdown* *Click here to go back to #25* *Click here to go back to #20* *Click here to go back to #15* *Click here to go back to #10* Thirteen years later, Deltron 3030 has returned with the sequel to their self-titled classic album. As…
My #7 Favourite Album of 2013: Earl Sweatshirt – Doris
*Click here to go back to the beginning of the countdown* *Click here to go back to #25* *Click here to go back to #20* *Click here to go back to #15* *Click here to go back to #10* It’s amazing how much a person can mature between ages 15 and 19, and how immature…
My #8 Favourite Album of 2013: Ghostface Killah & Adrian Younge/Apollo Brown – Twelve Reasons To Die/The Brown Tape (tied)
*Click here to go back to the beginning of the countdown* *Click here to go back to #25* *Click here to go back to #20* *Click here to go back to #15* *Click here to go back to #10* The reason I have both of these in the same post is they’re essentially the same…
My #9 Favourite Album of 2013: Tech N9ne – Something Else
*Click here to go back to the beginning of the countdown* *Click here to go back to #25* *Click here to go back to #20* *Click here to go back to #15* Some may say that Tech N9ne has been reaching to the mainstream audience over the past couple years, but it seems more like…
My #10 Favourite Album of 2013: The Godfathers (Kool G Rap & Necro) – Once Upon A Crime
*Click here to go back to the beginning of the countdown* *Click here to go back to #25* *Click here to go back to #20* *Click here to go back to #15* This right here is a prime example of why any new rapper claiming to be the “King of New York” sounds ridiculous. New…
My #11 Favourite Album of 2013: Hopsin – Knock Madness
*Click here to go back to the beginning of the countdown* *Click here to go back to #25* *Click here to go back to #20* *Click here to go back to #15* Hopsin took a lot of time to work on this album, with its release coming three years after the critically acclaimed Raw. Right from…
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