*Click here to go back to the beginning of the countdown* Sonically speaking, if you’ve heard one of Tyler’s albums, you’ve heard all of them, but that’s because they’re all seemingly connected through a continuous narrative which he has left up to the listener to interpret. On every album he portrays a character with many split…
My #25 Favourite Album of 2013: YelaWolf – Trunk Muzik Returns
*Click here to go back to the beginning of the countdown* Before I get into this, I have to say that I have not heard the original Trunk Muzik mixtape, so I can’t compare this one to the original (I know, I’ve been sleeping). All I can say is YelaWolf sounds a lot more comfortable…
My #26 Favourite Album of 2013: Crooked I – Apex Predator
*Click here to go back to the beginning of the countdown* Ever since Slaughterhouse became a group in 2009, I’ve recognized Crooked I as one of the most competitive rappers in the current hip-hop landscape. Verse for verse, bar for bar, he’s given the likes of Eminem and his fellow Slaughterhouse members a run for…
My #27 Favourite Album of 2013: Snow Tha Product – Good Nights & Bad Mornings 2: The Hangover
*Click here to go back to the beginning of the countdown* Even though this pretty much takes the first Good Nights & Bad Mornings mixtape and adds new songs to it, I’ll still include it in the countdown because I was late becoming a fan of Snow Tha Product, and didn’t include the original in…
My #28 Favourite Album of 2013: Kanye West – Yeezus
*Click here to go back to the beginning of the countdown* This album was so confusing, it’s almost as if Kanye set out to make an art out of offending people. He offends consumers by putting the bare minimum into his CD packaging and artwork. He offends hip-hop fans by rapping some of his weakest,…
My #29 Favourite Album of 2013: Natti – Still Motion
*Click here to go back to the beginning of the countdown* Natti is the one member of the CunninLynguists crew that wasn’t allowed into my country when they went on their Canadian tour last year. I consider CunninLynguists to be my second-favourite southern hip-hop group, only behind OutKast, and Natti has been a huge part…
My #30 Favourite Album of 2013: U-God – Keynote Speaker
*Click here to go back to the beginning of the countdown* U-God is often considered by many to be the Ringo Starr of the Wu-Tang Clan, usually playing a supporting role for the legendary group, and not having as much of an impact with his solo albums as his fellow Clan members. I think he…
The Countdown: My Top 30 Favourite Albums of 2013 (Honorable Mentions)
When I first started this blog, this annual countdown is the main thing I had in mind for it. For the past few years I’ve done a countdown of my favourite albums/mixtapes of the year each December on my personal Facebook page. It started as a top 15 for fun, then a top 30 to…
Concert Review: Wu-Tang Clan at the Kool Haus in Toronto
There’s so much I could write about the Wu-Tang Clan; they became my all-time favourite hip-hop group when I started studying the history of rap music as a teenager, as I was too young to witness its beginnings first hand. Ever since 1993, not one year has gone by where Wu-Tang hasn’t put out an…
(Froback Friday) Concert Review: An Epic Week of Hip-Hop in 2010
With so many milestones being reached by many hip-hop legends this month, and because it’s been a while since I posted a new blog entry, I’ve decided to review two of the most memorable concerts I’ve ever been to, which happened to be within a week of each other. The year was 2010; I had…
Artist Profile + Album Review: Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP 2
Tomorrow is the official release date for Eminem’s 8th solo album, The Marshall Mathers LP 2. The album leaked last week (minus the bonus tracks) and I’ve been able to live with it for a bit and form an opinion, but first let me take you through Eminem’s career and how I’ve followed it over…
Concert Review: Deltron 3030 at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto
Deltron 3030 is a little-known but very successful hip-hop group comprising of Hieroglyphics emcee Del The Funkee Homosapien, producer Dan The Automator, and Canadian DJ Kid Koala (from left-to-right in the picture above). In 2000 they released their self-titled debut album, which went platinum with very little promotion. It was a concept album about the…
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