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…
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My #19 Favourite Album of 2014: Joell Ortiz – House Slippers
After spending the past couple years putting in work with Slaughterhouse, Joell has returned with a follow-up to his 2011 solo album, Free Agent. While Joell likes to go off with his braggadocios freestyle raps with Slaughterhouse or on his mixtapes, he tends to use his solo albums to be a little more introspective, and…
Artist Profile + Album Review: 50 Cent – Animal Ambition
“Damn, homie, in high school you was the man, homie…. The f*** happened to you??” –Wanksta That quote pretty much sums up how I’ve felt about 50 Cent. I’ve gone from thinking he was the coolest rapper when I was twelve years old, to the lamest rapper when I was around seventeen, and now I…
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…
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