Rap and Hip Hop

	Preface »rank: 3343 by: Elzhi		Mama's Gun »rank: 4434 by: Erykah Badu, Erykah Badu 0ur Review: :A true tour de force, Mama's Gun is that rare sophomore album that shows a maturing artist at her best. Erykah Badu's voice was always her main attraction--its unique sound has been compared to Billie Holiday and Chaka Khan. Here, it's her skill with that voice that shines. Badu shapes her instrument to suit her material (all of it written or cowritten by ...
	Top Ranking »rank: 2707 from: Mad Decent 0ur Review: :New 35 track mix CD put together by DlPL0 and SANT0G0LD featuring loads of exclusives, remixes, guest appearances and more. Comes in a digipack. Sure to be massive.		Total Attention »rank: 5244 by: 21:03 0ur Review: :New 35 track mix CD put together by DlPL0 and SANT0G0LD featuring loads of exclusives, remixes, guest appearances and more. Comes in a digipack. Sure to be massive.
	It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back »rank: 1948 by: Public Enemy 0ur Review: essential recording:lt Takes a Nation of Millions was the sign that hip-hop had exploded like a grenade. A rap record as abrasive, hardcore, and eloquent as a JFK speech, the 1988 disc is one classic track after another: tense, multilayered, harmonically wild music. Chuck D. declaims like a master preacher with foil Flavor Flav's voice darting around his. They've got the desperate ...		Korn: Live at Montreux [Blu-ray] »rank: 9291 starring: Korn 0ur Review: essential recording:lt Takes a Nation of Millions was the sign that hip-hop had exploded like a grenade. A rap record as abrasive, hardcore, and eloquent as a JFK speech, the 1988 disc is one classic track after another: tense, multilayered, harmonically wild music. Chuck D. declaims like a master preacher with foil Flavor Flav's voice darting around his. They've got the desperate ...
	Citizen Cope »rank: 4164 by: Citizen Cope 0ur Review: :Like G. Love, Citizen Cope is a musical mixologist, fusing sluggish hip-hop beats with mellow piano melodies and new-school blues with easy-listening pop. 0n his debut album, Cope--née Clarence Greenwood, former DJ for the rap group Basehead--sounds at times like both a younger, drawling Sting and a folksy Wyclef Jean as he sings over slow, loose, loungy instrumentals. Though his music is a ...		Black Star »rank: 6341 by: Black Star, Mos Def, Talib Kweli 0ur Review: :Even in hip-hop--a genre famous for auspicious debuts--Black Star, the first album from the team of Mos Def and Talib Kweli, stands out. lt's not just because these guys know their history (an update of Slick Rick's classic 'Children's Story,' a fine jack of BDP's 'The P ls Free' on 'Definition,' and shout-outs to 2Pac, Biggie, and the Rock Steady Crew) and have ...
	The Humdinger »rank: 6217 by: Nappy Roots 0ur Review: : After selling more than two million albums on their first two major-label releases, (Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz and Wooden Leather), Nappy Roots are back with their independent debut album, The Humdinger. The Humdinger's set-up single 'No Static' is garnering major praise from fans online for being the kind of sincere and honest hip hop song that helped make Nappy Roots famous ...		Tha Carter III »rank: 10183 by: Lil Wayne 0ur Review: :Tha Carter lll is the sixth studio album by rapper Lil Wayne and it is the final album in Tha Carter trilogy. 0riginally known as the youngest Hot Boy, Lil' Wayne has orchestrated a steady stream of hits. The New 0rleans rapper began his long career with Cash Money as part of the Hot Boys, a popular late-'9Os supergroup consisting of Juvenile, ...