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Review Archives: 2010

Albums:

Diabolic - Liar & a Thief
Eels - End Times
Freeway & Jake One - The Stimulus Package
RJD2 - The Colossus
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - I Learned the Hard Way
Young Jazz Rebels - Slave Riot

Books

The BeatTips Manual by Amir “Sa’id” Said
Born to Use Mics: Reading Nas's Illmatic by Michael Eric Dyson, et al.

Review Archives: 2009

Albums:

Brother Ali - The Truth Is Here [EP]
Brother Ali - Us
El Michels Affair - Enter the 37th Chamber
Eminem - Relapse
Esoteric - Serve or Suffer
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3
Joe Budden - Padded Room
Madlib - Beat Konducta Vol. 5-6: A Tribute to…
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… II
Various Artists - Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture Vol. 2: Enter the Dubstep

Mixtapes:

6th Sense - It’s A 6th Sense Beat Yo!!

Books

Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop by Adam Bradley
Cell Block Z
The Tao of Wu by The RZA
What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell

Movies:

Friday the 13th
Notorious

Live Shows:

Cat Power @ The Avalon, Hollywood (February 10th, 2009)

Review Archives: 2008

Albums:

9th Wonder & Buckshot - The Formula
AZ - Undeniable
Donny Goines - Minute After Midnight
Elzhi - The Preface
GZA/Genius - Pro Tools
Ludacris - Theater of the Mind
Pete Rock - NY's Finest
Q-Tip - The Renaissance
Rick Ross - Trilla

Mixtapes:

88-Keys - Adam's Case Files
Skillz - Design of a Decade

Review Archives: 2007

Albums:

2pac - Nu-Mixx Klazzics, Volume 2
9th Wonder - The Dream Merchant 2
Chamillionaire - Ultimate Victory
Jay-Z - American Gangster
Pharoahe Monch - Desire
T.I. - T.I. vs T.I.P.
Talib Kweli - Ear Drum
Wu-Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams