Earl Sweatshirt: Some Rap Songs March 5, 2019It’s been some time since I reviewed a hip-hop album. I feel like the genre has mostly passed...
Dr. Octagon: Moosebumps: An Exploration Into Modern Day Horripilation April 19, 2018It’s been right about 20 years since I first heard Kool Keith’s Dr. Octagon persona on his debut...
NehruvianDOOM: NehruvianDOOM February 20, 2016I am a sucker for a certain era of rap. It’s mostly early nineties into the mid-nineties. The...
Kool Keith / L’Orange: Time? Astonishing! August 12, 2015Even as I started this album I couldn’t remember if I was firing up an MF Doom or...
Murs: Have a Nice Life June 6, 2015The humble brag isn’t a good look for a rapper. That’s how Murs starts off this album with...
Earl Sweatshirt: I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside April 10, 2015Earl, the reform school, bipolar rap prodigy from the hot-for-a-minute Odd Future, surprisingly seems to be the one...
Action Bronson: Mr. Wonderful April 2, 2015The man is like the Chris Farley of rap. On second thought he’s more like the John Belushi of...
Run the Jewels: Run the Jewels 2 November 11, 2014I have a love/hate relationship with modern rap. Mostly hate. With the whole mixtape thing, it feels like...
Chance the Rapper: Acid Rap April 29, 2013Maybe it’s just me, but it seems the fun has gone out of hip-hop. It’s not to say...
Tyler, the Creator: Goblin December 15, 2011This album would literally make Hipster Father-in-Law’s head explode. And, yes, I know when people say “literally” they...
Danny Brown: XXX October 16, 2011This guy is nutz with a z. He starts off sounding like a hybrid between The Pharcyde and...
Roc Marciano & Gangrene: Greneberg August 24, 2011This album starts quick out of the gate with the really nice throwback, horn inflected “Momma Told Me.”...
Action Bronson: Dr. Lecter July 6, 2011Nothing like a giant fat white guy who sounds just like Ghostface to bring a smile to your...
Odd Future (OFWGKTA): The Odd Future Tape, Vol. 1 April 30, 2011These guys set it up from the very beginning that they aren’t out to make friends. They’re out...
Tha Alkaholiks: 21 & Over November 24, 2008If there were ever a more appropriate college album than this one, I can’t think of what it...
Analog Brothers: Pimp to Eat October 27, 2007Yeah, cuz Kool Keith needed another alias. And, actually, Ice-T probably did. Since starring in every straight-to-video movie...
Murs & 9th Wonder: Murray’s Revenge February 7, 2007It’s good to see L.A. representin’, yo! And I can’t believe there is a modern hip-hop record that...
Viktor Vaughn: VV2: Venomous Villain June 25, 2006I’m not much for instrumental albums or albums filled with guest spots. So imagine my disappointment when the...
