French Montana: Excuse My French [PA] [5/21]CD / Bad Boy / 2013-05-21 Tracks: Once in a While - (featuring Max B); Trap House - (featuring Rick Ross/Birdman); Ain't Worried About Nothin; Paranoid - (featuring Young Cash); When I Want; Fuck What Happens Tonight - (featuring Mav...Artists: French Montana ![]() French Montana: Excuse My French [5/21]CD / Bad Boy / 2013-05-21 Tracks: Once in a While - (featuring Max B); Trap House - (featuring Rick Ross/Birdman); Ain't Worried About Nothin; Paranoid - (featuring Young Cash); When I Want; Fuck What Happens Tonight - (featuring Mav...Artists: French Montana ![]() French Montana: Excuse My French [PA] [5/21]CD / Bad Boy / 2013-05-21 Tracks: Once in a While - (featuring Max B); Trap House - (featuring Rick Ross/Birdman); Ain't Worried About Nothin; Paranoid - (featuring Young Cash); When I Want; Fuck What Happens Tonight - (featuring Mav...Artists: French Montana ![]() Havoc: 13 [PA] [Digipak] *CD / Nature Sounds / 2013-05-07 Tracks: Gone; Favorite Rap Stars - (featuring Styles P); Life We Chose - (featuring Lloyd Banks); Colder Days - (featuring Masspike Miles); Get Busy; Eyes Open - (featuring Twista); Tell Me to My Face - (fea...Artists: Havoc Recording information: Beast Music Studios, New York, NY; Boogie's House Studio, Bronx, NY; Gang Green Studios, Long Island, NY; GMG Studios, Chicago, IL; Hottrak Studios, Brussels, Belgium; Isolation...continue... ![]() Talib Kweli: Prisoner of Conscious [PA] *CD / Javotti Media / 2013-05-07 Tracks: Intro; Human Mic; Turnt Up; Come Here; High Life - (featuring Bajah/Rubix); Ready Set Go - (featuring Melanie Fiona); Hold It Now; Push Thru - (featuring Glenn Reynolds/Kendrick Lamar/Glen Reynolds);...Artists: Talib Kweli Recording information: 2 Ton Sound, New York, NY; Area 51, New York, NY; Atlatnic Sound Studios, Brooklyn, NY; Converse Rubber Tracks; Druglab Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Hyde St. Studios, San Fancisco,...continue... ![]() LL Cool J: Authentic [Digipak]CD / 429 Records / 2013-04-30 Tracks: Bath Salt; Not Leaving You Tonight - (featuring Eddie Van Halen/Fitz & the Tantrums); New Love - (featuring Charlie Wilson); We Came to Party - (featuring Fatman Scoop/Snoop Dogg); Give Me Love - (fe...Artists: LL Cool J Personnel: Z-Trip (scratches). Liner Note Author: LL Cool J. Recording information: Fenix Studios, NY; Henson Studios; Opra Music Studios; Westlake Recording Studios. Photographer...continue... ![]() N.O.R.E.: Student of the Game [PA] *1 CD / eOne / 2013-04-16 Tracks: Kenny Smith Speaks; Student of the Game; Tadow - (featuring French Montana/2 Chainz/Pusha T); Hang Hang Resume; Problem, The (Lawwwddd) - (featuring Pharrell); What I Had to Do - (featuring Scarface)...Artists: N.O.R.E. After expanding his horizons with reggaeton on his 2006 album and then returning back to overly familiar territory for 2007's Noreality, 2008's Iron Liver, and 2009's S.O.R.E., 2013's Student of the G...continue... ![]() Styles P: Float [PA]1 CD / High Times Records / 2013-04-16 Tracks: Float Intro; Manson Murder - (featuring N.O.R.E.); Bodies in the Basement; Hater Love - (featuring Sheek Louch); Take It Back; Haze vs. Sour Skit; I Need Weed; Red Eye - (featuring Jadakiss); Reckles...Artists: Styles P Audio Mixer: Dragan "Chach" Cacinovic. Recording information: Beast Music Studios, New Rochelle, NY. Photographer: Chad Griffith. On his sixth official studio effort, LOX member a...continue... ![]() Papoose: The Nacirema Dream [PA] *1 CD / INgrooves / 2013-03-26 Tracks: Intro; Motion Picture; Mother Ghetto - (featuring Ron Browz); Aim Shoot - (featuring Mobb Deep); Skit; Cure - (featuring Erykah Badu); Nacirema Dream; Pimpin Won't Die; 6AM - (featuring Jim Jones); S...Artists: Papoose Audio Mixer: Glen Marchese. Photographer: Jared Buschang. A couple years before this official debut landed, Papoose was hip-hop's great East Coast hope, but by the time the much anticipa...continue... ![]() Styles P: The World's Most Hardest MC ProjectCD / Membran / 2013-03-19 Artists: Styles PComing on strong with that Mobb Deep-styled coldness and a Scarface-sized certainty, Styles P goes hard on The World's Most Hardest MC Project, but that last word in the title is worth some concern. T...continue... ![]() Cappadonna: Eyrth, Wynd & Fyre/Love Anger & Emotion [PA] *2 CD / RBC / 2013-02-26 Tracks: Real Life; Body Rock, The; Boogah Hill; Hustle Game Tight; Better Life Movement, The; Pull Ya Life Together; Puffed on Pride; Creature Feature; In the Dungeon - (featuring Show Stopper); Rap Is Like ...Artists: Cappadonna Arranger: Cappadonna. Even if he's one of the most affiliated affiliates in the Wu-Tang Clan universe, the lumbering, hoarse juggernaut dubbed Cappadonna is far from the most loved. Jump on any...continue... ![]() 7L & Esoteric/Inspectah Deck: Czarface [Digipak] *CD / Brick / 2013-02-19 Tracks: Czarface; Air 'Em Out; Cement 3's - (featuring Roc Marciano); Czar Refaeli - (featuring Oh No); Rock Beast; Savagely Attack - (featuring Ghostface Killah); Marvel Team-Up; It's Raw - (featuring Actio...Artists: 7L & Esoteric/Inspectah Deck Audio Mixers: El Greco; 7L. Illustrator: Lamour Supreme....continue... ![]() Various Artists: Ministry of Sound: Anthems Hip-Hop IIICD / Ministry of Sound / 2013-02-05 Artists: Various ArtistsSpanning three decades of hip-hop and picking up a wealth of hits, Ministry of Sound: Anthems Hip-Hop III is either a quick catch-up for the hip-hop newcomer, a fat stack of fine reminders for the hip...continue... ![]() Joe Budden: No Love Lost [Clean]1 CD / E1 Music Entertainment / 2013-02-05 Artists: Joe BuddenWith his hard-hitting crew Slaughterhouse acting as an outlet for his inner thug, rapper Joe Budden uses this 2013 solo effort as an opportunity to get introspective, capping off a quadrilogy of conce...continue... ![]() Joe Budden: No Love Lost [PA]1 CD / eOne / 2013-02-05 Tracks: Our First Again (Intro); Top of the World - (featuring Kirko Bangz); She Don't Put It Down; Nba - (featuring Wiz Khalifa/French Montana); You and I - (featuring Emanny); Castles; All in My Head - (fe...Artists: Joe Budden Recording information: 934 Studios, Totowa, NJ; Digital Services, Tomball, TX; Gang Green Studios; Headqcourterz Studios Ltd., New York, NY; Isolation Studios; Kasakoz Studios; Oz Studios, New York, N...continue... ![]() Nas: Playlist: The Very Best of Nas [Clean]CD / Columbia (USA) / 2013-01-29 Tracks: Halftime; Nas Is Like; If I Ruled the World (Imagine That) - (featuring Lauren Hill); Nastradamus; Street Dreams; One Love; One Mic; World Is Yours, The; Got Ur Self A...; Hate Me Now - (featuring Pu...Artists: Nas Liner Note Author: Andre Torres. Photographers: Sacha Waldman; Anthony Cutajar. Both Playlist: The Very Best of Nas and Columbia's 2007 compilation Greatest Hits contain 14 songs each, 1...continue... ![]() Nas: Playlist: The Very Best of Nas [PA]CD / Columbia/Legacy / 2013-01-29 Tracks: Halftime; Nas Is Like; If I Ruled the World (Imagine That) - (featuring Lauren Hill); Nastradamus; Street Dreams; One Love; One Mic; World Is Yours, The; Got Ur Self A...; Hate Me Now - (featuring Pu...Artists: Nas Liner Note Author: Andre Torres. Photographers: Sacha Waldman; Anthony Cutajar. Both Playlist: The Very Best of Nas and Columbia's 2007 compilation Greatest Hits contain 14 songs each, 1...continue... ![]() Masta Ace Incorporated: SlaughtaHouseCD / Delicious Vinyl / 2012-12-11 Artists: Masta Ace IncorporatedPersonnel includes: Masta Ace (rap vocals); Lord Digga (background vocals). Recorded at Firehouse Studio, Brooklyn, New York. Five years after making his name as a member in Marley Marl'...continue... ![]() Masta Killa: Selling My Soul [PA] [Digipak]CD / INgrooves / 2012-12-11 Tracks: Skit; Intro; Soul & Substance; R U Listening; Things Just Ain't the Same; Part 2; Cali Sun - (featuring Kurupt); What U See; Food; Skit; All Natural; Wise Words; Divine Glory; Skit; Dirty Soul - (fea...Artists: Masta Killa Audio Mixers: Jamel Irief; P.F. Cuttin. Photographer: Chad Griffith. Arrangers: Jamel Irief; P.F. Cuttin. He may be the quietest and least known of the core Wu-Tang Clan members, ...continue... ![]() The Neptunes: The Neptunes Present... Clones [PA]CD / Star Track / 2012-12-04 Tracks: Intro; Light Your Ass On Fire; Blaze of Glory; It Wasn't Us; Frontin'; Good Girl; If; Hot; It Blows My Mind; Half-Steering; Fuck N' Spend; Loser; Rock N'roll; Don of Dons, The (Put De Ting Pon Dem); ...Artists: The Neptunes Personnel includes: The Neptunes, Busta Rhymes, Pharrell, Ludacris, Jay Z, Vanessa Marquez, Nelly, Snoop Dogg, Jadakiss, Nas, I-20, Clipse, Ab-Liva. "Frontin'" was nominated for the 2004 Grammy...continue... ![]() Wiz Khalifa: O.N.I.F.C. [Clean]CD / Atlantic (Label) / 2012-12-04 Tracks: Intro; Paperbond; Bluffin; Let It Go - (featuring Akon); Bluff, The - (featuring Cam'ron); Work Hard, Play Hard; Got Everything - (featuring Courtney Noelle); Fall Asleep; Time; It's Nothin - (featur...Artists: Wiz Khalifa Recording information: Paramount Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA. Photographer: Marc Hom. Following the enormous success of 2011's Rolling Papers, Pittsburgh rapper Wiz Khalifa follows ...continue... ![]() Wiz Khalifa: O.N.I.F.C. [PA]CD / Atlantic (Label) / 2012-12-04 Tracks: Intro; Paperbond; Bluffin; Let It Go - (featuring Akon); Bluff, The - (featuring Cam'ron); Work Hard, Play Hard; Got Everything - (featuring Courtney Noelle); Fall Asleep; Time; It's Nothin - (featur...Artists: Wiz Khalifa Recording information: Atlantic Studios, New York, NY; Encore Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Paramount Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA; The Hit Factory, Miami, FL. Photographer: Marc Hom. Fo...continue... ![]() Wu-Block: Wu Block [PA]1 CD / Entertainment One Music / 2012-11-27 Tracks: Crack Spot Stories - (featuring Ghostface Killah/Jadakiss/Raekwon/Sheek Louch); Pour Tha Martini - (featuring Ghostface Killah/Sheek Louch/Cappadonna); Pull Tha Cars Out - (featuring Ghostface Killah...Artists: Wu-Block Spearheaded by rappers Ghostface Killah and Sheek Louch, Wu Block is a collaborative effort between members of the Wu-Tang Clan and the LOX. The 2012 debut is a pretty accurate throwback to the sound ...continue... ![]() Freeway: Diamond in the Ruff [PA] *1 CD / Switchblade / 2012-11-27 Tracks: Right Back - (featuring Marsha Ambrosius); Greatness - (featuring Vivian Green); Thirst, The; Wonder Tape - (featuring Suzanne Christine); No Doubt; Dream Big - (featuring Musiq (Soulchild)); Early; ...Artists: Freeway Photographer: Oluwaseye Olusa. Still grinding after ten years in the game, the former Roc-a-Fella artist continues to hustle after moving from Rhymesayers to the independent N.Y.C. label Babygr...continue... ![]() Styles P: The World's Most Hardest MC Project [PA]1 CD / Entertainment One Music / 2012-11-19 Tracks: Intro; Araab Styles; I Know; Like That; Empire State High - (featuring Sheek Louch); Pop Out; Hoody Season; Monopolizing - (featuring Large Amount/Bucky); Shooter - (featuring Snype/A.P.P.); Murda Mo...Artists: Styles P Photographer: Raafi Rivero. Coming on strong with that Mobb Deep-styled coldness and a Scarface-sized certainty, Styles P goes hard on The World's Most Hardest MC Project, but that last word in...continue... ![]() Roc Marciano: Reloaded [PA] [Digipak]CD / Decon / 2012-11-13 Tracks: Tek to a Mack; Flash Gordon; Not Told - (featuring Ka/Knowledge Pirate); Pistolier; Thugs Prayer, Pt. 2; 76; We Ill; Deeper; Death Parade; 20 Guns; Peru; Thread Count; Nine Spray - (featuring Ka); Em...Artists: Roc Marciano Photographer: Angela Boatwright. Roc Marciano's second solo album bares some bad signs. There's the plain and obvious album title, previously used by over 50 other artists. More glaringly, ther...continue... ![]() Public Enemy: The Evil Empire of Everything [Digipak]CD / Enemy / 2012-11-06 Tracks: Evil Empire Of..., The; Don't Give Up the Fight - (featuring Ziggy Marley); 1 (PEace); 2 (resPEct)/Spit Your Mind, Pt. 1; Beyond Trayvon - (featuring Jamal Malik AKA Young Junior/Goonie B); ...Everyt...Artists: Public Enemy Personnel: Khari Wynn (guitar); T-Bone Motta, Michael "NYC" Mike Faulkner (drums). Liner Note Author: Chuck D. Recording information: Divided Souls, Atlanta, GA; DJ Pain 1 Studios; HWIC,...continue... ![]() Public Enemy: Most of My Heroes Still Don't Appear on No Stamp [Digipak]CD / Eastlink / 2012-11-06 Tracks: Run Till It's Dark; Get Up Stand Up/...Don't Appear On No Stamps, Pt. 1; Most of My Heroes Still... - (featuring Z-Trip); I Shall Not Be Moved; Get It In - (featuring Bumpy Knuckles); Hoovermusic/......Artists: Public Enemy Personnel: Khari Wynn (guitar); T-Bone Motta (drums). Liner Note Author: Chuck D. Recording information: All The Best Studio, Brooklyn, New York; Divided Souls, Atlanta, GA; DJ Pain 1 St...continue... ![]() Saigon: The Greatest Story Never Told, Chapter 2: Bread and Circuses [PA] [Digipak] *CD / Suburban Noize / 2012-11-06 Tracks: Plant the Seed (What U Paid For); Rap vs. Real; Let Me Run - (featuring Corbett); Not Like Them - (featuring Styles P); Brownsville Girl; Game Changer, The - (featuring Marsha Ambrosius); Blown Away;...Artists: Saigon Recording information: Abandoned Nation Studios; Hickory Street Studios; Stadium Red. Photographers: Chad Griffith; Greg Hurdle. If his official debut painted Saigon as the stern, seriou...continue... ![]() Run-D.M.C.: The Essential Run-D.M.C. *CD / Legacy / 2012-10-30 Tracks: Sucker M.C.'s (Krush-Groove 1); They Call Us Run-D.M.C.; Peter Piper; Rock Box; Beats to the Rhyme; Ooh, Whatcha Gonna Do; Dumb Girl; Mary Mary; School of Old, The - (featuring Kid Rock); King of Roc...Artists: Run-D.M.C. Liner Note Author: Bill Adler. Recording information: The Funhouse (08/05/1983). Photographers: Michael Ochs; Josh Cheuse. The Essential Run-D.M.C. is no small consolation for bei...continue... ![]() Wu-Tang Clan: Soundtracks from the Shaolin Temple [PA] [Slimline]
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