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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.

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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 Project

CD / Membran / 2013-03-19

Artists: Styles P

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 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 III

CD / Ministry of Sound / 2013-02-05

Artists: Various Artists

Spanning 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 Budden

With 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 [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...

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...

Masta Ace Incorporated: SlaughtaHouse

CD / Delicious Vinyl / 2012-12-11

Artists: Masta Ace Incorporated

Personnel 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...