Kid Cudi: Indicud [PA]CD / Universal Music / 2013-04-23 Tracks: Resurrection of Scott Mescudi, The; Unfuckwittable; Just What I Am; Young Lady; King Wizard; Immortal; Solo Dolo, Pt. 2; Girls; New York City Rage Fest; Red Eye; Mad Solar; Beez; Brothers; Burn Baby ...Artists: Kid Cudi After an amicable split with Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music label, Kid Cudi's third official album landed on Island proper, but it comes off as a label sampler itself, perhaps for the mythical Indicud Re...continue... ![]() Kid Cudi: Indicud [Clean]CD / Universal Music / 2013-04-23 Tracks: Resurrection of Scott Mescudi, The; Unf***Wittable; Just What I Am; Young Lady; King Wizard; Immortal; Solo Dolo, Pt. II; Girls; New York City Rage Fest; Red Eye; Mad Solar; Beez; Brothers; Burn Baby...Artists: Kid Cudi After an amicable split with Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music label, Kid Cudi's third official album landed on Island proper, but it comes off as a label sampler itself, perhaps for the mythical Indicud Re...continue... ![]() Blu: NoYork! [PA] [Digipak]1 CD / Nature Sounds / 2013-03-26 Tracks: Doin' Nothin; Everything OK - (featuring Jack Davey); Everybody Nose - (featuring Sa-Ra); Above Crenshaw - (featuring Co$$ AKA Cashus King); SLNGBNGrs; Soupa - (featuring Suzi Analogue); Hours; Annie...Artists: Blu Audio Mixer: Ken Bts. Recording information: Los Angeles; Mt Washington; New York; Philadelphia. On his own, without his DJ sidekick Exile, Blu went all out for his fearlessly explorator...continue... ![]() Swollen Members: Beautiful Death Machine [PA] [Digipak] *CD / Battle Axe Records (USA) / 2013-03-19 Tracks: Inception (Darker Side Interlude); Death to You - (featuring Ill Bill/Vinnie Paz/Slaine); Bax War; King of Diamonds (Disagree Interlude); Juggernaut; Difference, The; River Monster (Underground Inter...Artists: Swollen Members Audio Mixer: Mike Kumagai. Recording information: Madchild's Loft; The Chamber Studio, Vancouver, BC, Canada; the Kitchen. Arranger: Rob the Viking. If beautiful death machines ar...continue... ![]() Ill Bill: The Grimy Awards [CD/DVD] [Digipak]CD / Fat Beats / 2013-02-26 Tracks: What Does It All Mean?; Paul Baloff; I Don't Know How Long It's Gonna Last; Acceptance Speech - (featuring A-Trak); Truth; Exploding Octopus; Forty Deuce Hebrew; How To Survive the Apocalypse; Vio-Le...Artists: Ill Bill Audio Mixer: Scott Stallone. Recording information: Busy B Studios, Kill Devil Hills, NC; Found Sound, Philadelphia, PA; HeadQcourterz Studios Ltd, New York City, NY. Photographer: Eden ...continue... ![]() k-os: Black on BlondeCD / EMI Music Distribution / 2013-02-05 Artists: k-os"Mellowing out" after his move from Toronto to Vancouver, Canadian rapper K-Os decides that genre ain't nuthin' but a major category header, and that millennial artists aren't bound by such labels, so...continue... ![]() Brotha Lynch Hung: Mannibalector [PA] *CD / Strange Music / 2013-02-05 Tracks: Newsflash (Skit); Krocadil; Bacon n Eggs (Skit); MDK - (featuring Trizz); Disappeared; Fucced Up (Skit); Eating You - (featuring Wrekonize); Package, Tha - (featuring Yelawolf); Something About Susan...Artists: Brotha Lynch Hung Audio Mixer: Robert Rebeck. Recording information: ¡MAYDAY! Studios; Chapman Recording; Funk Volume Basement; SoundCap Audio; Tree Sound Studio. Photographer: James Meierotto. ...continue... ![]() Dead Prez: Information Age [PA] [Digipak] *CD / / 2013-01-29 Tracks: Upload (Begin With); New Beginning, A - (featuring Anthony David); What If the Lights Go Out?; GHN: Global Hood News; Dirty White Girl; Intelligence Is Sexy; No Way as the Way; Learning Growing Chang...Artists: Dead Prez Audio Mixer: Charlton Williams. Photographer: TT Coles. Brooklyn's militantly minded hip-hop duo Dead Prez practice revolution even with their discography, so while Information Age is th...continue... ![]() A$AP Rocky: LongliveA$AP [Clean]CD / Polo Grounds Music / 2013-01-15 Tracks: Long Live A$AP; Goldie; PMW (All I Really Need) - (featuring ScHoolboy Q); LVL; Hell - (featuring Santigold); Pain - (featuring Overdoz); F**kin' Problems - (featuring Drake/Noah Shebib/2 Chains/Kend...Artists: A$AP Rocky Recording information: Clockwork Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Clockwork Studios, Van Nuys, CA; Deuce Mobile Studios, USA; Downtown Studios, New York, NY; Mondo Studio, Los Angeles, CA; Noble Street Studi...continue... ![]() A$AP Rocky: Long.Live.A$AP [Deluxe Edition] [PA]CD / Polo Grounds Music / 2013-01-15 Tracks: Long Live A$AP; Goldie; PMW (All I Really Need) - (featuring ScHoolboy Q); LVL; Hell - (featuring Santigold); Pain - (featuring Overdoz); Fuckin' Problems - (featuring Drake/Noah Shebib/2 Chains/Kend...Artists: A$AP Rocky Recording information: Clockwork Studios, Los Angeles, Van Nuys, CA; Deuce Mobile Studios; Downtown Studios, New York, NY; Fight Klub Studios, New York, NY; Glenwood Place Studios, Burbank, CA; Mondo ...continue... ![]() A$AP Rocky: Long.Live.A$AP [PA]CD / Polo Grounds Music / 2013-01-15 Tracks: Long Live A$AP; Goldie; PMW (All I Really Need) - (featuring ScHoolboy Q); LVL; Hell - (featuring Santigold); Pain - (featuring Overdoz); F**kin' Problems - (featuring Drake/Noah Shebib/2 Chains/Kend...Artists: A$AP Rocky Recording information: Clockwork Studios, Los Angeles, Van Nuys, CA; Deuce Mobile Studios; Downtown Studios, New York, NY; Mondo Studio, Los Angeles, CA; Noble Street Studios, Toronto, Canada; Parklan...continue... ![]() Twenty One Pilots: Vessel *CD / Fueled by Ramen Records / 2013-01-08 Tracks: Ode to Sleep; Holding on to You; Migraine; House of Gold; Car Radio; Semi-Automatic; Screen; Run and Go, The; Fake You Out; Guns for Hands; Trees; TruceArtists: Twenty One Pilots Columbus, Ohio-based pop duo Twenty One Pilots spent the few short years leading up to Vessel, their debut recording for Atlantic Records subsidiary Fueled by Ramen, touring ceaselessly and reaching o...continue... ![]() Sole (Anticon): A Ruthless Criticism of Everything Existing [Digipak]CD / Black Canyon / 2012-11-13 Tracks: Non Workers of the World - (featuring William Ryan Fritch); Denver Nights; Void Which Binds, The; Assad Is Dead; Never Work; Lastearth - (featuring William Ryan Fritch); Animal - (featuring Greencarp...Artists: Sole (Anticon) Audio Mixer: Jesse O'Brien. On the key cut "Never Work," politically minded rapper Sole spits a real-estate report that's full of woes, and offers up the idea that "Libertarians are Anarchists ...continue... ![]() Murs/9th Wonder: The Final Adventure *CD / Traffic Entertainment Group / 2012-11-13 Tracks: Get Together; Whatuptho; Funeral for a Killer; Baby Girl (Holding Hands); Walk Like a Woman; Tale of Two Cities; Dance with Me; Better Way; Wherever You Are; It's OverArtists: Murs/9th Wonder Audio Mixer: Khrysis. Recording information: BrightLady Studios, Raleigh, NC. Photographer: Marco Oliva. Even if their collaborative 2010 album was titled Fornever, rapper Murs an...continue... ![]() 9th Wonder/Buckshot: The Solution [PA] [Digipak] *1 CD / Duck Down Entaprizez / 2012-11-13 Tracks: Big Bang, The; What I Gotta Say; Stop Rapping; Crazy; Feeling, The; Sam; Pat Em Down; Keep It Going; Change Up, The; Shorty Left - (featuring Rapsody); You - (featuring D. "Dyme-a-Duzin" Blocker); So...Artists: 9th Wonder/Buckshot Audio Mixer: Dan the Man. After working out their Chemistry on their collaborative 2005 release and offering The Formula on their 2008 return, rapper Buckshot and producer 9th Wonder reunite an...continue... ![]() Why?: Mumps, Etc.CD / Anticon / 2012-10-30 Tracks: Jonathan's Hope; Strawberries; Waterlines; Thirteen On High; White English; Danny; Sod In the Seed; Distance; Thirst; Kevin's Cancer; Bitter Thoughts; Paper Hearts; As a CardArtists: Why? Personnel: Elizabeth Knight, Nathan Goodrich, Liz Wolf, Andrew Brodler (vocals); Laura Max (harp); Stephan Ball (violin, viola); Buffi Jacobs (cello); Kelsey Pickford (woodwinds); James Korr (flugelho...continue... ![]() The Coup: Sorry to Bother You [Digipak] *CD / Anti (USA) / 2012-10-30 Tracks: Magic Clap, The; Strange Arithmetic; Your Parents' Cocaine; Gods of Science, The; My Murder, My Love; You Are Not a Riot (An RSVP from David Siqueiros to Andy Warhol); Land of 7 Billion Dances; Viole...Artists: The Coup Audio Mixers: Damion Gallegos; Boots Riley. Recording information: Chub Studios. During the six years between Pick a Bigger Weapon and Sorry to Bother You, the Coup survived a disastrous...continue... ![]() P.O.S: We Don't Even Live Here [PA] *CD / Rhymesayers Entertainment / 2012-10-22 Tracks: Bumper; Fuck Your Stuff; How We Land - (featuring Justin Vernon); Wanted/Wasted; They Can't Come - (featuring Sims); Lock-Picks, Knives, Bricks and Bats; Fire in the Hole/Arrow to the Action; Get Dow...Artists: P.O.S Audio Mixer: Andrew Dawson. Recording information: Soundeq, Los Angeles, CA. Photographers: Isaac Gale; Kelly Loverud; Stef Alexander; John Grider; Charles Andrew Bothwell. The id...continue... ![]() Cold 187um: The Only Solution [PA] *CD / Psychopathic Records / 2012-10-22 Tracks: Born 2 Kill; Job Well Done; Layin' Low; Offer He Can't Refuse, An; Swan Song; Judgement Day; L.A.; 3 Brothers; Swan Sighting; Capitol Hill; Interrogation; Alive & FreeArtists: Cold 187um Lyricist: Cold 187um. Editor: Brandon "Bowski" Calhoun. For his fifth solo album, and first for the Insane Clown Posse's label Psychopathic, Above the Law member Cold 187um goes conceptu...continue... ![]() Howard Drossin/RZA: The Man with the Iron Fists [Original Score] [PA]CD / Soul Temple / 2012-10-22 Tracks: Man with the Iron Fists: Opening Titles, The; Man with the Iron Fists: Jungle Village, The; Man with the Iron Fists: Gold Lion, The; Man with the Iron Fists: Weapons Order, The; Man with the Iron Fis...Artists: Howard Drossin/RZA Audio Mixer: Greg Hayes. Recording information: The Village Recorders, West Los Angeles, CA....continue... ![]() RZA: The Man with the Iron Fists [Clean]CD / Soul Temple / 2012-10-22 Tracks: Baddest Man Alive, The; Black Out; White Dress; I Forgot to Be Your Lover; Get Your Way (Sex Is a Weapon); Rivers of Blood; Built for This; Archer, The; Just Blowin' in the Wind; Chains; Tick, Tock; ...Artists: RZA Offered the opportunity to direct a karate flick -- and with all the freedom, funding, and flash that an executive producer like Quentin Tarantino would allow -- Wu-Tang leader and kung-fu fanatic RZA...continue... ![]() RZA: The Man with the Iron Fists [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [PA]CD / Soul Temple / 2012-10-22 Tracks: Baddest Man Alive, The; Black Out; White Dress; I Forgot to Be Your Lover; Get Your Way (Sex Is a Weapon); Rivers of Blood; Built for This; Archer, The; Just Blowin' in the Wind; Chains; Tick, Tock; ...Artists: RZA Offered the opportunity to direct a karate flick -- and with all the freedom, funding, and flash that an executive producer like Quentin Tarantino would allow -- Wu-Tang leader and kung-fu fanatic RZA...continue... ![]() Twiztid: Abominationz [Monoxide Version] [PA] *CD / Psychopathic Records / 2012-10-22 Tracks: Bad Side; Unstoppable; Rep That Wicked; He's Looking at Me; Blood...All I Need; Lift Me Up; Extension Chords; Psychopathic Psychiatric Hotline; Coin Flip Lunatic - (featuring Royce da 5'9"); This Is ...Artists: Twiztid Photographer: Ewolf. To the untrained ear, it might seem that every album issued by Twiztid was inspired by hate, but Abominationz lives up to that press release claim, offering a more jagged a...continue... ![]() Twiztid: Abominationz [Madrox Version] [PA] *CD / Psychopathic Records / 2012-10-22 Tracks: Bad Side; Unstoppable; Rep That Wicked; He's Looking at Me; Blood...All I Need; Lift Me Up; Extension Chords; Psychopathic Psychiatric Hotline; Coin Flip Lunatic - (featuring Royce da 5'9"); This Is ...Artists: Twiztid Photographer: Ewolf. To the untrained ear, it might seem that every album issued by Twiztid was inspired by hate, but Abominationz lives up to that press release claim, offering a more jagged a...continue... ![]() DJ Vadim: Don't Be Scared [Digipak] *CD / BBE / 2012-10-16 Tracks: Hide N' Seek...; Lemon Haze; I'm Feeling U - (featuring Gregory Blackman); Lost My Love - (featuring Jazz Bailey); This Dj - (featuring J-Man); Set Them Free - (featuring Sabina Jade); Bally Umar; Ak...Artists: DJ Vadim Personnel: DJ Vadim (keyboards, synthesizer, turntables). Audio Mixer: Big Al Mawdsley. Editor: DJ Vadim. Photographer: Patrick Dean. Whether working on his own or as the D...continue... ![]() MellowHype: Numbers [PA] [Digipak] *CD / Columbia (USA) / 2012-10-09 Tracks: Grill; 65/Breakfast; Astro - (featuring Frank Ocean); Nfwgjdsh; Bonita, La; Beat; Snare; Untitled L; Leflair; Monster; 666 - (featuring Mike G); P2; GNC; Brain; Under 2; BreakArtists: MellowHype Personnel: Destiny Valadez (snare drum); Chloe Clancy (background vocals). Audio Mixer: Vic Wainstein. Recording information: Casa Chica, Malibu, CA; East West Recording Studios, Hollywo...continue... ![]() DJ Drama: Quality Street Music [PA]1 CD / Entertainment One Music / 2012-10-02 Tracks: Goin' Down - (featuring Fabolous/Yo Gotti/T-Pain); Never Die - (featuring Nipsey Hussle/Jadakiss/Young Jeezy/Cee Lo Green); My Moment - (featuring Meek Mill/Jeremih/2 Chainz); We in This B**** - (fea...Artists: DJ Drama Audio Mixer: Finis "KY" White. Photographer: Zache Wolfe. Albums from hip-hop DJs -- like not a rapper, not a producer, not a turntablist, but a hip-hop DJ -- aren't considered highly an...continue... ![]() DJ Drama: Quality Street Music [Clean] *1 CD / Entertainment / 2012-10-02 Artists: DJ DramaAlbums from hip-hop DJs -- like not a rapper, not a producer, not a turntablist, but a hip-hop DJ -- aren't considered highly anticipated unless you're Tony Touch, Red Alert, or DJ Drama. The man behi...continue... ![]() Kreayshawn: Somethin' 'Bout Kreay [PA]
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