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Review: Food for Animals, “Belly”
Washington, D.C.’s Food for Animals make their debut with Belly, a morass of industrial-strength noise that sounds like B-more on acid. Continue reading
Review: Lupe Fiasco, “Lupe Fiasco’s The Cool”
Lupe Fiasco’s morality play, The Cool, is his second and partially successful attempt at making progressive rap suitable for home stereos and sporting arenas. Continue reading
Review: Percee P, “Perseverance: The Remix”
With Perseverance: The Remix, producer Madlib offers a fresh perspective on Perseverance, BX rapper Percee P’s long-awaited 2007 debut. Continue reading
Review: Ghostface Killah, “The Big Doe Rehab”
A typically solid performance by Ghostface Killah, one of the great artists of this decade, elevates The Big Doe Rehab’s familiar exploration of crime and redemption. Continue reading
Review: “The Wire: ‘…and all the pieces matter.’ – Five Years of Music from the Wire”
For its fifth and final season, the producers of acclaimed crime drama The Wire have collected the show’s prime tracks into The Wire: “…and all the pieces matter.” – Five Years of Music from the Wire. Continue reading
The Plug One 50 2007
PlugOneMag.com concludes 2007 with the Plug One 50, its second annual list of the year’s best albums. Continue reading
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Review: Saul Williams, “The Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!”
Saul Williams and Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor unleash a cultural sneak attack in The Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!, a meditation on black identity and contradiction. Download it for free at niggytardust.com. Continue reading
Review: Prefuse 73, “Preparations”
Adopting the guise of the electronic melody maker Prefuse 73, the ever-prolific Scott Herren releases Preparations, his second album of 2007. Continue reading
Review: Little Brother, “Getback”
With their third album, Getback, Little Brother craft their most reflective effort to date, and claim the heritage of thought-provoking golden age hip-hop.
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Review: Rob Sonic, “Sabotage Gigante”
Bronx linguist and conspiracy theorist Rob Sonic returns with Sabotage Gigante, the latest chapter in a long and underrated career. Continue reading
Review: Flying Lotus, “Reset”
West Coast beat phenom Flying Lotus sets the stage for next year’s Los Angeles album with Reset, a short, 17-minute teaser EP. Continue reading
Review: Kanye West, “Graduation”
Kanye West celebrates the good life on his third album Graduation: designer fashion labels, oodles of cheese, and blond dykes. Continue reading
Review: Ohmega Watts, “Watts Happening”
Rapper and producer Ohmega Watts continues his true-school revolution with Watts Happening, a diverse collection of solo tracks and surprising collaborations. Continue reading
Review: Zeph & Azeem, “Rise Up”
Rise Up is a collaboration between DJ/producer Zeph and MC Azeem, two of the San Francisco Bay Area’s most unheralded talents. Continue reading
Review: Common, “Finding Forever”
Executive produced by Kanye West, Finding Forever continues a hot streak first started on 2005’s Be by “one of Chitown’s gods.” (Editor’s note: This review has been updated.) Continue reading
Review: The Go! Team, “Proof of Youth”
With Proof of Youth, UK squad the Go! Team has made another bubbly adventure that sounds like a high school football pep rally. Continue reading
Review: Baby Elephant, “Turn My Teeth Up!”
Baby Elephant is not a new hip-hop group, but a conceptual homage to P-Funk created by Prince Paul, Newkirk, and legendary keyboardist Bernie Worrell. Continue reading
Review: Panacea, “The Scenic Route”
On The Scenic Route, Washington D.C. group Panacea continues its exploration of lyrical epiphanies over abstract beats. Continue reading
Review: Madlib, “Beat Konducta Vol. 3-4: India”
The ever-prolific Madlib fearlessly absorbs Bollywood culture on Vol. 3-4: India, the latest edition in his Beat Konducta series. Continue reading
Review: Shape of Broad Minds, “Craft of the Lost Art”
Shape of Broad Minds is the latest project from rising MC/producer Jneiro Jarel. With features from MF Doom, Count Bass D, Stacy Epps and Lil Sci, Craft of the Art is his most ambitious album to date. Continue reading