In the modern hip-hop industry, pretty much any rapper who wants to make it has to start at the bottom with a few mixtapes and move up to independently released pseudo albums. Kendrick Lamar has done both. The problem with this is the inherent risk of building hype the artist …
Read More »Lowkey – Soundtrack to the Struggle Review
A year or two ago, I didn’t even know who Lowkey was. A Dutch acquaintance of mine linked me to a YouTube video of one of his songs, called Terrorist. I liked it enough to look for a download to carry with me on my iPod but that was about …
Read More »Lupe Fiasco – Lasers Review
After numerous delays, endless speculation and rumors that the album was going to be shelved entirely, Lupe Fiasco’s latest, Lasers, is finally here. Expectations have reached a fevered pitch in recent weeks leading up to the album’s eventual release. Now that it is finally available for fans to buy and …
Read More »Lupe Fiasco – B.M.F. (Building Minds Faster) Freestyle Mini Review
Ever since early 2008 when I picked up a copy of The Cool, I’ve been a fan of just about everything Lupe has released. Being a fan, I am also highly anticipating the upcoming release of his third album, Lasers, which is scheduled to be released sometime this year (hopefully). …
Read More »My Top Ten Albums of The Previous Decade (2000 – 2009)
With a new decade comes a great deal of new music but I’ve also been thinking of all of the great music that has been released during the previous decade. So, over the past few days, I’ve been compiling a list of my favorite albums that have been released in …
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