The headliner made his way to the stage, and as expected, the crowd greeted him with open arms. Obviously familiar with the material, the crowd recited nearly every word with Tha Ripper as he delivered an array of songs from his various mixtapes, including his recently released “The Cleveland Show”.

The entire planet seemed to be up in arms about an impending doom that so many had predicted would come. There were tons of films and television shows that raked in tons of earnings by playing the “world’s gonna end” card, but in the world of music, no one did it better than Busta Rhymes. Read the review of Extinction Level Event

Their biggest break didn’t come until they met with Russell Simmons and signed to his Def Jam West imprint. Uncle Rush felt that the same women that were purchasing music by the likes of N.W.A. and Ice Cube would also buy into the same type of rap from females if given the opportunity to do so. Read the review of Born Gangstaz

“The Year In Review” is a tradition over at RapReviews.com that they’ve upheld for a decade. Experimenting with a few different approaches, they finally found the most successful formula in 2004 – individual editorials from each of the site’s contributors, allowing them to choose their “best of the best” as they see fit.

For awhile, I was trying to figure out what I would do with this section of the site. Instead of showcasing all of the weekly reviews over on RapReviews [link], I’ll just highlight mine every couple weeks or so.

the cassettes on my desk were Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s “Return To The 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version”, Jodeci’s “Forever My Lady”, a mixtape of Redman songs and the debut album from the Seattle-based rapper who would go on to become hip-hop’s most revered booty-ologist, Sir Mix-A-Lot. Read the review of Swass

The Regiment :: A New Beginning
Long Range Distribution
Author: Steve ‘Flash’ Juon
“The Regiment first caught our attention in 2007 when Jesal Padania took the time to review their debut album “The Come Up.” Jay Soul was impressed by the musical and lyrical direction of kids barely out of their teens who made up the group [...]

Eazy-E’s death left many wondering about the future of the group, but just a short four months later, BTNH would release what many (including this reviewer) consider to be their magnum opus, “E. 1999 Eternal”. Read the review of E. 1999 Eternal

Brother Ali :: Us
Rhymesayers Entertainment
Author: Patrick Taylor
“I first heard Brother Ali last year on “The Truth” off of Jake One’s “White Van Music.” I had heard of him, but only knew that he was a white albino Muslim. Then I heard him rap and I was sold. “Hungry pacing in a bus station with my [...]

Del the Funky Homosapien & Tame One :: Parallel Uni-Verses
Gold Dust Media/!K7
Author: Steve ‘Flash’ Juon
“The year of hip-hop superteams continues. We’ve already had the all-star Slaughterhouse team, the New York dynamic duo of KRS-One & Buckshot, the Brooklyn to Boston duo of Masta Ace & Edo.G among others, and at long last [...]