Prodigy of Mobb Deep, H.N.I.C. (Loud Records)

Ice Mike, Ghetto (White Label Music)

Baby Cham Breaks Through

Mystikal: Hip Hop’s Everyman Makes the Mainstream Come to Him

Dope Fiend

Josh Hyde, All You Need Is Soul/The Edge of Love (Independent)

Afu-Ra, The Body of the Life Force (Koch Records)

Ill-literate: Hip-Hop’s Essential Reality

Hip-hop is repressed expression. The voice of those who have had no voice. It is all at once angry, sensitive, funny, sad, and joyous. Hip-hop culture worships masses of distinct […]

MC Tracheotomy, Robot, Alien or Ghost (Anal Log Records)

Earthsuit, Kaleidoscope Superior (Sparrow Records)