Category: ALBUM REVIEW
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Illmatic at 30
Years ago, there was a conversation about albums that can base the entire art form of hip-hop around it if it disappeared. There were many albums in contention: Run-DMC’s self-titled, The Low End Theory, Paul’s Boutique, Follow The Leader, Good Kid m.a.a.d City, Enter the Wu-Tang, The College Dropout. But, with all of these different…
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Let me funk the style
This is the first installment in my TOP 7 RAP ALBUMS series. The series will feature the albums in chronological order by release date. The Low End Theory, A Tribe Called Quest. (1991). Backstory: A Tribe Called quest were formed in the late 80s by Kamal Fareed (Stage name: Q-Tip), Malik Taylor (Stage name, Phife…
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Best 80s Rap Album – Runners Up
This album revolutionized the art of rapping for the better. Rakim used rhymes in the middle and end of the bar, instead of just the end and used multisyllabic rhymes. Great examples of this are album highlights: “I Ain’t No Joke” & “Eric B is President”.
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Looking for a style like mine, you can’t find it
The best rap album of the 80s in my opinion is “Criminal Minded” by Boogie Down Productions (1987). To be clear, this is not the best album of the 80s in music, that honor goes to “Thriller”, by Michael Jackson. Now, on with the review.
The Music In My Mind 