Pete Rock - NY's Finest [2008]
DJ Smallz - Southern Smoke 29: Vote DJ Smallz [2006]-2006-raphustle.com.gif)
Cyne - Pretty Dark Things [2008]
Twista - Soft Buck Volume 1
Nappy Roots - The Humdinger [2008]
New Jersey Drive Soundtrack, Vol. 2 [1995]
The Cool Kids - That's Stupid The Mixtape [2008]
Skinny Boys - Weightless [1986]
Tyga - No Introduction [2008]
Shaya - Fallen Awake
W.I.S.E. Guyz - eF yoU eN Kay E [1989]
Trina - Still Da Baddest [2008]
Grave Plott - The Plott Thickens [2008]
Charles Hamilton - Outside Looking
40 Cal - The Yellow Tape [2008]
Scanz - Prelude To A Legacy [2008]
MJG - This Might Be The Day
Juicy J - Chronicles Of The Juice Man [2002]
The Legendary Traxster - The Return Of Gangsta Music [2008]
Plies - The Real Testament [2007]
Portishead - Third [2008]
What will McCain do next? Call on Lil Wayne to perform “Lollipop” as a shout out to the confectioners union? This is truly as bad as Obama accepting an endorsement from Lil Jon while telling the audience of high school kids to get their “skeet skeet” on.
It is obvious that NO ONE in McCain’s inner circle has a clue when it comes to youth oriented cultural issues. Look at the track record: Daddy Yankee, the Britney and Paris Hilton ad, the cluelessness about the internet.
Or maybe look at the names of a few tracks such as "Puerto Rico Mafia," "69," "Strip Tease," "N*gga What What," and "Gata Gangster."
Street Legends is a "greatest hits" mixtape from Oakland, California duo Zion I. Guest artists include Grouch, Mac Dre, San Quinn, Turf Talk, Casual, Aceyalone, Pep Love and Talib Kweli. I was already familiar with some of the tracks, such as "The Bay [Remix Version]" and "Bird's Eye View." With 25 tracks, this mixtape gave me the opportunity to examine more of their work.
Heltah Skeltah was one of the most potent groups within the Boot Camp Click crew that seemed to be at its strongest in the mid to late 1990s. Fellow crew members included Black Moon and the Originoo Gunn Clappaz.
This was released back when Twista was known as "Tung Twista." Vocally, Twista circa 1992 sounds very much like Twista circa 2008, but with a bit of reggae flare. Lyrically, it's a whole different ball game. This album doesn't focus on guns, women and weed. Instead, the album focuses primarily on braggadocious boasts about the greatness of Twista's rap skills. Sonically, the beats sound like generic beats from early 1990's hip-hop.
For the most part, Illustrious presents tales of street life. Big Noyd repeatedly talks about his guns and money. These general themes are apparent in the song titles alone: "Snitches," "Ghetto," and "Money Talk." The album includes guest appearances by Joell Ortiz and 40 Glocc. 
This is a funky little hip hop gem. "What Up Man" starts off the EP with a track composed primarily of human-produced beats, including a voice repeatedly saying "bass" and "clap." As the song says, "did you know I made this beat with my mouth and a bell / Just an FYI." The rest of the beats provide a consistent amount of boom-bap funk.
After all of the back and forth about the controversy surrounding the album's title, I was concerned that I would be underwhelmed by the actual music. If anything, I was under-prepared. Nas brought it.
Fatt Father hails from Detroit, which is apparent in his lyrics as he states that he'll ride for the D, argues that Proof of D-12 did not instigate the incident that led to his death, and indicates that he wants to get Swifty McVeigh of D-12 to stop drinking.
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