Spins
Unbroken
Mary J. Blige The Breakthrough (Geffen) Hip-hop might be the worst thing for the reigning queen of R&B.
Juelz Santana CD Review
Juelz Santana What The Game’s Been Missing (Diplomats/Def Jam) Diplomats MC has the scratch to break his gangsta mold, just needs the sense.
Lowry CD Review
Lowry Awful Joy (OddMob) East Village troubador goes after Donovan-esque psych-folk, ends up with more Americana than he knows what to do with.
Rimming
Longshot Civil War, Pt. 2 (EV/Risky Bizness) Chicago MC rounds up the city for ambitious documentary/ mixtape/manifesto.
Shakira Fu!
Shakira Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 (Epic) Colombian pop princess unveils English-language counterpart to the summer’s FijacÃon.
Crazy Like A Foxx
Jamie Foxx Unpredictable (J) O.K., so nothing could be more predictable than Jamie Foxx’s choice of R&B, but c’mon: at least he’s not Jennifer Lopez.
Youth Of America
Young People Five Sunsets In Four Days (Too Pure) Former Touch And Go/Dim Mak property find their inner Rid Of Me.
Carter Administration
Lil Wayne Tha Carter II (Cash Money/Universal) Katrina’s recorded impact, if for a moment.
Parselmouths
The Deadly Snakes Porcelia (In The Red) Last time I checked in with The Deadly Snakes, they’d widened their approach, but still seemed the kind of folks who’d just assume spit in your hand as shake it.
Falling behind
Lagwagon Resolve (Fat Wreck Chords) Suicide of a former drummer causes SoCal punks to mull their history.
Do The Hussle
Tony Hussle Sexy, Freaky, Electric (Reprise) The biggest problem with P-Funk and Prince is their offspring: you don’t know who’s cheating and who’s genuinely funked in the head.
Close The Curtain
Eminem Curtain Call – The Hits (Interscope) It doesn’t take too long to realize some of Eminem’s biggest hits were his worst songs.
Gira’d up for Akron
Angels Of Light & Akron/Family Akron/Family & Angels Of Light (Young God) Proof you can get away with just about anything musically as long as you occasionally sing as a choir.
Curk Kirkwood solo
Curt Kirkwood Snow (Little Dog) When Kurt Cobain invited the Kirkwoods on Nirvana’s “MTV Unplugged” session, 10 years of indie cred bubbled on screen. Where has it gone?
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