Spins
Kiss The Prime Minister With That Mouth?
Holy Fuck Holy Fuck (Dependent) In a lot of ways, Holy Fuck’s debut album begs to be attacked. Ignore the stupid name, and focus instead on the we’re-so-indie-it-hurts decision to forgo making electronic music with the genre’s usual high-end technology, and use live drums and kitschy, toy store keyboards and percussion. Be sure to stamp […]
Ying Yang, Thank You Mam
Ying Yang Twins U.S.A. Still United (TVT) Jesters of the Court-A-Crunk milk U.S.A. yet again. Might as well.
Tricked Out
Trick-Trick The People Vs. (Motown) D-Town MC was unhappy about his December 27th release date; he’s lucky Motown Records went ahead with this stillborn album.
Korn CD Review
Korn See You On The Other Side (Virgin) Nu metal pioneers sell their soul to Avril Lavigne’s songwriters.
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.
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