Qwel, The Rubber Duckie Experiment (2002) “I might just murder my third person,” says Qwel on The Rubber Duckie Experiment. A forthright MC from Chicago…
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Category: Reviews
D-Styles, Phantazmagorea
D-Styles, Phantazmagorea (2002) With song titles like “John Wayne on Acid” and “Smorgasbord of Sodomy,” Phantazmagorea commutes Beat Junkie and former Skratch Pikl D-Styles’ outrageously…
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Mr. Lif, I Phantom
Mr. Lif, I Phantom (2002) I Phantom is a conceptual satire starring an everyman (or “phantom”) caught up in events beyond his control. Opening with…
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Alias, The Other Side of the Looking Glass
Alias, The Other Side of the Looking Glass (2002) The Other Side of the Looking Glass is a modest, occasionally dispiriting journey into Alias’ introspection,…
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Eminem, The Eminem Show
Eminem, The Eminem Show (2002) The Eminem Show is the aural equivalent of someone reciting his own press clippings. Eminem unsubtly rehashes his tabloid exploits…
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The Roots, Phrenology
The Roots, Phrenology (2002) Much like 19th century scientists studied the shape of a person’s brain in a hapless attempt to determine the extent of…
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Buck 65, Man Overboard
Buck 65, Man Overboard (2001) At the heart of Buck 65’s Man Overboard, the first from the Canadian MC’s extensive catalog to earn widespread American…
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2Mex, B Boys in Occupied Mexico
2Mex, B Boys in Occupied Mexico (2001) 2Mex’s B Boys in Occupied Mexico is, in his own parlance, “humble in the style of the day.”…
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Dilated Peoples, Expansion Team
Dilated Peoples, Expansion Team (2001) Last year, Dilated Peoples — MC/producer Evidence, MC Iriscience, and DJ/producer Babu — weathered mixed reviews of their debut album,…
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Cannibal Ox, The Cold Vein
Cannibal Ox, The Cold Vein (2001) The Cold Vein is a collaboration between Harlemites Vast Aire and Vordul and former Company Flow rapper/producer El-P. The…
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