Hardcore Hip Hop
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The stalwart West Coast rapper-producer drops a surprise record that is clearly made for full-time fun. Move on if you are hoping for a tour-de-force.
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One of the most dangerous duos in hip hop history, with a bible on cocaine, came back with an effort that is “hot” and “culturally inappropriate”.
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“All I ever wanted was a black Grand National / Fuck being rational, give them what they asked for!”
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Marshall Mathers’s latest album is an outdated, edgy, gruelling mess of a midlife crisis album. At least his technical skills are as sharp as ever.
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Most rap beefs are made of disparaging comments to discredit the target. What about disses about why the target represents societal problems?
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Without the standards set by Nas, hip hop would not be seen as an epic tale about the lives of young Black Americans in the post-War on Drugs period.
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It’s weird, it’s confrontational, it’s fun. It’s a bricolage of what makes the two artists’ style utterly awesome no matter its bombastity.
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A lyrical Malcom X-core evisceration in its messaging with an avant-chipmunk soul production to throw you off-guard. (4.4/5)
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