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Category Rock/Pop, Gospel, Contemporary R&B, R&B Product Description Charlie Wilson’s fourth album in eight years — his fourth consecutive release to feature his first name in the title — is his most modest and low-key set. Some listeners might bemoan the increasingly reserved nature of Wilson’s releases since the singer’s unexpected 2000s resurgence, but the [...]

  Category Rock/Pop, R&B, East Coast Rap, Rap Track Listing 01. French Montana – Once In Awhile Ft. Max B 02. French Montana - Trap House Ft. Birdman, Rick Ross 03. French Montana - Aint Worried About Nuthin 04. French Montana - Paranoid Ft. Young Cash 05. French Montana - When I Wan 06. French Montana - Fuck What Happens Tonight Ft. DJ Khaled, Mavado, [...]

Category Rock/Pop, R&B, Rap, Urban Soundtrack, Gangsta, West Coast Rap Product Description Too Short never had the skills or technique of LL Cool J or Big Daddy Kane, but what the Oakland rapper lacks in technique, he’s always more than made up for with irresistible, ’70s-inspired funk grooves that simply won’t quit. When Short — [...]

  Category Rock/Pop, R&B, Rap, East Coast Rap Product Description If Brooklyn rapper Talib Kweli really is a Prisoner of Conscious, as the title to his 2013 album suggests, then of course radio-aimed crossover numbers are the proper way to make a jailbreak, so bring on T-Pain and Weezy and start climbing those charts. Actually, [...]

    Category Rock/Pop, R&B, Reggae, Rap, East Coast Rap Product Description Go ahead and call it a comeback, since Eve’s previous effort was promised, and then shelved, back in 2007, but this quite worthwhile 2013 album is certainly no throwback or return to form. Instead, Lip Lock is thoroughly modern Eve as “Keep Me [...]

Category Rock/Pop, R&B, Rap, East Coast Rap Product Description As Havoc’s solo album 13 (his lucky number) landed on shelves and in download queues, the MC/beatmaker’s regular group Mobb Deep was “on hiatus,” plus, a “twitter war” was underway with his fellow Mobbster Prodigy. While this album was recorded in the days leading up to [...]

Category Rock/Pop, R&B, East Coast Rap, Rap Product Description When LL Cool J dubs his 2013 effort Authentic, the veteran rapper is referring to an album that’s authentically LL Cool J circa 2013, and not one that’s authentically hip-hop. That’s important to remember as the everything-but-the-kitchen-sink effort overflows with guests from every genre, like Public [...]

Category Rock/Pop, R&B, Rap, East Coast Rap Product Description Wu-Tang rapper Ghostface Killah is no stranger to the concept album, having just dropped the R&B pillow-talk effort Ghostdini the Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City in 2009, but Twelve Reasons to Die is something bigger, and better. Produced entirely by film composer Adrian Younge, this [...]

Category Rock/Pop, R&B, Contemporary R&B Product Description Seven of its 12 songs were co-written by Fantasia, so it’s a little surprising that the fourth album from the American Idol winner doesn’t bear a title like Here I Am or I, Fantasia. Nearly a decade removed from her nationally televised triumph, Fantasia’s not only contributing significantly [...]

Category Rock/Pop, R&B, Pop, Rap, Urban Soundtrack, East Coast Rap Product Description Returning with his sophomore solo album JUDGEMENT DAY, Johnny Blaze once again brings the pain, on a smashing collection of nineteen tracks. With the energy of a whirlwind and the fierceness of a hurricane, Method Man rips through tracks produced by Havoc (“Play [...]