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Kidz in the Hall: School Was My HustleA nice piece of unassuming true school hip-hop. [18 December 2006] 
Jim Jones: Hustlers P.O.M.E. (Product Of My Environment)At its core, Dipset is about quantity over quality. When Jim Jones raps, it's more quantity than quality. [12 December 2006] 
Mobb Deep: Life of the Infamous [DVD]They got you stuck off the realness. And then what? [30 November 2006] BeckBeck and his band are upstaged by stylized facsimiles of themselves, but, puppets aside, other parts of the show also divert attention from its star. Is the great "Loser" getting tired of himself? [22 November 2006] 
Too Short: Blow the WhistleThere's nothing new or surprising here, but album number 15 is good enough to justify album number 20. Beeeitch! [14 November 2006] 
The Juggaknots: Use Your ConfusionTen years later, 10 years older, but still as fresh as ever. [30 October 2006] 
Various Artists: Underground Hip-Hop Volume 4A compilation whose name says everything (and nothing). [16 October 2006] 
DJ Kayslay and Greg Street: The Champions: The North Meets The SouthThis tape is weak, but Shaq is back! [11 October 2006] 
DJ Kurupt: Koch Records: Summer Heat - The MixtapeGood things on the horizon from rap's refugee camp. [5 October 2006] 
Motion Man: Pablitos WayMotion Man excels by expanding his boundaries without throwing them out entirely. [4 October 2006] 
DJ Khaled: Listennn… the AlbumHeavyweight Miami DJ gets his hometown the attention it deserves. [7 September 2006] 
Purple City: The Purple AlbumFor rappers this bad to sell that much, somebody had to work their ass off. [28 July 2006] |
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