Features
Tuesday, December 15 2009
The Best Hip-Hop of 2009
2009 was the Year of the Comeback, filled with powerful storytelling, dense lyricism, and sprawling departures.
Saturday, December 23 2006
Best Albums of 2006
At long last, the annual rite of passage, the "best of" list... Here's PopMatters picks for the best 60 records of 2006.
Friday, December 15 2006
Best Hip-Hop of 2006
Quentin Huff's top-ten list of mixtapers, hustlers, protesters, emcees, and self-proclaimed kings finds hip-hop very much alive and well in 2006.
Reviews
Thursday, January 13 2011
Ghostface Killah: Apollo Kids
After releasing an R&B album to a righteously mixed reception in 2009, Ghostface returns to the bare essentials of hip-hop for Apollo Kids in a bid to win back the audience he dared to lose.
Thursday, October 15 2009
Ghostface Killah: Ghostdini: Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City
Ghostface Killah proves once again he’s one of the most talented MCs in hip-hop, with an album mixing R&B nearly seamlessly with his typically dark sense of humor.
Tuesday, August 4 2009
Ghostface Killah + DOME: 24 June 2009 - Sydney
It was clear that the Wu-Tang connection was what had lured most of the audience to this show.
Thursday, July 9 2009
Method Man and Redman: Blackout! 2
Method and Red don't recapture lightning in a bottle, but Blackout! 2 gives their patient fans a solid disc of party anthems ten years later.
Wednesday, January 7 2009
Ghostface Killah: GhostDeini the Great
The Wu-Tang Clan’s most consistent member looks back at a magical solo career on this fun yet uneven collection of hits, remixes and rarities.
