Lee Henderson

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50 Cent: The Massace: Special Edition [CD/DVD]

Fiddy's no Brando, he probably isn't even a Tupac, but he can do a good imitation of someone writing a rhyme on the decks of a production studio or looking out the window of a tour van.

Lee Henderson

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AZ: A.W.O.L.

AZ is a ninja-Zorro-pirate-samurai-Neo-Tony Montana-Shaft-ass mofo on the mic, for serious!"

Lee Henderson

Music

Young Jeezy: Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101

Guess Who's Bizzack! Young Jeezy blazed the mix tape scene. His Def Jam debut proves Jay-Z knows how to treat his 'new bitch, corporate America'.

Lee Henderson

Music

Tony Yayo: Thoughts of a Predicate Felon

These big-budget CDs are interesting for the same reasons we go see the summer blockbuster: to check out this year's latest special effects introduced in basically the same story we watched last summer.

Lee Henderson

Music

They Shoot Horses Don't They

This band is better than every other band on earth, even if you combined all the other bands on earth into one gigantic band -- this band would still be better than that band.' Yet another Canadian collective claims a young writer's heart.

Lee Henderson

Music

B.G.: Heart of tha Streetz Vol. 1

At his best B. Gizzle is the Dirty South's anti-Robocop machine.

Lee Henderson

Music

Beanie Sigel: The B. Coming

This is another insanely over-produced rap record for old people who still want gangsta but none of the loudness associated with it.

Lee Henderson

Music

Daedelus: Exquisite Corpse

Daedelus, the humble producer, is way more impressive than he realizes, and this album is almost proof.

Lee Henderson

Music

The Ying Yang Twins: United States of Atlanta

The Ying Yang Twins are filthy misogynistic geniuses, and their new record is their most derivative and brilliant yet.

Lee Henderson

Music

Subtle: A New White

Anticon draws its rock influences to the surface of its hip-hop stream, as Doseone and bandmates create the first post-rock rap record, a landmark debut that went unnoticed last year.

Lee Henderson

Music

Gruf: Hopeless

The Canadian North has microphone fiends, and producers gone grime, and you ain't heard of that?"

Lee Henderson

Music

Do or Die: D.O.D.

Do or Die follow their younger Chicago colleagues, Twista and Kanye West, into the American limelight with this impressive but lousily packaged new record.

Lee Henderson

Music

The Lumberjacks: The Goodie Mob Presents... Livin' Life as Lumberjacks

The Goodie Mob try the power of positive thinking to deal with the loss of another member, compelling the remaining two MCs to pose under the beard of the Lumberjacks and release an album that works hard but not especially well.

Lee Henderson

Music

Thomas Fehlmann: Lowflow

Ambient in the age of Prefuse 73 sees Orb collaborator Thomas Fehlmann working the clicks & cuts into impressive sonic smokescapes to achieve an album that struggles to attain solidity in a genre that sees too much ephemera.

Lee Henderson

Music

UGK: Chopped & Screwed

You think being chopped and screwed doesn't sound like a good time? Listen again...

Lee Henderson

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Fiddy's no Brando, he probably isn't even a Tupac, but he can do a good imitation of someone writing a rhyme on the decks of a production studio or looking out the window of a tour van.

AZ is a ninja-Zorro-pirate-samurai-Neo-Tony Montana-Shaft-ass mofo on the mic, for serious!"

Guess Who's Bizzack! Young Jeezy blazed the mix tape scene. His Def Jam debut proves Jay-Z knows how to treat his 'new bitch, corporate America'.

These big-budget CDs are interesting for the same reasons we go see the summer blockbuster: to check out this year's latest special effects introduced in basically the same story we watched last summer.

Why can't the Pharcyde be funny?"

This band is better than every other band on earth, even if you combined all the other bands on earth into one gigantic band -- this band would still be better than that band.' Yet another Canadian collective claims a young writer's heart.

At his best B. Gizzle is the Dirty South's anti-Robocop machine.

This is another insanely over-produced rap record for old people who still want gangsta but none of the loudness associated with it.

Daedelus, the humble producer, is way more impressive than he realizes, and this album is almost proof.

The Ying Yang Twins are filthy misogynistic geniuses, and their new record is their most derivative and brilliant yet.

Anticon draws its rock influences to the surface of its hip-hop stream, as Doseone and bandmates create the first post-rock rap record, a landmark debut that went unnoticed last year.

The Canadian North has microphone fiends, and producers gone grime, and you ain't heard of that?"

Do or Die follow their younger Chicago colleagues, Twista and Kanye West, into the American limelight with this impressive but lousily packaged new record.

The Goodie Mob try the power of positive thinking to deal with the loss of another member, compelling the remaining two MCs to pose under the beard of the Lumberjacks and release an album that works hard but not especially well.

Ambient in the age of Prefuse 73 sees Orb collaborator Thomas Fehlmann working the clicks & cuts into impressive sonic smokescapes to achieve an album that struggles to attain solidity in a genre that sees too much ephemera.

You think being chopped and screwed doesn't sound like a good time? Listen again...