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Eardrum
Talib Kweli
09.28.2007 | Author: Travis Larrier

Amidst a detached fan base that was on the verge of writing him off for good, Talib Kweli, the rapper’s rapper, comes back with a strong effort with his latest offering Eardrum. The 20-track album is filled with individual songs that are, for the most part, solid and the emcee’s best since Train of Thought. It is the art of making an individual song, a “banger” if you will, that Talib has strived to...

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Eardrum | Talib Kweli
09.28.2007
 Ratings: 3.5 | 4.0
Amidst a detached fan base that was on the verge of writing him off for good, Talib Kweli, the rapper’s rapper, comes back with a strong effort with his...
Beat Konducta In India | Madlib
09.24.2007
 Ratings: 3.5 | 4.0
Madlib’s next installment of the Beat Konducta does not fail. He takes the tiny hairs in your ears that transmit sound to the brain on a journey to...
Finding Forever | Common
08.22.2007
 Ratings: 4.0 | 4.0
In today’s music industry, it’s all about now – you are only as hot as your last single. Enter Common with a different goal in mind: To make timeless...
Dr. No's Oxperiment | Oh No
08.21.2007
 Ratings: 4.0 | 4.0
The creative use of the sample will (or should) forever be hip hop’s musical trademark, its creative calling card. The looping and use of other’s...
Desire | Pharoahe Monch
07.13.2007
 Ratings: 5.0 | 4.5
After a lengthy 8 year hiatus, emcee extraordinaire Pharoahe Monch has finally returned with the long awaited follow up to his celebrated solo...
I Am | Chrisette Michele
07.13.2007
 Ratings: 3.5 | 3.5
Gather round boys and girls the story of relationships, life, love and happiness has been put to music for your listening pleasure. Has she...
The War LP | Waajeed
07.11.2007
 Ratings: 4.0 | 3.5
Waajeed has an answer to the tired debate about what to do or where to take hip hop: Blow the whole damn thing up. The War L.P. does just that...
Port Authority | Marco Polo
07.09.2007
 Ratings: 3.5 | 3.0
Port Authority, the second release from Toronto-born producer Marco Polo, is not for the weak at heart. No, this is not an album for the casual Hip...
The Calm Before The Storm | Khalil
07.08.2007
 Ratings: 3.0 | 3.0
It's rare when you come across an album with as much focus on a message as Khalil's The Calm Before The Storm and it's...
El Camino | Adriana Evans
07.03.2007
 Ratings: 3.5 | 4.0
Born and raised in San Francisco, singer/songwriter Adriana Evans is possibly one of the most slept on female soul artists in contemporary...
Desire
 Pharoahe Monch
07.13.2007
 Ratings: 5.0 | 4.5
I Am
 Chrisette Michele
07.13.2007
 Ratings: 3.5 | 3.5
Finding Forever
 Common
08.22.2007
 Ratings: 4.0 | 4.0
The War LP
 Waajeed
07.11.2007
 Ratings: 4.0 | 3.5
Beat Konducta In India
 Madlib
09.24.2007
 Ratings: 3.5 | 4.0
Dr. No's Oxperiment
 Oh No
08.21.2007
 Ratings: 4.0 | 4.0
El Camino
 Adriana Evans
07.03.2007
 Ratings: 3.5 | 4.0
Eardrum
 Talib Kweli
09.28.2007
 Ratings: 3.5 | 4.0
The Calm Before The Storm
 Khalil
07.08.2007
 Ratings: 3.0 | 3.0
Port Authority
 Marco Polo
07.09.2007
 Ratings: 3.5 | 3.0
Hip Hop Lives
 Krs-One & Marley Marl
06.01.2007
 Ratings: 3.5 | 3.0
Play With The Changes
 4 Hero
06.01.2007
 Ratings: 4.0 | 3.0
The Return of the Magnificent
DJ Jazzy Jeff
06.01.2007
 Ratings: 3.5 | 3.0
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