conscious hip hop
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Despite some structural shortcomings, Guns is a great work of politically-charged jazz rap.
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With sick flows and a versatile delivery, J.I.D’s latest effort is one of the rawest and most lyrically refined rap albums of the year.
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Dirty Computer is Janelle Monáe’s poppiest album to date, as well as her most deeply sexual and political.
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Vacation in Hell has its share of great songs, but many of the deep cuts find the Zombies punching below their weight.
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The Mississippi quadruple threat is back with an epic double album that puts him at a new level.
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New York rapper/producer Uncommon Nasa explores potently nocturnal and political themes on his 4th studio album, Written at Night.
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Rapsody releases her most solid project to date with the smart, classy, and catchy Laila’s Wisdom.
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Brick Body Kids is Open Mike Eagle at his most low-key, but it’s also his most cohesive and emotionally potent work so far.
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On their third studio album Renaissance, The Underachievers still have great fundamentals and chemistry, but much of the time it sounds like they’re on autopilot.
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The new Common album looked as if it would be a fresh perspective on the race relations in America, but it barely scratches the surface of the divides that have made so much press over the past few years.
