House, R&B, Soul & Rap > West Coast Rap House, R&B, Soul & Rap > Rap > East Coast Rap > 1990 to 1999 > 5 GBP to 10 GBP

Advantages: Good Rapper but his Disadvantages make him seem like a copycat
Disadvantages: Trying to be Tupac, Delibratly sounding like Tupac and using his style of delivering his words.

...me with a album called Res-sa-rec-shun as lots of fans thought tupac faked his death, and people got question is this tupac, personally i thought it was mocking tupacs name. This all helped Blac Haze into the industry tho. i cant deny it, Blac Haze is a good rapper, but he is clearly trying to be tupac. ... Read review

Advantages: everything! excellent rap style
Disadvantages: this misses one track

...not bad 8/10 06 - Blood Brothers: The Gravediggaz talking about how they are like blood brothers and and themselves growing up. good beat, more lyrics about death and and killing in this one. 9/10 07 - 360 Questions: only 33 Seconds, but a funny lil skit, people asking mental questions "yo Rza, how many bites it take to chew your f*cking arm off?". il give it an 8/10 for beign a skit . 08 - 1-800 SUICIDE: my favourite track, great beat to it, ...
...its good. 15 - 6 Feet Deep: The last "real" track now, starts off with different people speaking, lots of weird noise, then some strange music. Not the best track, im not very keen on the music and the lyrical style. 7/10 16 - Rest In Peace (Outro): a 2 minute track, loud music, not really continous lyrics, just Rza is shouting things and the name's of the Gravediggaz. Also the names of the other tracks, its not bad, but it is an Outro, so not ... Read review

Advantages: Jaw-Dropping Lyricism, Awesome Subject Matter, Outstanding Production
Disadvantages: TOO Many Skits, some weaker production

...album, and he does with Beneath the Surface, in 1999... Track List & Rating 1. Intro (NOT RATED) 2. Amplified Sample (5 Stars) 3. Beneath The Surface f/ Killah Priest (5 Stars) 4. Skit #1 (NOT RATED) 5. Skit #2 (NOT RATED) 6. Crash Your Crew f/ Old Dirty Bastard (4 1/2 Stars) 7. Breaker, Breaker (5 Stars) 8. High Price, Small Reward f/ Masta Killa (4 1/2 Stars) 9. Hip-Hop Fury f/ Dreddy Kruger, Hell Raizah, and Royal Fam (4 1/2 Stars) 10. Skit #3 ...
...is a true introduction to Beneath the Surface. This leads right into the album's first track, the remarkably good "Amplified Sample". The loud bass drums and claps, and synthesizers kick off the opening track, which is a classic in my opinion. Gza's on-point multi-syllable flow, extremely complex and intelligent street lyricism, metaphors, similes, and wordplay explode on this track as Gza proves that he is one of the elite in rap music. Amazing ... Read review

Advantages: One of Bleek's best albums
Disadvantages: Still overshadowed by half the ROC

...('4 Da Fam, 1-900 Hustler, Coming of Age') - but this challenge is to hold an album down all on his own with few colabs. The tracklisting reads as: 1. What U Think Of That 2. I Won't Stop 3. Why U Wanna Hate For 4. Money Cash And Hoes 5. Fuck The Small Talk 6. NOW 7. You A Thud Nigga 8. Everybody 9. Who's Sleeping 10. Regular Cat 11. Stay Alive In NYC 12. I Love My Niggaz 13. Bleek's View 14. Pain In Da Ass 15. Love The Game 16. ...
...early 90's hiphop fan, those who grew up with the party, fun tracks but with a few subliminals thrown in then this album is for you. Production is what you would expect (a few gems, most cast-offs from ROC DJ's and producers.), however with the assistance of Beanie Sigel, NORE, Jay-Z, Ja Rule and Diamonds in da Ruff; it adds a lot more flavour to it. It possesses a grimy edge to it without leaving the mainstream, borderline commercial feel. The ... Read review

Advantages: Classic Hip Hop
Disadvantages: Nothing specific

Released in 1987, "Paid in Full" is the debut album from the legendary Hip Hop duo, Eric B. & Rakim. Until recently, when I educated myself on this musical genre, and the progression which it had made over the years, I knew very little about this pair, other than hearing one of the tracks from this album, "I Know You Got Soul", on a couple of occassions, but I beleive that after hearing the whole album through, you understand its signficance for ...
...record. The rapper, Rakim, and DJ, Eric B. were groundbreaking in what they presented with this album, and their partnership effortlessly combines great production (consisting mainly of Soul and Funk samples), and amazingly complex lyrics. 1. "I Ain't No Joke" Here's a huge way to kick the album off as it begins with such a quality tune, in order to give you a strong impression of where Eric B. & Rakim will take you through these ten tracks. You ... Read review