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Illmatic
Nas
Sony
Sony
Nasir Jones made this debut album at the age of 20, already armed with the calm perceptiveness and been-there-done-that attitude of a much older ghetto vet, though sometimes his inner callow youth shows itself. Illmatic is a look back at a life...
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American Gangster
Jay-Z
Roc-A-Fella
Roc-A-Fella
An unofficial musical companion to the film of the same name (dir. Ridley Scott), American Gangster traces the rise and fall of a self-made American man. Sound tired? Perhaps, but a dozen albums into his career, Jay-Z can be forgiven his...
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Gorillaz
Gorillaz
Virgin Records Us
Virgin Records Us
The Gorillaz claim to have found their motley crew of cartoon characters sleeping in Leicester Square, but Blur's Damon Albarn (a.k.a. 2-D) and cult cartoonist Jamie Hewlett (Murdoc) aren't fooling anyone. As the ultimate experiment in manufactured...
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The Real Testament
Plies
Atlantic / Wea
Atlantic / Wea
I'm not tryin' to impress anyone on how hard my struggle was, or how messed up the conditions were where I came from,' says Plies. I feel like most of the people in my situation come from the same type of background, the same type of...
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The Score
Fugees (Refugee Camp)
Sony
Sony
Their remake of "Killing Me Softly" was the hit, but that's only the beginning of the story. A hip-hop trio whose talents reach out into the world of the pop song (Wyclef Jean is a fine guitar player, and Lauryn Hill's a heck of a singer), the...
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Back of My Lac
J. Holiday
OOP Really Sux
OOP Really Sux
J Holiday has some pimp in him, no doubt, and the late-disc track "Pimp In Me" isn't the only reason to think so: When this suavest of 2007's break-out crop of smooth R&B crooners isn't causing the ladies to swoon (check out "Bed," the radio hit...
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Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu, Erykah Badu
Motown
Motown
A true tour de force, Mama's Gun is that rare sophomore album that shows a maturing artist at her best. Erykah Badu's voice was always her main attraction--its unique sound has been compared to Billie Holiday and Chaka Khan. Here, it's her skill...
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Day26
Day26
Bad Boy
Bad Boy
America's favorite boy band - Brian, Will, Q, Mike, and Robert are back for another season of music, drama, and Diddy on MTV's hit reality series, "Making The Band 4". The new group, hand-picked by Diddy and collectively known as DAY26, is reunited...
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2001
Dr. Dre
Interscope Records
Interscope Records
Despite the number of guests on hand, Dr. Dre's decade-/century-/millennium-ending sequel to The Chronic is, like its predecessor, less a stack of posse cuts and more an elegantly seamless work from West Coast hip-hop's premier auteur....
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Black Star
Black Star, Mos Def, Talib Kweli
Rawkus / Umgd
Rawkus / Umgd
Even in hip-hop--a genre famous for auspicious debuts-- Black Star , the first album from the team of Mos Def and Talib Kweli, stands out. It's not just because these guys know their history (an update of Slick Rick's classic "Children's Story," a...
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