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Buy Now	Angles Without Edges (more) »rank: 100888 by: Yesterdays New Quintet	Buy Now	Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump (more) »rank: 101155 by: De La Soul :Album Description:Features guest appearances by Redman-'Oooh', Chaka Khan-'All Good', Beastie Boys-'Squat', Busta Rhymes-'I.C. Y' All', and Tash & J-Ro of the Alkaholiks and Xzibit on 'My Writes' and much more. Packaged in a Digipak. (Tommy Boy Records) :The first of their three-album Art Official Intelligence series, Mosaic Thump is a likable album, full of inspired moments. It's also the closest thing De La Soul have ever come to making a less-than-stunning LP. Maybe it's the contemporary production style that weakens songs like 'U Can Do' and 'I C Ya'll.' Maybe it's the (far too) many cameos by bigwigs like Busta Rhymes ...
Buy Now	The Gathering (more) »rank: 90963 by: The Living Legends : :Each song in this new collection features every MC on every track, and it's definitely the most fully realized and well-crafted batch since the group's inception. Led by a socially conscious anthem for peace, the LA via San Francisco area crew are doing their civic duty, while not forgetting to move the crowd with heavy bangers, catchy hooks, and fire-spitting verses, celebrating all of their true roots. This is a precursor to the full-length coming in late 2008.	Buy Now	Both Sides of the Brain (more) »rank: 38512 by: Del tha Funkee Homosapien : :Each song in this new collection features every MC on every track, and it's definitely the most fully realized and well-crafted batch since the group's inception. Led by a socially conscious anthem for peace, the LA via San Francisco area crew are doing their civic duty, while not forgetting to move the crowd with heavy bangers, catchy hooks, and fire-spitting verses, celebrating all of their true roots. This is a precursor to the full-length coming in late 2008.
Buy Now	High Society (more) »rank: 18487 by: Kottonmouth Kings : :Kottonmouth Kings are the one-issue voters of hip-hop, eloquently answering the question of just how many ways a single crew can rap the praises of marijuana. Their second album, High Society, is as redolent of smoke as the stoners' van in the movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Over jumping electro-funk-rock tracks, the Kings celebrate the possibility of legalization ('Peace Not Greed'), home gardening ('Good as Gold'), the munchies ('Here We Go Again'), and even hazily mislaying a smoke ('The Joint'). Uh, what were we talking about? --Rickey Wright	Buy Now	Tha Hall of Game (more) »rank: 47670 by: E-40 : :Kottonmouth Kings are the one-issue voters of hip-hop, eloquently answering the question of just how many ways a single crew can rap the praises of marijuana. Their second album, High Society, is as redolent of smoke as the stoners' van in the movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Over jumping electro-funk-rock tracks, the Kings celebrate the possibility of legalization ('Peace Not Greed'), home gardening ('Good as Gold'), the munchies ('Here We Go Again'), and even hazily mislaying a smoke ('The Joint'). Uh, what were we talking about? --Rickey Wright
Buy Now	Soundbombing, Vol. 2 (more) »rank: 57350 by: Various Artists : :As the home of Black Star and Company Flow, Rawkus has made a name for itself as the label for any late-1990s discerning hip-hop fan. But DJs have come to know Rawkus as the home of some of the underground's best singles--tracks that were available only on vinyl until the label started the Soundbombing series. Soundbombing II opens with Beat Junkies J-Rocc and Babu working their magic on Eminem's 'Any Man'--and while it's a strong track from the wack-minded MC, it's clear that the men behind the wheels of steel are hosting this party. That's not to imply that the MCs ...	Buy Now	Disturbia (more) »rank: 37240 by: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack : :As the home of Black Star and Company Flow, Rawkus has made a name for itself as the label for any late-1990s discerning hip-hop fan. But DJs have come to know Rawkus as the home of some of the underground's best singles--tracks that were available only on vinyl until the label started the Soundbombing series. Soundbombing II opens with Beat Junkies J-Rocc and Babu working their magic on Eminem's 'Any Man'--and while it's a strong track from the wack-minded MC, it's clear that the men behind the wheels of steel are hosting this party. That's not to imply that the MCs ...
Buy Now	Genesis (more) »rank: 92142 by: Busta Rhymes : :Arguably the most idiosyncratic MC in contemporary rap, Busta Rhymes flaunts his musical genius on his J Records debut. 'Break Ya Neck,' an uptempo headbanger produced by the good Dr. Dre, features Busta flipping his trademark rapid-fire delivery over some postmodern beats. The Neptunes lace Busta with some spacey heat-seeking rhythm tracks on 'What It Is,' featuring Kelis, while on 'As I Come Back' Busta unleashes some potent dungeon-dragon roars and Jamaican-patois-inflected rhymes. Pedigreed knob twiddlers Pete Rock and Diamond D drop by to provide the dreadlocked wonder with some crisp beats and the first lady of the Flipmode Squad, Rah ...	Buy Now	Beyond the Spectrum: The Creamy Spy Chronicles (more) »rank: 68555 by: Digable Planets : : It's not clear why they didn't just call this a 'greatest hits' compilation since it so clearly is one. That said, it does a decent job of pulling out the best songs from the DP's two mid-90s albums (though one should ask: can a two-album group really qualify for 'greatest hits' status?). The seminal 'Rebirth of Slick' is on here, as are other slices of jazzy mellowness from Reachin', like 'Nickel Bags' and 'Dial 7.' It's good to see how much material is here from the underrated Blowout Comb, which features superior musical and lyrical material such as the deliciously ...