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Buy Now	All Eyez on Me (more) »rank: 3525 by: 2Pac : essential recording:Simultaneously serving as both endless fodder for intellectual debates and the album most likely to be blaring out of the adjacent car's window, All Eyez on Me is a phenomenon that packs a wallop with every listen. Unquestionably the most nihilistic album to top the Billboard charts--and it's doubtful that any will match it--Eyez also manages to dish out the good-times dance tunes and still flow seamlessly. Recording commenced within hours of Tupac Shakur's release from prison, and a year's worth of pent-up ideas are unleashed with a fury akin to lifting the lid on a box of plutonium. The line ...	Buy Now	Elephunk (more) »rank: 4802 by: Black Eyed Peas :Album Description:Includes the bonus track Something For That Us. :Black Eyed Peas have at times been accused of sounding too Tribe for their own good, but this time out Will.i.am and crew have consciously expanded their horizons. Problem is, perhaps they've tried too hard. As the title suggests, Elephunk borrows from every single element of funk known to man and (with the exception of the one straight-out rock & roll track, 'Anxiety') tries to cram them all into a semi-hip-hop format. While such willingness to experiment is admirable, in this case the attempt comes off as slightly desperate and too diffuse. Elephunk settles ...
Buy Now	Black Sunday (more) »rank: 6094 by: Cypress Hill :Album Details:Limited Digipack Release :If a case can be made for gangsta rap, Cypress Hill is the act to make it. The trio of L.A. Latinos has the commercial clout and its raps are mercifully free of the misogyny, homophobia, and anti-Asian, anti-Jewish racism that so often mars the genre. Member/producer D.J. Muggs creates an eerily lean soundscape of whining sirens, off-kilter funk rhythms, metallic percussion, nasal taunts, and gruff warnings that's the aural equivalent of today's nerve-rattling cop flicks and mob movies. --Geoffrey Himes	Buy Now	White Van Music (more) »rank: 14413 by: Jake One : :Seattle super producer steps from behind the boards to present his own debut. Polishing his production chops over the last decade, Jake One has crafted musical soundscapes for everyone from De La Soul to 50 Cent. Featuring an engaging cast of emerging underground artists, as well as some of hip-hop's most respected mainstream acts, Jake One's release will blur the line between underground and hip-hop, just as his stellar production career has. Appearances by MF Doom, Brother Ali, Young Buck, Busta Rhymes, Alchemist, Prodigy, Keak Da Sneak, and more.
Buy Now	LAX [Deluxe Edition] (more) »rank: 6498 by: The Game :Album Description:Deluxe Edition. Explicit Version. The Game returns with his third and supposedly last CD LAX. Keisha Cole is featured on the lead off track 'Game's Pain.' Other guests include Ice Cube, Raekwon, Ludacris, Bilal and Raheem DeVaughn, appearing on 'State of Emergency,' 'Bulletproof Diaries,' 'Cali Sunshine' and 'Touchdown,' respectively. Cool & Dre, Irv Gotti, Nottz, J.R. Rotem, Scott Storch, DJ Toomp, Hi-Tek and Kanye West lend their production efforts to the album. This deluxe edition comes expanded packaging and artwork.	Buy Now	Doggystyle (more) »rank: 3784 by: Snoop Doggy Dogg :Album Description:Death Row Records. Digitally remastered, repackaged & enhanced classic. Enhanced portion features the classic video What's My Name. Packaged in a jewel box in a slipcase. 2001 reissue. :Produced by the infamous Dr. Dre with assistance from Mr. Suge Knight, Doggy Style was the first solo outing by Calvin Broadus a.k.a. Snoop Doggy Dog. Incorporating a straight gangsta vibe into the deep funk grooves pioneered by George Clinton and his Parliament-Funkadelic ensemble, Snoop and Dre dogmatically invent the 'G-Funk' aesthetic. Espousing an irreverent dope, bitches, and guns mentality, Doggy Style garnered the Parental Advisory for explicit lyrics it sorely deserved. Still, Snoop's ...
Buy Now	Me Against the World (more) »rank: 3661 by: 2Pac : essential recording:The gruesome details surrounding Tupac's third solo offering are enough to give any music fan the willies. Released when Tupac was in jail serving time for a rape conviction and just after his recovery from being shot-up gangland-style at a recording studio, this was his most introspective piece of work to date. The heavy-hearted album opens up with a radio commentary describing the circumstances surrounding his shooting, and then plunges headfirst into Pac's infatuation with death. 'So Many Tears,' 'Death Around the Corner,' and 'If I Die 2Nite' are all dark, eerily prophetic tunes that lend credence to widespread theories which ...	Buy Now	Cypress Hill (more) »rank: 12144 by: Cypress Hill : :Led by the deep-toned Sen Dog and the deliciously adenoidal whine of B-Real and backed by DJ Muggs's beats--as thick as the smoke they inhaled--Cypress Hill spun dope-fueled tales of revenge, revolution, recreational drug use, gangbanging, and cultural pride. Like R. Crumb's Mr. Natural, but with a hardened voice and a B-boy attitude, Cypress Hill slow-walked their funk-flavored way through a minefield of anthems (the still sizzling 'How I Could Just Kill a Man') and comic manifestos ('Stoned Is the Way of the Walk'). Heavy on the bass line and punctuated by flashes of wit and rage, Cypress Hill's joint was definitely one ...
Buy Now	Acid Reflex (more) »rank: 31423 by: Paris :Album Description:2008 release, a election-year album from one of the most politically potent and respected artists in Hip Hop history. Paris is also known for his production including projects from Public Enemy, George Clinton, Eryka Badu, dead prez, KRS One, Tha Dogg Pound and many others. Acid Reflex features guest appearances from P.E. and George Clinton. 15 tracks.	Buy Now	Ego Trippin' (more) »rank: 4129 by: Snoop Dogg :Album Description:AS A MEGA-SUCCESSFUL RECORDING ARTIST, PRODUCER AND ACTOR, SNOOP DOGG HAS CARVED OUT A PERMANENT PLACE IN POP CULTURE AND MUSICAL HISTORY AS HIP HOP'S ULTIMATE WORDSMITH AND MOST COMPELLING SUPERSTAR. THE HIP HOP LEGEND AND MULTI-PLATINUM ARTIST RETURNS WITH HIS NINTH SOLO LP, EGO TRIPPIN'. 'EGO TRIPPIN'' PRODUCTION BY TEDDY RILEY, PHARRELL AND MORE!