No Love Deep Web continues Death Grips' death trip, and is another solid 47 minutes of artistic aggro.

What makes this record successful, is exactly what Lupe refused to do on "The Great American Rap Album:" make enjoyable songs first and spread a message second.

Usually an artist can try and re-create the album that gave him so much acclaim, or he can scrap everything and create something new and fresh, with the risk of alienating his fan base. P.O.S chose to do the latter with We Don't Even Live Here, but unlike many artists, he pulled it off without a hitch.

As a sequel to "The Greatest Story Never Told" some people will feel that it's not as good as the original, but as for this reviewer Saigon is still that dude who has something to say that's worth hearing.

Sean Price has rarely if ever lost a step and Mic Tyson is not going to be the time that he did.

He may be young and he may like to have fun, but he's also gotten depths of thoughtfulness that you don't have to dig deep for before they shine.

Ill Manors, depressing, blunt and provocative, fulfills one of rap music's most noble tasks--to touch the sore spots.

Until The Quiet Comes is another excellent album by one of the most interesting producers out there.

The Odd Future fam needs better quality control to stay relevant in 2013 and beyond.

There's a decade of depth to D. Swain that shows in every bar, note, and beat of this Payback, one which should hopefully give the music biz a big smack in the face.

Napalm is remarkably focused, not forsaking the established Xzibit sound but neither rehashing it.

Ali is a mess of contradictions, but his latest effort proves how well those contradictions work together. Mourning In America is another amazing album by Ali, hip-hop's best street preacher.

Making an album is a team game, and the end product isn't big enough, not quite as daring or bold as we may well have expected.

The biggest fault of Cruel Summer may be that it lacks a unifying voice or vision.

However challenging or confusing his rhymes can be, the songs still work with their combination of banging beats, rich lyricism, and twisted humor.

The debut was unexpectedly good and remains a classic. The official sequel to it was EXPECTED to be good and it is.

It's a historical artifact on an otherwise up-to-date album, one which is more important now that hip-hop needs a refresher on the essence of skills and the value of balancing the materialistic with the intellectual.

Antibalas' latest preserves the musical history of Fela Kuti, and is a hell of a good time.

This is, quite handily, so much of precisely "what is wrong with hip hop today"--tidily sequenced into an hour of mind numbing idiocy.

While the music is consistent and fairly unique in its murkiness, it's not particularly compelling and is a tad stale.

A mature performance over sleek, fresh production makes Life's Quest a pleasure.

Most of Let It Go is solid, but there are some skippable tracks.

Any fans of mainstream hip hop, probably wouldn't touch this with a 20 foot pole. But fans of Def Jux, Anticon, even some Rhymesayers will definitely see the appeal of Geti's lyricism and storytelling.

This album [is] unabashedly fun and very easy to listen to.

channel ORANGE is filled with brave music.

Apart from these misgivings [middle-core sequencing issues and "Nasty" not making the grade], it must be said that Nas has truly delivered.

"The Stoned Immaculate" is a perfect 2012 example of what I call hip-hop's Marijuana Mood Music era. Beautiful production through [sic] results in a gentle buzz, a mellow aural high that's relaxing and refreshing.

Buy it, enjoy it, and forget it. It's a fun bit of fluff.