Album Review: DJ Quik – The Book of David Chase McMullen·May 17, 2011Wait, DJ Quik just dropped a classic, in 2011? Any hip hop head is liable to toss Quik...Album Reviews
Album Review: Snoop Dogg – Doggumentary Chase McMullen·April 7, 2011Criticizing a Snoop Dogg album is something akin to reviewing a Kevin Bacon performance – essentially pointless. For...Album Reviews
Album Review: Wiz Khalifa – Rolling Papers Chase McMullen·March 28, 2011The story is a simple one. A young, relatively charismatic rapper, following two somewhat overlooked independently released albums,...Album Reviews
Track Review: Slaughterhouse, Eminem & Yelawolf – “2.0 Boys” Chase McMullen·March 18, 2011With all the hype surrounding Slaughterhouse signing to Shady – a Recovery bonus spot months prior to inking...Track Reviews
R.I.P. Nate Dogg Chase McMullen·March 16, 2011The relationship between R&B singers and hip hop has an inevitably ambiguous nature: guys like R. Kelly stroll...
Album Review: Raekwon – Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang Chase McMullen·March 7, 2011If you don’t follow the Wu-Tang, Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang would just seem the slightly delayed follow-up to Raekwon’s...Album Reviews
Album Review: Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes Chase McMullen·March 3, 2011It was decided 10 minutes after “Everybody But Me” hit NPR: Lykke Li was the new indie adorable....Album ReviewsRecommended
Album Review: Saigon – The Greatest Story Never Told Chase McMullen·February 22, 2011This sure has been a long time coming. Even in an industry plagued by constant drama, push-backs, and...Album Reviews
Album Review: The Streets – Computers and Blues Chase McMullen·February 21, 2011Like with any artist that establishes an absorbing, solid persona early in their career, it’s hard to realize...Album Reviews
Track Review: Dr. Dre – “I Need a Doctor” (Feat. Eminem & Skylar Grey) Chase McMullen·January 31, 2011If you hadn’t heard, Dr. Dre’s been working on this whole Detox thing for years. At 45, it’s...Track Reviews