The Hip Hop Chronicle

ECM2 – Mariah Carey
The Continuation of Mimi
 
Three years after ‘The Emancipation Of Mimi’, Mariah Carey returns with her 11th studio album; E=MC2.
 
The album begins with the smooth seductive ‘Migrate’ featuring T-Pain; Mariah muses about drinking pinot grigio with her girls. The vocoder trend continues. It’s about time Teddy Riley gets some royalty checks!
 
‘Touch My Body’ [...]

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Snoop Dogg – Ego Trippin
A Dogg With New Tricks
When promoting his 9th studio album ‘Ego Trippin’, Snoop said he didn’t ‘need Dr. Dre’ and…he doesn’t.

Enlisting the help of Pharrell Williams, DJ Quick and Teddy Reilly, ‘Ego Trippin’ creates a sound that’s a throwback to 70’s soul and 80’s R&B 
After the less poignant intro, the album [...]

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New Amerykah Part One (4th World War
Erykah Badu 
Neo-soul star Erykah Badu returns with a dark new album. She colloabrated with producers like Madlib, ?uestlove and 9th Wonder, who create a throwback sound to jazz and 70’s soul that gets you instantly nodding your head. 
It kicks off with a poignant political driven intro (‘Amerykah Promise’). ‘We [...]

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Janet Jackson’s ‘Discipline’  
Don’t Call It A Comeback 
Janet Jackson returns with her 10th studio album and first to be released under Island Def Jam. 
After a clever futuristic intro, we have the 1st single off the album, the energetic ‘Feedback’. It has a catchy hook and is perfect for Janet’s vocals. This high-tempo dance theme runs through [...]

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The Washington-born singer enters the world of RnB

J.Holiday born Nahum Grymes releases his highly anticipated debut ‘Back On My ‘Lac’.
The album presents the many sides to the 22-year old singer-songwriter (a street hustler, poet and a ladies man).
The first track starts off autobiographic. ‘I grew up with my mother, I didn’t have my punk-a** [...]

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Queen Mary is back on her throne Following the commercial success of the 2005 album ‘The Breakthrough’, the Hip-Hop RnB queen Mary J Blige releases her 8th studio album ‘Growing Pains’.

Fans of the diva will be used to hearing her struggles through her music (‘No More Drama’, ‘Be Without You’) but this album is different [...]

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Lupe Fiasco’s ‘The Cool’

Chicago’s skateboard rapper is back
 Following his 2006 critically acclaimed and Grammy nominated debut album ‘Food and Liquor’, Lupe Fiasco is back with a conceptual album entitled ‘Lupe Fiasco’s The Cool’. 
The album, which is darker and more eclectic, gives an insight into the lure of the streets and its pitfalls through fictional characters [...]

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