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Rolling Stone (2/19/04, p.67) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[T.I.] is a hustler with a conscience and a heart....[T]he limber linguist is at his best when he's dissecting the minutiae of the game..."18.37595

Rolling Stone (3/18/99, pp.61-62) - 3 1/2 Stars (out of 5) - "...TLC's sexy moves are enhanced by the album's jittery rhythms....The effort to break away from illusions, especially the gender kind, powers the most exciting music on FAN MAIL..."Spin (5/99, pp.146-147) - 6 (out of 10) - "...The day Left Eye torched her old man's mansion may be old flames under the bridge, but it's also the new record in a flash: a burning, physical message that looks like a spectacle but reads like sexual politics. This may be FAN MAIL, but it ain't no love letter..."Q (1/00, p.87) - Included in Q Magazine's "50 Best Albums of 1999."Q (5/99, p.116) - 4 Stars (out of 5) - "...FAN MAIL possesses a bite every bit as sharp as their collective visage is pretty....TLC know exactly how to please all the people all of the time..."Muzik (1/00, p.69) - Ranked #2 in Muzik's "Albums Of The Year '99"Muzik (4/9, p.84) - 4 stars (out of 5) - "...Slick as you like, the feel is high-tech....A real grower of an album in every respect....compared to what else is out there [TLC] remain in a class of their own."The Source (4/99, p.212) - "...FANMAIL offers more of their trademarked cyberfunk rhythms ("Unpretty"), eclectic party jams ("My Life") and lullaby ballads ("Dear Lie")..."16.10437

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Q (1/01, p.94) - Included in Q's "50 Best Albums of 2000".Q (3/00, p.108) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...on the strength of this, [SisQo] looks set to enjoy a bank account-friendly solo career. The recent single, 'Got To Get It', is a scintillating slab of R&B....Like most of [his] tunes, it's about sex..."Q (1/01, p.94) - Included in Q's "50 Best Albums of 2000".Q (3/00, p.108) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...on the strength of this, [SisQo] looks set to enjoy a bank account-friendly solo career. The recent single, 'Got To Get It', is a scintillating slab of R&B....Like most of [his] tunes, it's about sex..."Muzik (4/00, p.106) - 4 out of 5 - "...Showcasing both his and fellow band member Nokio's growing production skills....this is a new Dru Hill album in all but name."Muzik (4/00, p.106) - 4 out of 5 - "...Showcasing both his and fellow band member Nokio's growing production skills....this is a new Dru Hill album in all but name."The Source (1/00, p.194) - "...all the crisp, clean vocals and predictable, yet satisfying synthesizer instrumentation of any Dru Hill tune...The Source (1/00, p.194) - "...all the crisp, clean vocals and predictable, yet satisfying synthesizer instrumentation of any Dru Hill tune...12.93619

Vibe (p.125) - "Jak's heartfelt rhymes about growing up in Decatur provide the standout moments..."12.89523

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Rolling Stone (1/4/01, p.106) - Ranked #10 in Rolling Stone's Top 10 Albums of 2000.Rolling Stone (7/20/00, p.139) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...They are to Rage as the young Stone Temple Pilots were to Pearl Jam....improving upon the original with songs that are more hummable than most fast-food jingles..."Q (11/00, p.113) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Combines sinewy Rage Against The Machine riffage with traditional metal dynamics and frontman Coby Dick's melodic, quasi-rap stylings...this year's essential accessory for Middle America's trenchcoat and pipe-bomb brigade..."CMJ (6/00, p.69) - "...Ushers in the Bushification of rap-metal....canned grudge-groove....[the] subtle and complex guitar interplay over hefty axe-grinding adds dimension..."NME (Magazine) (10/14/00, p.40) - 6 out of 10 - "...A big moshpit soundtrack, a corner sighted...in America's disastrous intergenerational relations..."10.7498

Rolling Stone (4/27/00, pp.70,72) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...A lively trip...BTNH have come full circle with [their] roughneck pop....all done in their influential style..."Entertainment Weekly (3/3/00, p.74) - "...the return of 5th member Flesh-n-Bone bretahes new life into the group's inimitable rapid-fire flow....DJ U-Neek's production team provides haunting beats and chilly guitar samples..." - Rating: BQ (4/00, pp.86-7) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...hyperspeed raps and intricate harmonies over lazily menacing beats, with a continued fascination for all things apocalyptic..."Vibe (4/00, p.180) - "...a harmonic reconvergence of the highest order....Bone supply bounce by the ounce....a musical expedition that proves a Calgon bath ain't got nothin' on Bone when it comes to taking you away."The Source (4/00, pp.200,203) - 4 mics out of 5 -...The union of their melodious raps, nostalgic, soulful backdrops and insistent street science appeals to everybody....RESURRECTION showcases the group [and] the songs bling....Bone fans will be proud."10.68814

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Rolling Stone (9/3/98, p.102) - 3 Stars (out of 5) - "...pulverizing hard-rock riffs propelled by drums and electronic percussion, a sonic assault that, under all the bombast, is as meticulously arranged as any Whitney Houston track..."10.68814

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Entertainment Weekly (1/22-1/29/99, p.104) - "...Silkk charges with a manic immediacy; and his experiments--like a South-meets-East Coast collaboration with Jay-Z and a call-and-response old school duet with Mia X--show he's not limited to the No Limit sound." - Rating: B10.68814

Rolling Stone (12/26/02, p.107) - Included in Rolling Stone's "50 Best Albums of 2002"Rolling Stone (7/25/02, p.73) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...It's a solid dance record, peppered with clever punch lines and very likable..."Rolling Stone (12/26/02, p.107) - Included in Rolling Stone's "50 Best Albums of 2002"Rolling Stone (7/25/02, p.73) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...It's a solid dance record, peppered with clever punch lines and very likable..."Spin (8/02, p.109) - 6 out of 10- "...The unsung hero of Nelly's debut was producer Jason Epperson, whose beats were the sonic equivalent of a chromed-out grill. Jay E's new tracks have a similar sheen...Every time [Nelly] catches one of Jay E's deadpan grooves, that Midwestern flow conveys more than any thug posture could..."Spin (8/02, p.109) - 6 out of 10- "...The unsung hero of Nelly's debut was producer Jason Epperson, whose beats were the sonic equivalent of a chromed-out grill. Jay E's new tracks have a similar sheen...Every time [Nelly] catches one of Jay E's deadpan grooves, that Midwestern flow conveys more than any thug posture could..."Entertainment Weekly (6/28/02, p.141) - "...The album as a whole is so solid...a plethora of neat surprises....Our man seems to be in control of his flame and on top of his game..." - Rating: B+Entertainment Weekly (6/28/02, p.141) - "...The album as a whole is so solid...a plethora of neat surprises....Our man seems to be in control of his flame and on top of his game..." - Rating: B+Q (9/02, pp.109-10) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Nelly is clearly on top of his pop-rap game..."Q (9/02, pp.109-10) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Nelly is clearly on top of his pop-rap game..."NME (Magazine) (6/29/02, p.38) - 7 out of 10 - "...A glossy well-produced album of populist anthems with a gangsta undertow....another multi-platinum album in the making..."NME (Magazine) (6/29/02, p.38) - 7 out of 10 - "...A glossy well-produced album of populist anthems with a gangsta undertow....another multi-platinum album in the making..."10.68814

Rolling Stone (No. 969, pp.107-8) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[50 Cent] works to vary his flow on MASSACRE...[His] secret weapon is his singing voice..."Uncut (p.95) - 3 stars out of 5 - "THE MASSACRE confirms Curtis Jackson's mantle is mostly deserved, his slurred insouciance infusing entrepreneurial anthems like 'Piggy Bank' with a cool menace."Vibe (p.166) - 3 1/2 discs out of 5 - "[T]aut....50 rocks a punchier flow than on his past efforts."10.68814

Rolling Stone (1/17/02, p.48) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...A massive banging victory....Rock self-conciously builds on his badass-hick-with-a-heart-of-gold image..."Entertainment Weekly (11/23/01, p.82) - "...A similar blend of low-rider hip-hop and strip-mall heavy metal, flavoring its Camaro-ready jams with the occasional turntable wika-wika, Steven Tyler yowl or tasty guitar lick...you have to at least admire the breadth of his vision..." - Rating: BQ (1/02, p.102) - 3 out of 5 stars - "...songs take rock and rop ethics and enthusiastically smash them together..."Mojo (Publisher) (2/02, p.102) - "...An enjoyably bad-ass record..."10.68814

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Rolling Stone (2/28/02, p.58) - 3 stars out of 5- "...The stylistic diversity provides some dizzying fun, and the hooks fly fast and furious, like nO DOubt overdosing on testosterone..."CMJ (3/4/02, p.11) - "...ferocious, fast guitars and aggression-based lyrics...[plus] feel-good, uplifting melodic jams....Good alternative pop/rock..."CMJ (3/4/02, p.11) - "...blend of ferocious, fast guitars and aggression-based lyrics....[plus] feel-good, uplifting melodic jams....Good alternative pop/rock..."10.68814

Spin (10/02, p.117) - 7 out of 10 - "...The hardest working MC in Jamaica..."Q (10/02, p.100) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...A blend of R&B, funk, hip-hop, garage and his trademark dancehall toasting..."Mojo (Publisher) (11/02, p.106) - "...His most commercial-sounding material to date..."NME (Magazine) (9/21/02, p.39) - 6 out of 10 - "...A party album that will shift units, feet and arses..."10.68814

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Kerrang (Magazine) (p.66) - Ranked #20 in Kerrang's "20 Greatest Albums of 2006" -- "FFTL's second album justified the hype with ease."10.68814

Rolling Stone (12/21/00, p.174) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...P remains on the job....the music is screwy yet brutally to the point, unpredictable but never flighty....even hood rats occasionally have to swoon."10.68814

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Rolling Stone (p.97) - 3 1/2 stars out of 5 - "Nelly mixes hip-hop energy and pop ebullience like it's no sweat at all."Entertainment Weekly (p.75) - "Nelly sounds more convincing and appealing on SUIT..." - Grade: A-Vibe (p.184) - 3 1/2 discs out of 5 - "Nelly shows that a rapper can actually hold a note without losing credibility....There are plenty of surprises on SUIT."10.68814

Rolling Stone (p.173) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[I]t showcases a phenomenally gifted musician and lyricist doing all the things he does best."Rolling Stone (p.142) - Included in Rolling Stone's Top 50 Records Of 2004 - "Marshall Mathers brings the pain in ENCORE."Spin (pp.95-6) - "Captivated by hip-hop, Marshall crosses tracks both literal and metaphorical..." - Grade: BSpin (p.64) - Ranked #26 in Spin's "40 Best Albums of the Year" - "[H]e will remain America's finest reality show: crass, oddly tender, riveting."Uncut (p.116) - 4 stars out of 5 - "ENCORE defeats expectations by both embracing...maturity, and being his most adolescently outrageous, gut-bustingly funny effort since THE SLIM SHADY LP."Mojo (Publisher) (p.96) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[I]t's a lean, mean beast....There's precious little accompanying Mater's virtuoso, syllable-crammed raps."10.68814

Rolling Stone (1/03/02, p.119) - Ranked #5 in Rolling Stone's "Top 10 2001".Spin (1/02, p.76) - Ranked #7 in Spin's "Albums of the Year 2001" - "...Dig the planet's most charismatic egoist flowing like Cristal....Punk record of the year? Fo'sheazy!"Entertainment Weekly (9/28/01, p.72) - "...Jay spits his outlaw boasts and pimp-slap toasts with the same cooly obstreperous flow that's always gilded his thug-life cliches..." - Rating: B-Q (12/02, p.67) - Included in Q Magazine's "The 50 Best Albums of 2002."Q (11/01, pp.122-3) - 3 out of 5 stars - "...Drenched in slinky, '70s soul samples this time round, the hooks, and inevitably the hits, just keep on coming."Uncut (12/01, p.108) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...The sonics here are relentlessly ear-catching. Almost every tune sounds like a hit..."The Wire (1/02, p.40) - Ranked #12 in Wire's "50 Records of the Year 2001".Vibe (1/02, p.74) - Rated as Vibe's "Best Album" of the year, 2001.Vibe (11/01, pp.145-6) - 5 discs out of 5 - "...Like a bookend [to his forst album 1996's REASONABLE DOUBT], or the second key on a double-bolt lock. Only better...he is our cleanest poet, rethinking space..."NME (Magazine) (12/29/01, p.59) - Ranked #4 in NME's 50 "Albums Of the Year 2001".NME (Magazine) (10/6/01, p.41) - 8 out of 10 - "...Eloquently maps out life's foundations: laughter, tears, joy and pain, and marks the Jigga as the complete rapper..."10.68814

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Rolling Stone (No. 988, p.117) - 3.5 out of 5 stars - "...Hell immediately runneth over on Malakian's scoured-staccato guitars and Dolmayan's furious hammering...."Spin (p.102) - "[The first album's] tracks, all around four minutes long, ricochet through a clutch of ideas, compressing what might otherwise be prog-rock suites into jump-cut barrages. That strategy certainly keeps the songs moving..." -- Grade: BSpin (p.62) - Ranked #20 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2005" - "America's most compelling metal band hones a mash-up of Cali-punk absurdism, political outrage, and jump-cut headbanging."Entertainment Weekly (No. 851, p.100) - "...[T]hey're flaunting a heretofore underexplored sensitive side, offsetting their trademark stampeding riffology with flashes of delicate lyricism...." - Grade: B+Uncut (p.109) - 3 stars out of 5 - "System succeed through their skill at wielding complex, progressive heaviness in a pop context."10.68814

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Spin (p.105) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "West Coast veteran Xzibit has a nearly perfect rapper's voice -- a gruff baritone that makes every threat and boast sound completely believable."Q (p.106) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]here are plenty of moments that show he hasn't lost his touch."XXL (Magazine) (p.152) - "Reminiscent of his early work, FULL CIRCLE has X skillfully describing the world around him with vivid clarity."10.68814

Rolling Stone (No. 968, p.70) - 4 stars out of 5 - "You've never heard anything like M.I.A. - the sound of jump-rope rhymes in a war zone....[ARULAR is] weird, playful, unclassifiable, sexy, brilliantly addictive..."Spin (p.65) - Ranked #2 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2005" - "[I]mprovised, explosive, and for once, redemptive."Spin (p.88) - "ARULAR will likely be the best political album this year." - Grade: AEntertainment Weekly (p.143) - Ranked #8 in Entertainment Weekly's 'Top Ten Records of the Year' -- "ARULAR is the place where dance music, hip-hop, techno, novelties, and a slinky British accent meet and have a wicked good time."Entertainment Weekly (No. 815, p.85) - "[A]s instantly infectious as it is hard to pin down. The music is literally all over the map..." - Grade: A-Uncut (p.98) - 4 stars out of 5 - "A spiky starburst of raw beats and exotic collisions, ARULAR already sounds like a landmark debut album."The Wire (p.43) - Included in The Wire's "2005 Rewind: 50 Records Of The Year."The Wire (p.63) - "It's chockfull of machine gun beats, seismic sub-bass, fragments of raga and bhangra, and above all that voice."Vibe (p.142) - "[T]he dynamo from London showcases her talent for the spoken word..."Mojo (Publisher) (p.60) - Ranked #29 in Mojo's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2005" - "[H]ell-bent on fingerpopping agit-prop like Public Enemy messing with the B-52s."Clash (magazine) (p.75) - "[A] thumping mix of different sub-genres from reggaeton and baile funk to grime and dirty south rap, full of exoticism, raw political energy and crunching, syncopated beats."10.68814

Rolling Stone (p.126) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Akon's silky, instantly recognizable vocals have made him an in-demand hook dude..."Spin (p.88) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[S]natches of melodica, strutting piano, and lightly toasted reggae grooves keep the album firmly rooted."Entertainment Weekly (p.127) - "With his sensitive-guy croon and ex-con vocabulary, Senegal-raised singer Akon is the R&B thug of the moment."CMJ (p.40) - "Akon is an absolutely magnetic vocalist..."Vibe (p.111) - "The album's a collection of immaculately constructed songs....Akon creates a comforting consistency..."10.68814

Rolling Stone (p.69) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[F]ull of Eighties-style electro bangers, mostly produced by the Peas' Will.i.am, though Atlanta mogul Polow Da Don steals the show on 'London Bridge'..."Entertainment Weekly (p.92) - "[She] retains the group's proven gift for indelible melodies....Here, she proves herself equally adept at well-deep reggae riddims, giddy dance-floor jams, and fervent ballads." -- Grade: B+10.68814

Spin (01/04, p.97) - "...They prove they're still pretty fly for old guys..." - Grade: B-Spin (01/04, p.97) - "...They prove they're still pretty fly for old guys..." - Grade: B-fQ (1/04, p.121) - 3 stars out of 5 - "SPLINTER sounds like a band who know exactly what they're doing....There are some cracking punk rock tunes here."Mojo (Publisher) (12/03, p.109) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[T]his is still a varied and extremely capable band, with SPLINTER displaying all the subtle, sometimes subversive humour and understated scope."10.68814

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XXL (Magazine) (p.149) - "West Coast-centric G-funk....With the production arching from vintage Cali electro-boogie grooves to epic strings."10.68814

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Vibe (p.86) - "THE BOATLIFT solidifies Pitbull's position as one of the most diverse party MC's around."10.68814

Spin (p.96) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "'Still Ridin' Dirty,' which samples the ominous piano chords from Scarface's 'The Fix,' is a deliciously cold-blooded anthem."Entertainment Weekly (p.69) - "On the raunchy 'Like That' and the funk-driven 'The Game Belongs to Me,' UGK show enough swagger to rightfully claim their throne." -- Grade: B+The Wire (p.75) - "It wouldn't be too much of a stretch to compare Houston's UGK to Outcast..."10.68814

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Rolling Stone (p.191) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[With] live horns, grooving on some kind of Afro-beat riff over Seventies rumble-in-the-jungle funk..."Rolling Stone (p.108) - Included in Rolling Stone's "50 Top Albums of the Year 2007" -- "AMERICAN GANGSTER is tripped out on a Seventies-funk fantasia."Entertainment Weekly (p.103) - "[Jay-Z uses] the film's story and period vibe to color his own elaborate legend....On 'Fallin',' the record's emotional climax, Jay-Z raps frantically as the walls close in."Uncut (p.91) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[H]ere his favoured old soul classicism -- say, on 'American Dreamin' or 'ROC Boys' -- provides the best backdrop for his rhymes."Q (Magazine) (p.103) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "AMERICAN GANGSTER sounds reassuringly expensive, with a hotshot production team including Just Blaze, Pharrell and Diddy's Hitmen crew."10.68814