Legendary rapper Nas just dropped a series of outtakes from his four latest albums, 2006’s Hip-Hop Is Dead, 2008’s untitled record, 2012’s Life Is Good, and 2018’s NASIR, under the heading The Lost Tapes II. The highly anticipated project featuring superstar producers RZA, Pharrell, Swizz Beatz, No I.D., Pete Rock, Alchemist, and of course, Kanye West, is of particular interest … [Read more...]
The Best Non-Jazz Albums of 2012: #10*-1
To be honest, these are the top ten non-jazz albums as voted by our staff, but since ties are a habit with this year's lists, we're going to start things off at #8. We'd be a little more accurate in the title of our list, but the desire to make round numbers beat out the need for complete accuracy. It, much like our balloting, was a weighty decision. Nevertheless, these are the … [Read more...]