Killarmy and Sunz of Man are unfairly maligned. Both groups actually put out solid material. There certainly were countless Wu-Affiliates pumping out endless streams of forgettable turdge, but most of it was so unmemorable that nobody can actually recall any of them, so Killarmy and Sunz have become an unfortunate…

'Big Little Lies should be used in a course on storytelling, so well does it adhere to that old adage that the ending should be a total surprise but feel inevitable.'

I dunno, the Premo produced 'Peer Pressure' definitely made some noise. It was on regular rotation on Stretch and Bob's show. Ultimately, the album sold poorly, and was eclipsed by superior material put out by Black Moon and the Wu-Tang, but it was still a Mobb Deep (rather than a Poetical Profits!) album. GZA had a…

This is accurate. Coleman cites Matt Life as saying,

I didn't care for their first album, but The Infamous and Hell On Earth were on constant rotation in my busted up walkman. A huge part of my formative years.

'Budden, best known for his 2003 hit “Pump It Up” and almost nothing else…'.

The Van Damme one. I had the option of seeing that or Quiz Show. I was 13 years old and my decision making skills were underdeveloped, to put it mildly.

Street Fighter. Street fucking Fighter.

Wow. 20 years ago today. That's kind of a grim date to exploit for the sake of this mediocre-ass trailer.

I love this EP. I just happened to pick up the 7 inch yesterday when I was moving some records. I was looking for the picture of the little DJing monkey on the inlay, but I ended up sitting down and just reading all of the lyrics. Some of them definitely read in a new light, and this article provides some further…

Several co-workers of mine consider it a masterpiece and their favourite film. When I told them I thought it was mediocre they looked at me like I was a monster.

I'm inclined to say The Shawshank Redemption but I refuse to believe any serious person considers it a masterpiece.

Just over ten years ago people started talking about 1994 as the second Golden Era. I think there's definitely a case to be made for 93/94 as some of the best and most genre-defining years of Hip-Hop music's history, but I'm a grouchy classicist and '86-'88 is the only Golden Era for me.

And it's probably better than any Hip-Hop double-album that's come out since.

I have never understood the praise this album receives either. I think it is quite easily the worst album amongst an already patchy discography (excluding posthumous releases). I grew up listening to 'Pac but I find little to no replay value across either bloated disc (or 'book').