Posts tagged the neptunes

Wale – Attention Defecit [album review]

As the new generation of who’s who MCs slowly drop their debuts, it’s interesting to see who’s all hype, and who’s actually got the talent and drive to back it up. Wale’s debut, Attention Deficit, cements his position in the latter category. Coming off the hype of numerous critically acclaimed mixtapes and co-signs from the [...]

Chester French – Jacques Jams Vol. 1: Endurance

Chester French’s debut album, Love the Future, drops really soon. But to get people excited for the album, they’ve just dropped a free mixtape of all original music. “Never before has a rock band put out a free rap album two weeks before its debut!” It’s probably true. And the mix is dope, featuring contributions [...]

Teriyaki Boyz- Serious Japanese

Chances are, you’ve heard the three (four?) singles from this album already. Beyond that there are a handful solid tracks.
The introduction has will pretty much give you the gist of the album in about two minutes: A strangely blended mixture of organic and inorganic sounds, with a somewhat jarring juxtaposition of Japanese and English vocals. [...]

Universal Mind Control

So, I’m officially surprised! Considering the fact that I didn’t even give this dude a chance at the “Seeing the Invincible Sounds of Summer” tour when he and N*E*R*D headlined in Atlanta in October, I actually like this whole album! No skips [that's always exciting]! He worked with two of my very fav producers, The [...]

Common – Punch Drunk Love (feat. KanYe)

Another new joint just rolled in off Universal Mind Control. Not too sure how I feel about this one. This is another track where KanYe contributes to the hook and nothing else really. I dunno why he thinks he should be doing that. Beat by The Neptunes that could have done without the electric cowbell. [...]