Posted on August 29th, 2009 by Andrew Martin in Album Reviews, tags: Blu, boog brown, invincible, Jean Grae, MC Lyte, Queen Latifah, roots manuva, speech debelle, Tiye Phoenix, UK
Album Review: Speech Debelle – Speech Therapy (2009)
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Potholes
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Posted on July 1st, 2009 by Andrew Martin in Food for Thought, tags: 5 o'clock shadowboxers, black noise, diamond district, dj signify, Donny Goines, DOOM, exile, finale, inverse, invincible, joe budden, jon hope, Mos Def, mr lif, q-tip, tanya morgan, Tiye Phoenix
It’s July. The year is halfway over, so I figured it’s time to take a look back at the memorable albums that have dropped so far in 2009. Just as a warning, I will be leaving several, if not many, records off this list that you might argue are worth mentioning. Well, if you feel that way, I urge you to leave a comment and try to convince me. There is also the chance that I might forget one or two records that I enjoyed, but simply could not remember as I wrote this.
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Album Review: Black Noise – Black Noise (2009)
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Potholes
As a special treat, there is also a free download linked below the review text and score.
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Album Review: Tiye Phoenix – Half Woman/Half Amazin’ (2009)
Rating: 4 out of 5 Potholes
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