Monthly Archives: September 2009

Review: Kid Cudi “Man On The Moon: The End Of Day” (2009)

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Kid Cudi is depressed. The skinny jeans-wearing Cleveland rapper and singer is all doom and gloom on his debut solo album, the brilliant Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, a psychedelic trip into the mind of a 20-something going through his quarter-life crisis. Continue reading

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Review: Jay-Z “The Blueprint 3” (2009)

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Jay-Z has nothing left to prove in hip-hop, or even music. And he spends much of his time on The Blueprint 3, hisĀ 11th studio album, making sure we know that.

Jay-Z’s raps have been on a decline for years, and as with most of his albums, The Blueprint 3 is a mixed bag of innovative and uninspired, although as usual, the good outweighs the bad. Continue reading

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