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2007 was a good year for underground hip-hop so without further ordue here it is. Rawls & Holmskillit – J.So as this year is coming to an end I decided to take a look back at this years most memorable Albums. DJ Muggs & Sick Jacken – Legend Of The Mask & The Assassin.

Pugs Atomz – Conversations With A Chamelion.C-Rayz Walz & Parallel – Thought Chorus Rhyme.Tame One ‎- The Grudge: F*** The Industry.Sole And The Skyrider Band – Sole And The Skyrider Band.TomC3 & Prince Po – Saga Of The Simian Samurai.Shape Of Broad Minds – Craft Of The Lost Art.Taiyamo Denku – Dark Journal Of Thornwards.100dbs & Ryan O’Neil – The Adventures Of The One Hand Bandit And The Slum Computer Wizard.You may disagree, but at HHGA we love Red Gone Wild: Thee Album. Redman is his humorous self here, spiting his typical well put-together verses, filled with witty punchlines and dope metaphors and similes. Red Gone Wild: Thee Album was Redman’s much-delayed first release in six years after the so-so Malpractice album, and a return to form. And luckily this time he didn’t overdo it with the skits, which makes a listen-through without needing to skip tracks possible – always a good thing. As per usual with Redman, this is a long album – but it doesn’t feel overlong. The usual collabo track with Method Man is dope as hell though, as are most of the other tracks on this album. Redman’s own Gilla House Crew are not great emcees, and especially Snoop Dogg and Nate Dogg turn in a kind of limp contribution. Also, the Dirty South influences on some tracks may not be appreciated by everyone, and admittedly not every guest adds quality. Sure, the album could have benefitted from a tighter roster of producers (read: more Erick Sermon-produced tracks). Redman’s best album since Muddy Waters (1996)? We say yes, but opinions are divided on this one. The Bilal-assisted “U, Black Maybe” is the absolute highlight of the album, but like Be the whole album is as tight and consistent as you’d expect from Common, once again with assistance from Kanye West on most tracks. Even if Finding Forever does not quite reach Be‘s level of near-perfection, it is an excellent album in its own right. The question was if Be‘s follow up could be as strong as its predecessor – almost impossible of course. After that came the highly experimental Electric Circus (2002) – a hate it or love it kind of album, and certainly an odd duck in Common’s otherwise amazingly consistent discography (not counting Univeral Mind Control (2008), which is his weakest album if you ask us).Īnyway, after the for most people disappointing Electric Circus, Common came back incredibly strong with Be (2005), for us the best album of his career and one of the best of this decade. The aptly titled Perseverance is a testament to Percee P’s career and you need to go check out this album.Īfter his OK debut album Can I Borrow A Dollar (1992), Chicago’s Common dropped three classics back-to-back: Resurrection (1994), One Day It’ll All Make Sense (1997), and Like Water For Chocolate (2000). The album has a couple of guest spots – Guilty Simpson, Vinnie Paz, Diamond D, Prince Po, Aesop Rock – all quality emcees, but Percee P outshines them all effortlessly. It has Madlib’s signature sound a bit modern & experimental at times, but still with enough of an ‘old-school’ feel to them to match Percee P’s lyrics. Superior lyrical skill, astute lyrics, and produced by one of the best producers in the game: Madlib. This is a real Hip Hop album, that should have a place in any real heads collection. As it is, this album may have come too late – in a time when Hip Hop was being watered down and dumbed down for near on a decade already and quality Hip Hop like this was not promoted anymore by the big money people.

If he could have gotten himself released in the early 90s, no doubt he would be widely recognized now as one of the all-time greats. Active in the Hip Hop game since the 1980s – and always stealing the show as a guest emcee on other people’s albums – Perseverance, his official solo debut album came out as late as 2007. One of the best lyricists in the game, ever. Percee P is a criminally underrated emcee.