Clipse - Til' The Casket Drops

 This has definitely snook in under the radar and I didn't even realised it had dropped until I randomly saw it on Amazon for sale. After two classic albums everybody's waiting to see if they can continue in the same fashion. The Neptunes have been assigned production duties on 8 of the 13 tracks and initial reviews have been very good. I'm on my first listen on Spotify and things are sounding FRESH, but take a listen for yourselves and hopefully this will rank up there with Raekwon as one of the hip-hop releases of the year.

EDIT: ok, after a few listens this isn't anywhere near Only Built for Cuban Linx II or even their previous two albums. It's not a bad album by any means, but it just lacks the rawness of their first two albums and some of the female guest spots are a bit on the weak side! But still check it out on Spotify, as it's worth a listen!

Til' The Casket Drops

Oh No - Dr. No's Ethiopium

Oh No's latest album is called 'Dr. No's Ethiopium' and is an instrumental hip-hop album that uses Ethiopian music of the 1960s and 70s as it's inspiration/source. I've only heard a couple of tracks on You Tube, but Madlib's brother has created a perfect mix of funk, soul and African sounds that are perfect for chilling too and are bound to be used by Ghostface or someone in the near future!