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’10 Best Albums: #1 Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Only in a dream could an album thread surrealism and reality. But that’s what Kanye West did on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Like a modern-day Salvador Dalí, Yeezy’s imagination serves as a palette for lucid production and arrangement. Whimsical charm navigates “Dark Fantasy” while hand claps channel his “Power”. ‘Ye doesn’t mind sharing the wealth on MBDTF though. He invites Rihanna and 10 others to  “All Of The Lights”, lets Jay-Z double dip on “Monster” and “So Appalled”, and […]

’10 Best Albums: #2 Rick Ross Teflon Don

Rick Ross remained impervious with his fourth studio album, Teflon Don. He pulled out the big guns and recruited folks like Jay-Z (“Free Mason”) and Kanye West (“Live Fast, Die Young”) to help manifest his street dreams. He showed modesty on “I’m Not A Star” and wrestled with vulnerability on “Tears Of Joy”. On the production tip, The J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League steer “Maybach Music III” and “Aston Martin Music”. DJ Clark Kent and The Remedy elevate “Super High” while Lex Luger’s […]

’10 Worst Singles: #1 T.I. x Keri Hilson “Got Your Back”

On Inside The Actors Studio, host James Lipton always asks his guests, “What sound or noise do you hate?” I vote for this! On paper: Things shouldn’t have been this bad. Fresh off tyin’ the knot with his lil ride or die chick Tiny, Cliff was obviously hopin’ to craft a lil ditty for the ladies and male radio program directors. “Whatever You Like” on steroids? Not even close. Keri may look good but she sounds Charles Barkley-turrible here and […]