Nas & Hit-Boy Deliver Captivating Culmination of Their Recent Musical Partnership with ‘Magic 3’ | Album Review

October 2, 2023 Jesse Ducker

A victory lap of an album, ‘Magic 3’ finds Nas celebrating the final (for now) chapter in his fruitful collaboration with Hit-Boy.

Nas & Hit-Boy Amplify Their Musical Wizardry with Magnetic ‘Magic 2’ | Album Review

July 25, 2023 Daryl McIntosh

As good as Nas’ recent ‘King’s Disease’ series has been, ‘Magic 2’ manages to still raise the musical bar as it pushes its way toward the top tier of one of hip-hop’s most celebrated catalogs.

Nas & Hit-Boy’s Collaborative, Creative Symbiosis Casts a Stirring Spell on ‘Magic’ | Album Review

December 30, 2021 Jesse Ducker

On his latest long player, the legendary emcee plays to his strengths as an artist, sounding as confident and self-assured as he’s ever been and every bit of the verbal assassin he was in the mid-1990s.

Bob Dylan’s ‘Love And Theft’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary

Where ‘Time Out Of Mind’ was drenched in murky, reverb-heavy production, ‘Love And Theft’ was something else entirely: dry, warm, well-written and self-produced under the pseudonym Jack Frost.

Jay-Z’s ‘The Blueprint’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary

Jay-Z made damn good albums before ‘The Blueprint,’ as well as some afterwards. But his sixth studio affair remains the album where everything came together.

P.O.D.’s ‘Satellite’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary

P.O.D. have enjoyed a prosperous and influential career to date, but their most successful project to date remains their breakthrough fourth album.