5 albums reviewed
Kanye West
September 2007 crystallized a seismic shift in hip-hop's commercial landscape when Kanye West's Graduation outsold 50 Ce
Drake
By September 2013, Drake had already claimed considerable territory in hip-hop's shifting landscape, but Nothing Was the
Lil Wayne
By 2008, Lil Wayne had spent the better part of three years building toward this moment. The leaks, the mixtape dominanc
Drake's second studio album arrived in November 2011 at a pivotal moment—not just for his career, but for the entire tra
50 Cent
When Curtis Jackson walked into a New York recording studio in 2002, he carried more than ambition—he carried nine bulle
