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Aceyalone
Magnificent City
(Decon Inc.)
By Rachel Swan
Feb 16, 2006
Aceyalone's 2003 album Love and Hate inspired a lot of hand-wringing, as critics bemoaned the glaringly obvious gap between the MC's slick, flowery raps and his bullshit-ass beats. It looked like he'd hit a career zenith with 1995's All Balls Don't Bounce (reissued in 2004) and wasn't destined to produce...
Ludacris
The Red Light District
(Def Jam)
By Rachel Swan
Jan 6, 2005
It's difficult to make it all the way through The Red Light District, the latest club-banger from Atlanta's raunchiest rhymesmith. Midway through you'll hit a track called "The Potion," and you're gonna want to stay there. Moving to the next song means overcoming a primal, gravitational pull akin to lust...
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