Focus Hip Hop

Music Writing with a Focus on Underground Gems

  • Rating Aesop Rock’s Discography

    Aesop Rock is honestly one of the greatest, most underrated lyricists of all time. As I said in my review of Malibu Ken, I’ve legitimately never heard a bad song by him. My favorite album from him is definitely his underground classic, Labor Days. The only project from him that I’ve never listened to is…

  • Album Review | Malibu Ken

    This album was released on January 18th this year. I’m expecting this to be the first great release of 2018. For those of you who don’t know, Malibu Ken is a duo consisting of legendary underground wordsmith Aesop Rock & electronic producer TOBACCO. I’m not super familiar with TOBACCO, so I’m not really sure how…

  • Album Review | Q-Tip – Kamaal the Abstract

    This album was released on September 15th in 2009. However, it was recorded in 2001, and was originally meant to be released in 2002. Q-Tip’s label shelved the record because it apparently doesn’t have the same commercial appeal that his debut album did. I have no expectations for this project. I loved Q-Tip’s second album,…

  • FHH Update 1-15-2019

    Hey guys. So, you’ve probably noticed that I haven’t been posting reviews on this website every single day like I used to. There are a couple reasons for that. First of all, I’ve started taking college classes again, so I don’t really have as much time to listen to music and write about it as…

  • Album Review | Kirk Knight – It Is What It Is

    This album was released on November 16th last year. I don’t really have anything to say about this album before listening to it. I’m not really sure how I’m gonna feel about it. I liked his debut album a lot, so hopefully this is just as good. That instrumental album he dropped in 2017 was…

  • EP Review | Big K.R.I.T. – TRIFECTA

    This EP was released on December 14th in 2018. This is the third EP Big K.R.I.T. has dropped since November 16th. I don’t know how I’m gonna feel about this project. The THRICE X EP he dropped was pretty nice, but I wasn’t really impressed by the DOUBLE DOWN project he released after that. It…

  • EP Review | Moodie Black – M B I I I

    This EP was released on January 4th this year. This is pretty much the first notable Hip Hop release of 2019. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Moodie Black, they’re a group consisting of rapper Kdeath & guitarist Sean Lindahl. They’re credited as pioneers of the experimental subgenre of Hip Hop known as…