Lushlife's Plateau Vision is arguably the best rap record since My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

NLP is yet another crowning achievement in his long career.

He proves every time he's on stage and across this wonderful LP...he's got it.

The whole of First Serve is greater than the sum of its parts, and the album's crisp pace, infectious energy and playful humor make it an easy listen and a simple pleasure

Freed from production duties, she pours herself into her voice and her lyrics, giving a vocal performance that drips feeling and firmly establishes her as a singer to be reckoned with.

A celebration of quality rap music, past, present, and future.

Overall Breakfast effectively blends alternative and hip-hop elements into an eclectic montage of fresh lyricism and bursting musical backdrops.

At just 11 tracks, this record flexes serious range, but what's even more impressive is that it rarely sounds overextended.

Homeboy Sandman's latest offering is worth a purchase. The style he provides through-out the 6 tracks on Subject: Matter shows off his intelligence–something a lot of Hip-Hop is missing these days. His story-telling abilities and vivid imagery go hand-in-hand on every track.

Beaus$Eros seems to re-hash the sonic aesthetic of Busdriver's earlier releases, but this time with less impressive beats, weak vocals, and little to no live instrumentation.

This album may not appeal to some (especially those heads looking strictly for lyricism and weighty content). However, fans of both grime and dubstep will undoubtedly enjoy this offering, and most notably: Wiley's evolution.

Glasper managed to create a beautiful album from start to finish that will easily be added into conversations with greats like John Coltrane's Blue Train.

For listeners ready to let go of expectations and embark on a musical ride, the journey will be well worth it.

Monkeytown is a must for fans of techno, electro, and/or pop.

Weather is a beautiful album and the most intimate project we've heard from Ndegeocello in the last few years.

Overall, this is a pretty interesting effort that is very genre-bending in its approach.

If one devotes their time to the music, they'll come away experiencing one of the best Hip-Hop albums released in the last few years.

While this EP is a rather nice progression for Dear, and truly shows the diversity of his music, it also will give listeners something to wait for when his project comes out.

Vodka & Ayahuasca is a salute to no-bullshit hip-hop done right.

The LP's best moments are when Pusha digs deeper.

El Rego is solid gold all the way through.

On Back to Love, Hamilton splits the difference and delivers a carefully calculated amalgam of soulful rawness, after hours sophistication and pop sheen that feels far more organic than it has any right to.

Camp is powered by the same blend of quirk, wit and vulnerability that drives Glover's comedic endeavors.

If you're willing to open your ears up, you'll be entertained by a high quality MC having a blast on record.

With this release, Statik Selektah continues to prove that he one of hip hop's finest beatsmiths. Meanwhile, Action Bronson shows that he will continue to be a force to be reckoned with.

This is perhaps the most danceable "smart" record ever. Or, maybe this is the smartest dance record ever…? ...Whatever it is, it works... beautifully.

Overall, Occasion boasts a myriad of sounds and heads may gravitate more toward certain lanes than others but, with nary a weak track, Kidz In The Hall keep it game tight and deliver a dope-ass record.

It's all about the beats here. And they don't disappoint, nor do they let up, for the duration of the album.