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2005 Album Reviews

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Who Is Mike Jones?

Review by Low Key

"Mike Jones wants you to remember his name. Therefore, before every song on his debut album..."

1988

Review by Rob Zito

"The year 1988 is commonly referred to as the beginning of the golden era of Hip Hop. Fat gold chains..."

True & Livin'

Review by Plus One

"Zion I are one of the most consistent groups the Bay area have produced that put forth a non-gun toting/thug-esque persona..."

Road To The Riches

Review by Scav

"If you think Purple City, Dipset, or anyone affiliated with their camps gives two Byrd Gang whoop whoops..."

Silent Alarm

Review by Pun.

"“Bloc Party” is a pretty great name for a band: dancing and conviction, vaguely political, all of that. The obvious..."

Archetype

Review by Hugo Lunny

"Whenever we're knocked down, we always wish to rise back onto our feet. Some of us have the strength to..."

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MVRemix album review scores are based on the opinions of the writers. Each album is reviewed solely as an independent entity, without comparison to other album scores or sales ranks (i.e. commercial vs. underground). That is, there is no "curve," and scores are not comparable to the scores of other albums.

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