Madlib and MF Doom - Madvillain (2004)

At a time when hip-hop in many ways has made a mockery of itself, and when its premier acts are neither creative nor conscious, MF Doom and Madlib have delivered an undisputed classic. Madvillainy is a rare hip-hop "concept" album filled with frenetic beats and rhymes that are both avant garde and street-level at the same time. It is amazing to hear their reinvention of the beat and rhyme on tracks like "Rhinestone Cowboy," "Figaro," "Accordion," and the instant classic "All Caps." Many of the tracks are short, and the interludes sometimes make little sense. It is telling that many of the artists leading a revolution within hip-hop are its elders, like De La Soul, Common, and (hopefully) Digable Planets and A Tribe Called Quest. Madvillain sports 2 prolific veterans of the rap game who have managed to make hip-hop challenging and relevant again. In my humble opinion, Madvillainy is the most important hip-hop album of the last decade and one of the best albums of the last few years, period. Pick it up. --Amazon User Review

1. The Illest Villains
2. Accordion
3. Meat Grinder
4. Bistro
5. Raid feat. Medaphoar
6. America's Most Blunted feat. Quasimoto
7. Sickfit (Inst.)
8. Rainbows
9. Curls
10. Do Not Fire! (Inst.)
11. Money Folder
12. Shadows of Tomorrow feat. Lord Quas
13. Operation Lifesaver a.k.a. Mint Test
14. Figaro
15. Hardcore Hustle feat. Wildchild
16. Strange Ways
17. Fancy Clown feat. Viktor Vaughn
18. Eye feat. Stacy Epps
19. Supervillain Theme (Inst.)
20. All Caps21. Great Day
22. Rhinestone Cowboy


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Nirvana - Nevermind (1991)

If Nevermind's sound is familiar now, it's only because thousands of rock records that followed it were trying very hard to cop its style. It tears out of the speakers like a cannonball, from the punk-turbo-charged riff of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" onward, magnifying and distilling the wounded rage of 15 years of the rock underground into a single impassioned roar. Few albums have occupied the cultural consciousness like this one; of its 12 songs, roughly 10 are now standards. The record's historical weight can make it hard to hear now with fresh ears, but the monumental urgency of Kurt Cobain's screams is still shocking. --Douglas Wolk

1. Smells Like Teen Spirit
2. In Bloom
3. Come As You Are
4. Breed
5. Lithium
6. Polly
7. Territorial Pissings
8. Drain You
9. Lounge Act
10. Stay Away
11. On A Plain
12. Something In The Way
13. Endless, Nameless (Bonus)

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Manu Chao - Radio Bemba Sound System (2002)

Anyone who's caught Manu Chao and his band Radio Bemba Sound System at one of their live gigs will testify that the Parisian troubadour sure knows how to throw a party. This live album draws on reggae, salsa, and Latin pop songs from Chao's first two excellent solo albums (Clandestino and Proxima Estación: Esperanza) as well as joyous gems from his time leading the more punk-tinged Mano Negra. While the styles vary as often as the languages (Chao flits from Spanish to English to French as he translates his life as a global nomad into his music), the common thread is a sense of vitality and hope. From the uplifting reggae of "Bienvenida a Tijuana" to the African pop and salsa of "Casa Babylon," this album showcases Chao's role as the pied piper of multiculturalism, leading his crowd on a (literally) merry dance. And it's the crowd that really makes these 29 tracks come into their own. You can almost picture the mob waving, cheering, blowing whistles, shouting into megaphones, and generally having the wildest time this side of Rio Mardi Gras. A great flashback for those who have seen Chao live and a perfect introduction for recent converts. --Ian Watson

01. Intro
02. Bienvenida A Tijuana
03. Machine Gun
04. Por Donde Saldra El Sol?
05. Peligro
06. Welcome To Tijuana
07. El Viento
08. Casa Babylon
09. Por El Suelo
10. Blood And Fire
11. Ezln...Para Tod@s Todo...
12. Mr. Bobby
13. Bongo Bong
14. Radio Bemba
15. Que Paso Que Paso
16. Pinocchio
17. Cahi En La Trampa
18. Clandestino
19. Rumba De Barcelona
20. La Despedida
21. Mala Vida
22. Radio Bemba
23. Que Paso Que Paso
24. Pinocchio
25. La Primavera
26. The Monkey
27. King Kong Five
28. Minha Galera
29. Promiscuity

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Deltron - Deltron 3030 (2000)

Hip-hop confabulations don't come much more forward-thinking than this. Working from solid atomic principles, Deltron 3030 takes one producer, one MC, and one DJ and throws them beyond Futurama. Dan the Automator (one of the founders of the Handsome Boy Modeling School and administrator of Dr. Octagon's porno hospital) reinvents himself as the Cantankerous Captain Aptos and teams up with Deltron Zero (a.k.a. Hieroglyphics crew member Del tha Funky Homosapien) and Skiznod the Boy Wonder (bucky turntablist Kid Koala). Between the radio ads for future-funked, rap jams, and camouflaged cameos (by the likes of Prince Paul, a castrato Damon Albarn, MC Paul Barman and his Upper West Side doppelgänger Sean Lennon), the Deltron crew advise you to upgrade your brain to avoid getting sucked into the time virus. ("Ugrade your gray matter," they chant, "'cause one day it may matter.") The thematic opener, "3030," sounds like a beat-driven David Lean movie that slipped into the DJ's fingers with 31st-century rhythm stutters and scratches. Automator ping-pongs loops as rousing choral parts swell with space pride. "Things You Can Do" riffs off mod rock while a harpsichord hack and Sean Lennon drops feature on the sickly sweet mental apocalypse of "Memory Loss." Over its 21 tracks, Deltron 3030 erases the errors of this rap era in favor of hip-hop's future fathers. --Chris Campion

1. Deltron 3030 - State Of The Nation (0:26)
2. Deltron 3030 - 3030 (7:29)
3. Deltron 3030 - The Fantabulous Rap Extravaganza (0:21)
4. Deltron 3030 - Things You Can Do (4:59)
5. Deltron 3030 - Positive Contact (4:42)
6. Deltron 3030 - St. Catherine St. (0:43)
7. Deltron 3030 - Virus (4:26)
8. Deltron 3030 - Upgrade (A Brymar College Course) (4:10)
9. Deltron 3030 - New Coke (0:41)
10. Deltron 3030 - Mastermind (3:34)
11. Deltron 3030 - National Movie Review (0:53)
12. Deltron 3030 - Madness (4:38)
13. Deltron 3030 - Meet Cleofis Randolph The Patriarch (0:36)
14. Deltron 3030 - Time Keeps On Slipping (4:59)
15. Deltron 3030 - The News (A Wholly Owned Subsidiary Of Microsoft Inc.) (0:49)
16. Deltron 3030 - Turbulence (Remix) (3:33)
17. Deltron 3030 - The Fantabulous Rap Extravaganza Part II (0:37)
18. Deltron 3030 - Battlesong (4:07)
19. Deltron 3030 - Love Story (3:26)
20. Deltron 3030 - Memory Loss (4:39)
21. Deltron 3030 - The Assman 640 Speaks (0:31)

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Roy Paci & Aretuska - Suonoglobal (2007)

With rich Latin brass sections fused with reggae, hip hop, cumbia, mestizo and salsa comes the latest album ‘Suonoglobal’ by Roy Paci & Aretuska instantly, hitting you fair between the eyes. Great tracks, great album. Recommended to all the people who like festive music.

01 - Italiano a Barcelona

02 - Toda Joia toda beleza feat. Manu Chao

03 - Tango Mambo Jambo feat. Cor Veleno

04 - No quiero nada - Roy Paci & Aretuska

05 - Giramundo feat. Pau (Negrita)

06 - Non te ne andare

07 - Mezzogiorno di fuoco feat. Caparezza & Sud sound system

08 - Siente a mme feat. Raiz

09 - Senza di te

10 - Prova a ballare

11 - L'isola dei fessi

12 - E' meglio la vecchiaia feat. Erriquez (Bandabardò)

13 - Searchin' for the sunshine

14 - Nella mia terra

15 - Beleza

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