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...system also serves as a safety net if students stumble when they return to regular school, as Eduardo did. "It wasn't a good place for me," says the aspiring hip-hop artist of his old school. "When I was there, I only wanted to get high. Now, because of alternative school, I want to get somewhere...
...Common addresses deeply personal issues ranging from insecurity and death to his own rumored homophobia. Though albums about artists’ vulnerability often risk sounding trite, Electric Circus never delivers the easy answers to fundamental questions. In “Right Ta” Common asks, “Hip-hop is changin’/Y’all want me to stay the same?” With this album, Common shows that he has already changed since 2000’s Like Water for Chocolate, and will likely continue to break boundaries. —Brian...
Missy and Timbaland are one of hip-hop’s great duos, a point driven home by the confident pose the two strike together inside their new album. Each record they craft signals another paradigm shift in mainstream hip-hop. But for once, the ante’s been upped on them—the Neptunes now own this hip-hop game, and their effect via the breathtaking “Grindin” on Under Construction is clear...
...artillery in “Funky Fresh Dressed” sounds made for a gargantuan boom box, and “Slide’s” ominous boom reels in the body like a black hole. Though technology coats the beats in platinum, the classic hip-hop samples laced throughout the album lend them a welcome mustiness...
...groove all the more infectious. “Meaning” is baggage in music that’s meant to be felt first, as Under Construction’s intensely visceral buzzing, booming songs prove. Conversely, this uplifting and masterfully executed album probably means more for hip-hop than any other release in recent memory. —Ryan...