Epinions Recent Reviews for MajaFiggaz

Separate but Equal - Little Brother & DJ Drama: Bridging the gap, between commercial and underground? Not Quite (FMHHFIHS pt. 4)

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 01:25:41 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author MajaFiggaz - As with most other Little Brother releases there is a meaning behind the title of the album, or in this case mixtape. With T
he
Minstrel Show they likened the state of hip-hop and black mentality to the Minstrel shows...

Are you tuned in? (FMHHFIHS pt. 3)

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 03:49:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MajaFiggaz - The Re-Birth of MajaFiggaz Saturday, September 17th 2005. Two days before the worst day I would spend in Iraq occurred, in which I would watch two good friends bodies airlifted home in what is deemed the "Angel Flight" I took a chance on a...

Waiting for the Minstrel Show to start? How about some Appetizing Chitlins? (FMHHFIHS pt. 2)

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:55:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MajaFiggaz - [This is the second entry to my Little Brother "Forgive Me Hip-Hop For I Have Sin" write-off] To all of you hungry motherf!ckers out there this review has nothing to do with eating stank @ss pig intestines! During the age of racial segregation...

No Witty Wordplay...Just Listen (FMHHFIHS pt. 1)

Sun, 22 Jul 2007 18:32:48 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MajaFiggaz - This review is long overdue, and will be the first installment of my reviews of various LB albums and mixtapes, which I will call "Forgive Me Hip-Hop For I Have Sin", for waiting until Fall 2005(while in Iraq) to give LB a listen…. The year...

Y'all Know The Name, Pharoahe F!cking Monch Ain't a Damn Thang Changed...In 8 Years

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:01:17 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MajaFiggaz - One of the most complex lyricist of all-time, Pharoahe Monch returns with his Desire. Monch who's last album Internal Affairs was released 8 years ago in 1999, has been away from the hip-hop scene for a relatively long time (In terms of...

No You're Not [PA] [6/24] * by MajaFiggaz

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:33:20 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author MajaFiggaz - Ignorance is Bliss Let's start from the top. DJ Khaled is a Miami-based DJ and radio personality on WEDR 99 Jamz. He dropped his debut collabo album(mixtape) Listennn... in June 2006. One thing that immediately strikes you is the...

The Working Man's Rapper

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:39:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MajaFiggaz - I remember a few years ago when Eminem actually made funny albeit vulgar songs that captivated his audience and had many looking at him as the best rapper in the game who lyrics could only be brushed by Canibus. Bis was also one of the only rappers that...

The King is back to reclaim the throne! Jay-Z? Naa, It's Me B!tches!

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:27:29 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author MajaFiggaz - Before I begin I want to give a Rest in Peace shout to three friends and battle buddies of mine who where killed in action in the capital city Ramadi of Al Anbar province in Iraq. SPC. William Fernandez, SGT. Michael Egan, & SPC. Christopher...

Jin dropped a hot, but vastly underrated debut album. The Rest is History

Thu, 6 Jan 2005 21:30:21 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author MajaFiggaz - What Up Y'all It's Me and it's my last Review for a while. Tomorrow i'll be leaving for Camp Shelby, Mississippi to kick off my training for deployment to Iraq. Hopefully when I return for Block leave i'll drop a couple of reviews 4 y'all and say a...

He is Urban, but he damn sure ain't a legend

Sat, 11 Dec 2004 21:21:15 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author MajaFiggaz - Well one thing is for sure, my last review for approximately 18 months will come in early January. As silly as it may sound, due to espionage, I am not able to tell you guys anything other than I will be deploying to Iraq for 12 of those 18...

Wack Emcees Your Time is Up The Deadline Is here.

Tue, 23 Nov 2004 18:18:03 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MajaFiggaz - Straight from Nor' Carolina is up-and-coming rapper Supastition. Supa isn't you typical southern rapper with a mouth full of gold talkin about they 24's, they cribs, money or b!tches. Supastition will hit you with some serious punchlines that will leave...

Game Point! Eastern Conference All Stars got the Ball

Fri, 19 Nov 2004 13:03:48 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MajaFiggaz - Over the past few years the Eastern Conference Records crew have been a perennial underground powerhouse on the east coast. With some truely ill emcee's from Philly, New York, New Jersey and even Ohio, which some consider midwest, but anyway, this crew...

J-Zone goes to Work on Baldhead B!tches, NBA Rappers & Hatin DJ's

Fri, 22 Oct 2004 17:40:07 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MajaFiggaz - The Zone is back again to offend anyone who listens to his CD, and not give a damn about it. With other shock rappers like Eminem currently on the snide, losing his edge and resorting to diss Michael Jackson, The Zone is here to save the day. Last month...

This game is Over, Early

Thu, 14 Oct 2004 00:30:45 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author MajaFiggaz - The Philly group of Meek Millz, Sonni Blak, Eyse Da Supastar & Rambo dropped this single a couple years back and it was all over the mixtape circuit. Featuring Roc-A-Fella, State Property representer Freeway. Their debut album "Early in the Game"...

A League of Our Own Vol. 2 is full-a-flava

Mon, 11 Oct 2004 09:11:25 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author MajaFiggaz - Within the last few years the Phila Flava show has been one of the top college imprints. The first mixtape from Abby O'Neil and Jason Gloss "Phila Flava Presents: A League of Our Own" featured a bunch of well respected underground rappers along...

Ding Ding Ding, MR. & Boobonic got Knocked Da F!ck Out!

Sun, 10 Oct 2004 18:22:15 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author MajaFiggaz - This group got the name Philly's Most Wanted while featuring on other people songs and Roc-A-Fella's Beanie Sigel coined them Philly's Most Wanted. Mr. Man and Boobonic burst onto the hip-hop scene out of Southwest Philly back in 2001, with thier debut...

"Blinded by the light of those Diamonds, get it? Got us Dyin'"

Sat, 2 Oct 2004 00:20:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MajaFiggaz - Late last year Baby Blak dropped his long overdue debut album Once You Go Blak. As one-half of the hip-hop duo Ill Advised with long-time partner Mr. Lish, these two dropped some seriously sick sh!t in the mid-to-late nineties. Straight from West...

J-Zone rips down the backboard on NBA Rappers and Hip-Hop Ballers

Wed, 29 Sep 2004 05:25:31 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MajaFiggaz - A Friendly Game of Basketball It's pretty much a known fact that the favorite sport of a lot of hip-hop artists is basketball. It is also known that many of the top NBA stars love hip-hop and some even try to rap. You know, Shaq,...

The Best of C-N-N

Mon, 20 Sep 2004 19:30:43 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author MajaFiggaz - C-N-N aka Capone N Noreaga consists of, you guessed it, rappers Liam "Capone" Holley and Victor "Noreaga" Santiago. These two first met in jail while trading verses back in forth during Bible classes. Making a name for themselve right out of jail jumping...

CNN take you inside thier Illegal Lives

Mon, 13 Sep 2004 21:09:40 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MajaFiggaz - Yet another classic song from Capone-N-Noreaga this time featuring Havoc of Mobb Deep. Once again we have some true gangsta rap from CNN from thier tight debut album The War Report. This time we check out the joint Illegal Life. This joint...

What, What, What, What, What, What, Wha-What!!!

Fri, 10 Sep 2004 21:59:45 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author MajaFiggaz - Nore's single SuperThug off of his album N.O.R.E. along with the title track and lead single N.O.R.E.(N!ggaz On the Run Eatin') helped push Noreaga to the forefront of commercial hip-hop for a period of time. Unlike the his previous...

Capone N Noreaga were on Top Of New York for a hot minute

Thu, 9 Sep 2004 01:15:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MajaFiggaz - This song is from Capone-N-Noreaga's debut album The War Report. That album wasn't a classic but as far as street anthems go this song damn sure is. If you are accustomed to some of the garbage that Noreaga's been babbling out lately that doesn't...

Deep Water Hotness 2.0

Sun, 29 Aug 2004 18:41:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MajaFiggaz - Zion I is the hip-hop duo of MC Zion and producer Amp Live. Even though Zion I is now pretty much based on the West Coast out in MC Zion was born in my neighborhood Mt. Airy, which is how we find ZIon I getting reviewed this month even though I'd have...

Riq Gee's & The Roots Tip the rap game head over heels

Fri, 27 Aug 2004 18:31:32 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MajaFiggaz - What more can I say about The Roots that hasn't been said already? The hip-hop act that actually has a band? One of if not The greatest hip-hop gropu of all-time? Definately the greatest group to come out of the 215. The Roots quite simply, can be...

A Divine Evil from Outerspace has touched down

Thu, 26 Aug 2004 03:08:57 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author MajaFiggaz - The latests release from Outerspace comes in the form of Jedi Mind Tricks Presents: Outerspace. This isn't really an album as it is full of released and unreleased material from the group. This is pretty much and appetizer for thier full length...