Backspin Hip-Hop Retrospectives

Backspin: Too $hort — Gettin’ It (Album Number Ten) (1996)

Means to an end. (83/100)

Mar 1 • Backspin Hip-Hop

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February 2026

Backspin: Brand Nubian — One for All (1990)

A party with a purpose. (85/100)

Feb 15 • Backspin Hip-Hop

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Backspin: Common Sense — Resurrection (1994)

A dream deferred…but undeterred (85/100)

Feb 1 • Backspin Hip-Hop

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January 2026

A Hip-Hop Classic Lost In the Pandemic

Five years later, Apollo Brown & Che` Noir’s ‘As God Intended’ continues revealing layers

Jan 24 • Backspin Hip-Hop

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Backspin: Nas — It Was Written (1996)

Street dreams and champagne nightmares. (88/100)

Jan 18 • Backspin Hip-Hop

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December 2025

Backspin: N.W.A — Efil4zaggin (1991)

Gangsta rap’s course changing crossroads (80/100)

Dec 28, 2025 • Backspin Hip-Hop

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Soulspin 2000: Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun

“Where in the world is all the time?”

Dec 21, 2025 • Backspin Hip-Hop

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Soulspin 2000: Musiq Soulchild - Aijuswanaseing

Gray zone soul

Dec 11, 2025 • Backspin Hip-Hop

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Backspin: Genius/GZA — Liquid Swords (1995)

The clandestine assassin. (94.5/100)

Dec 7, 2025 • Backspin Hip-Hop

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November 2025

Soulspin 2000: Sade — Lovers Rock

Sophisti-soul standard bearer navigated the neo-soul era 25 years ago

Nov 14, 2025 • Backspin Hip-Hop

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Backspin: Organized Konfusion — Stress: The Extinction Agenda (1994)

Pressure makes diamonds. (85.5/100)

Nov 2, 2025 • Backspin Hip-Hop

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October 2025

Soulspin 2000: II From the Other Side

Lynden David Hall, Lewis Taylor, and the neo-soul of a UK scene that never quite crossed

Oct 19, 2025 • Backspin Hip-Hop

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