Subject: Lil' Kim

• Crankytown No. 2

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• Around Hear

  November 2, 2000

• Movie Review: Notorious

  Christopher Wallace is the center of the hip-hop canon. Any words rhymed after the late rapper's two major works, Ready to Die and Life After Death, necessarily bare his indelible imprint. And to this day, nearly a decade after his death, other rap artists are best judged by their proximity, far or near, to his imaginative excellence. Also known as Biggie Smalls, Notorious B.I.G. or simply Biggie, Wallace combined the masterful storytelling of Slick Rick with the lyrical complexity of Rakim and

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• Benzino

  January 30, 2003

• The Doggfather

  January 1, 2004

• Scene Stealer

  February 5, 2004

• Pearls of Wisdom

  September 30, 2004

• Soul Survivor

  September 22, 2005

• God Save the Scene

  Sassy Brits, hoochie mamas and a dude named Beans attempted to invigorate a stagnant year for hip-hop.

  December 30, 2004

• Club Mud

  Just don't call these female mud wrestlers girlie girls.

  July 22, 2004

• Rez Affiliated

  Cherokee rapper and actor Litefoot puts an indigenous spin on hip-hop.

  April 8, 2004

• Check Ya Later

  Hey, 2003, don't let the door smack you on the ass.

  January 1, 2004

• Tricked Out

  Here's a bag of goodies for ya. Now get out of here.

  October 30, 2003

• Da Brat

  Limelite, Luv and Nightclubz (So So Def)

  September 18, 2003

• Christina Aguilera

  Stripped (RCA)

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• Best of Music 2001

  Critic's Picks

  December 27, 2001

• FUNKMASTER FLEX & BIG KAP

  THE TUNNEL(DEF JAM)

  February 10, 2000