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  Review Date: March 22, 2007
  Website: Potluck Website
  Label: Suburban Noize

Potluck “Straight Outta Humboldt” Album Review
Damn, these cats love the chronic yo. I guess being from Humboldt County, California, the weed-growing capital of the United States, will make you appreciate your herb. Over half of the songs on Potluck’s “Straight Outta Humboldt” are dedicated entirely to marijuana, and I’m pretty sure the topic comes up in every other song at least once. (more…)

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  Review Date: March 8, 2007
  Website: X-Clan Website
  Label: Suburban Noize

X-Clan ”Return From Mecca” Album Review
Every once and awhile, an album comes along that makes me remember exactly why I started my own hip-hop website. X-Clan’s “Return From Mecca” is that album. I used to get so angry when brilliant albums got underrated by reviewers, dissed among fans and ignored by radio stations, so I started writing my own reviews to give hip-hoppers the real. And the real is … you should ignore the not-so-favorable Internet reviews on this album, because “Return From Mecca” is a classic, and the best hip-hop album of the year thus far. (more…)