J Cole: The Fall Off review – rap legend’s final album is a self-obsessed hip-hop history lesson

(Interscope)Bowing out after six consecutive US No 1 albums, Cole references rap greats and even conjures a convo between Biggie and 2Pac – but the lens rarely strays from himself ...
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Why Young Money Records Had the Biggest Fall-Off in Hip-Hop History

We could be witnessing the most dramatic fall offs in recent Hip-Hop history. Young Money Records — with front runners Nicki Minaj, Drake and Lil Wayne — was once the pinnacle of rap music. But within ...