Hip-Hop Albums of the Year

09 January, 2024

Big L — 139 & Lenox


This disk is released under Flamboyant Entertainment and is composed by twelve tracks. Most of the producers are not credited. The guests are Shyheim, C-Town, Stan Spit and Herb McGruff. The whole effort is basically "The Archives 1996-2000" with another tracklist. There are the same songs with the same few gems and the same commercial errors. Removed the acapellas and "Hit It" that don't work, inside three cuts from "Harlem's Finest: A Freestyle History Vol. I & II": "Nigga Please", "Universal Freestyle" (both good) & "Devil's Son (Live in Amsterdam)", classic. But it doesn't change much. If you missed the "Archives", here the best is represented by "On the Mic", "Now or Never" and "Devil's Son". 6.5/10.

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