Blog: Totally Fuzzy

With his steadfast commitment to old battle-rap ideals, Bumpy Knuckles is a fitting collaborator for Premier, another ’90s traditionalist who has also shown similarly little interest in updating his style with the times. If not for a few scattered contemporary references, The Kolexxxion could easily pass as a lost album from 1998. That’s the essence of the album’s charm, of course, but also its ultimate shortcoming. Even when The Kolexxxion is good—and it’s usually pretty good — its playbook is so overfamiliar that it’s incapable of truly surprising or exciting. -- AV Club Read more »