Onry Ozzborn - Alone

On the aptly titled Alone, Onry Ozzborn steps out from his usual place in the Oldominion lineup and delivers a powerful solo debut that moves slowly, but gradually insinuates itself in your brain with a combination of murky, minor-key grooves and hyperactive rhyming. Ozzborn's chosen themes are sometimes unusual -- this may be the first hip-hop album to open with a tribute to chess champion Bobby Fischer -- but frankly, that's kind of refreshing in a musical world that is generally all too thematically predictable. Read More