[xrr rating=1.5/5]In high school, I lived about an hour away from the beach. Not the traditional image of blue water and pristine sand. This was the Gulf of Mexico, which meant that on most days, the water was a lovely shade of brown. Waste from BP oil spills and trash from Galveston combined for water that was dangerous even on …

1. Flatbush Zombies – “97.92” (Electric KoolAde Records) On Flatbush Zombies’ breakout single “Thug Waffle” MC Juice rapped “Hip-hop is dead, Zombies for prez!” and it’s looking like a full zombie takeover is in the cards. Juice lays down a hyper-positive verse and Meechy’s so-high-he’s-hoarse flow is always welcome. But the real star here is Erick The Architect, whose flow …