It's always fun when The New York Times writes about hip-hop, like they do today with this article on All $Star's latest mixtape, $tarlito's Way II. They manage not to sound like complete fuddy-duddies, and yet still seem as if they just discovered that gangster rap involves a lot of swagger:

"Somehow this sounds even better coming from the same guy responsible for a (great) track called “Gangsta-est Swag of the Year.” On these two CDs bluster and self-consciousness fight to a draw."

In any case, you can cop the mixtape in question here