The Alchemist - No Days Off

Popular underground (and mainstream) hip-hop producer The Alchemist has been making beats for other people since the late '90s (Cypress Hill, Dilated Peoples, Big Daddy Kane, Ghostface Killah, Pharoahe Monch, and Mobb Deep have been among the recipients), but he's also a rapper himself, something he showed off on his 2004 album, 1st Infantry. No Days Off is the second official mixtape The Alchemist has released in 2006 (the first, which came out in April, was titled The Chemistry Files), and though the majority of the songs have guest MCs over his beats, The Alchemist is also able to show off his verbal prowess on five of the tracks (two of which are produced by other people), and he sounds pretty decent, too. Read More