Oaklyn Records

Black Beat Magazine

XLR8R magazine

"Air Cartoons" brings the street-famed poet to trunk subs and iPod buds with bent-over-the-knee authority, spirit spewing from belly to the “Tip of the tongue, the teeth & the lips”.

“If progression is the name, Azeem's production team brings big game. With heavy hitters like Z-Trip and DJ Quest, the album ditches played bass and snare mediocrity and shimmers in its unconventional metallic threads;” [4 stars]
- URB Magazine

“California Bay Area emcee Azeem is undoubtedly one of the most gifted writers in music, and especially in hip-hop.”
– PopMatters.com

“This album is another great example of the diverse music being churned out in the Bay.”
- JIVE

Azeem has always been one of the West Coast's most extraordinary emcees. He can make a listener laugh, cry and even shake their soul with his Nostradamus-like predictions.
- RapReviews

“Wicked good.”
- XLR8R (Lucky 13)

“Oakland's Azeem has released one of the more interesting records of the summer, Air Cartoons (Oaklyn).” “Don’t miss out on this one”
– LAS Mag

“Air Cartoons a must-have album for fans of creative, meaningful rap music.”
- Exclaim!

“Azeem has been a Thick favorite over the years. He's one of the illest and most slept-on lyricists to ever come out of Oakland.
“Dude is like Saul Williams, Ras Kass and Kool Keith mixed into one rapper!” “When it comes to droppin' knowledge, Azeem is next level.”
- ThickOnline

“It should come as no surprise that Azeem is also involved with other areas of performing arts like acting and spoken word poetry because “Air Cartoons” really comes off more like an experience than just a record.”
- SouthCoast247

“While the best rappers are also natural stage performers, Azeem's talents stretch beyond the recording booth. Last year he achieved national acclaim for his one-man show Rude Boy, depicting the daily struggle of "Jamerican" janitor Johnny Burke. The play originally ran in Chicago and New York;”
- SFWeekly

“Azeem is a man of many talents. Beginning his career as a nationally recognized slam poet, and later as a member of local acts Telefunken and Spearhead, in the past six years he's put out five underground rap albums (recording as Azeem) on five different labels”

“His catalog of albums -- 2000's "Garage Opera" and "Craft Classic," 2004's "Show Business" and "Mayhemystics," and 2008's "Air Cartoons" -- stand as some of the most intelligent, thought-provoking hip-hop music ever to come out of the Bay Area. Yet despite a good deal of critical acclaim, commercial success has eluded him.”
- SF Chronicle