Flip and the Combined Effort | Hi, is this Ska’s Mom? Review
When I was in elementary school, I started playing the trombone. Everyone at my school had to choose...
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DJ Screw: A Life in Slow Revolution | Celebrating the Humanity of an Icon
In a different timeline, I would have listened to the music of DJ Screw in high school. I...
Eric Harvey – Who Got the Camera? | Reality Rap vs Tabloid Television in the ’90s
One of my most formative musical experiences occurred in Fall 1991. It was 7th grade. I’d made first...
An “Escapists” List of 2020’s Most Suitable Albums for Releasing Souls
2020 was the year of the throwback and my list of favorite albums reflects that. It proves that musically, I straight-up live in the 1970s.
Fat Tony and Taydex – Wake Up | Good Music Should Never Sit Still
Wake Up reflects Fat Tony’s diverse artistic palate and widespread travels, while production from Taydex feels both familiar and forward-thinking.
BROCKHAMPTON | grim, grit, and grimace
BROCKHAMPTON overall is good, loud, but also grungey and raunchy. They get the grim, grit, and grimace of what it takes to make good music.
Mereba: The Jungle is the Only Way Out | Check your head and check this stuff out
So precisely just how the in fuck DID I not know Mereba? Did YOU?? Maybe you did, maybe you didn’t. Her new album, The Jungle is the Only Way Out is magic.
Eminem: Kamikaze | Over 2000 words you didn’t know you needed to read
Overthink, underthink—after listening to Eminem's surprise album, Kamikaze, I’m left wondering if he should have even thought at all.
Take a look at Channel Tres
Channel Tres an awe inspiring individual who has the audacity to represent a culture that is on the influx of what is known as the digital era.
Nas: Nasir | A Musical Crime Perpetrated by A Once Great Artist
On “Adam and Eve,” Nas says, “I’m good at existing,” and that’s exactly what he’s doing with this batch of Kanye produced songs known as Nasir. Just existing.