Album Review: Dr. Dre – Compton
If Compton is a send-off, it's a fitting one. Dr. Dre may have not fixed the world, but he leaves the game with his city rich in musical lineage.
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Album Review: Chief Keef – Bang 3
Chief Keef's Bang 3 is a reminder of how mindless and fun the hip-hop genre can be when it wants to be and serves as a welcome distraction overall.
Adopt This Album: Doomtree – All Hands
The beats on Doomtree's All Hands are fantastic and like the lyrics they have a uniquely layered complexity that enhances each song.
Album Review: Ciara – Jackie
All of her albums have multiple infectious, well crafted, down and dirty dance-pop and R & B tracks, and combined with that sickly sweet and soothing voice drizzled over surging feminine sexuality, you have the perfect Pop Goddess.
Brainfeeder Superstar: Yet Another Brainiac In L.A.
[Author’s Note: This article is a patchwork of criticism, anecdotes and interviews. The personal interactions I recall were...
Odds and Ends: April 2015
Mickey goes over the Odds and ends for April 2015 including: Squarepusher, Oneohtrix Point Never, Sasha Go Hard, Bodega BAMZ, Choas Echoes, and ILoveMakonnen.
Riots, Racism, and Rap: Are You Still Down?
Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, and Drake have all rapped about Tupac's "R U Still Down (Remember Me)" in 2015. What do you think that's all about?
Ladies And Gentlemen, We Are Walking On Earth
Mickey White examines modern Afrofuturism through the lens of Young Thug 's Barter 6 and Young Fathers' White Men Are Black Men Too.
Album Review: Fences – Lesser Oceans
As it sits right now Fences Lesser Oceans is just overall unimpressive and doesn’t bring anything new or interesting to the table.
Album Review: Tyler, The Creator – Cherry Bomb
Tyler, The Creator is at his best when he means what he says. As such, Cherry Bomb is the album 2015 didn't know it needed.