Yes, this is a list. Yes, it’s my personal opinion. Music is always subjective. Maybe ya’ll know all these songs. But…I think you’re going to find some dope stuff. The site was born off of my passion in sharing great … Continue reading Hidden Gems of 2021 (That You May Not Know Of…Yet)
Josh from Illect Recordings has been sending me exciting, diverse content from his signee’s for years now. It is very rare that I don’t write about it because the music is so unique, creative, and beautifully blended with a host … Continue reading Illect Recordings: The Independent Hip Hop Label You Need To Know (And Their Latest Songs)
The Odd Future movement in the early aughts cannot be explained unless you experienced it. In November of 2008, the LA collective dropped their debut group project The Odd Future Tape. Between 2009 and 2010 Earl Sweatshirt, Domo Genesis, Mike G, and Frank Ocean joined … Continue reading Revisiting Earl Sweatshirt’s EARL Mixtape (Editorial)
I am a product of the internet era. In the most important moments of my young adulthood, my soundtrack would usually come from downloaded mp3s off of the legendary mixtape site datpiff.com. I added them to my iTunes library, unwilling … Continue reading Revisiting J. Cole’s – Friday Night Lights’ and ‘Lupe Fiasco’s – Enemy Of The State’ Mixtapes
When Mac Miller passed I wrote a heartfelt tribute. Yet, it was when I spoke on his second studio album, Watching Movies With The Sound Off…, that I found myself most emotional and contemplative. This was his groundbreaking moment, the first body … Continue reading Remembering Mac Miller’s ‘Watching Movies With The Sound Off….’ (Editorial)
As I’ve been growing my physical hip hop collection, I’ve learned a lot about the history and culture of the genre – how and why it began, its development, the intricate parts, people. and events that changed it whether in … Continue reading The Importance Of The Message by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
*This is a piece I wrote for my Tumblr blog over 2 years ago. Instrumentals are often overlooked as mere one offs or even worse, beats. Yes, technically they are the latter, but they are on the same level, or … Continue reading Instrumental Blessings #1 Playlist
Ignorance Is Bliss Cut You Off Rigamortious Cartoons & Cereal (feat. Gunplay) A.D.H.D. *Bonus Continue reading The 5 Best Kendrick Lamar Music Videos Before ‘good kid, m.A.A.d city’
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