Category: Editorials
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Exploring The History of Unique Voices In Hip Hop (Editorial)
Since the birth of hip hop in the late 70’s there have been a slew of artists with strong personalities. Taking it back to the mid/late 80’s we can look at Flavor Flav. Public Enemy was a revolutionary group for the genre of hip hop and music in general, but Flavor gave the group, well,…
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Confessions: My New Found Love for Indie Hip Hop
I’ve been slacking. These are my confessions I recently wrote an article for Speedonthebeat.com giving my thoughts on the sub genre of “underground hip hop” and what I’ve been listening to recently. The album I focused on was Apollo Brown & Skyzoo’s collaborative album, ‘The Easy Truth.’ It is a dope piece of work; something…
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A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie – Not A Regular Person (Official Music Video + Discussion)
I have a newfound love for A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie. Fuck the hate, comparisons and discussions. Seems these days if you’re hated on, you’ve made it. But I digress… His tape Artist is my most played project (front to back) of the last 6 months (hey, Jeffery and Prima Donna just dropped). The odd, melodic hip…
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2 Takes On SremmLife 2 : Track by Track Review with flowsfordays and C&R
flowsfordays.com is pretty new to the blog game. We’ve been up for about a month now. It’s hosted on WordPress which is an excellent platform in case there are any potential writers looking to start a music blog. But I digress. WordPress allows you to explore other blogs through the site. I was looking through…
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Discussing Gucci Mane and Zaytoven’s GucTiggy Series
Super producer Zaytoven has modernized and shaped southern trap music for years but has just begun to get the undivided attention he deserves. Back in 2013, he created a backdrop to arguably the biggest hit of 2013 – Versace with Migos. As we all know Drake liked it so much that he remixed the track, giving yet…
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Exploring Lil Uzi Vert’s Music (Editorial)
You may have noticed I am a fan of Lil Uzi Vert. He grabbed my attention when I first saw the music video for Uzi off his 2014 Don Cannon hosted tape. He continued to impress as each new project was released with much anticipation. I enjoyed The Real Uzi, mostly more than almost…
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So You Like Isaiah Rashad…Then Listen to J’Demul
Today is the launch of our on-going series So You Like…Then… Every month (or possible every few weeks, still need to ponder) flowsfordays will pick out a “mainstream” hip hop artists and show you a similar “up and coming” artist that you would probably enjoy listening to. *Side note* The terms “mainstream” and “up and…
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Wiz + Curren$y’s How Fly collab project made me believe in mixtapes
In 2008 I was a freshman at Northeastern Illinois University. I attended Carthage in Kenosha initially, hoping to major in social work. I despised Carthage; the choice to go there was heavily influenced by my guidance counselor from my snobby, upper class, private high school. I wanted diversity and I wanted a school I could…
