As I wrote about in my first editorial on this site, Lil Wayne was my introduction to the hip hop mixtape world. One of the first tapes I ever downloaded was The Dedication 2, and boy was it a banger. … Continue reading XV Was Up Next…Let’s Revisit His Early Mixtape Run
Martin $ky has switched things up quiet a bit this year…even more so in the last few months. He made a purely instrumental account (first called $omebody, now MARTIN $KY².) The tracks were put up, and pretty quickly taken down. … Continue reading Martin $ky – His Year In Review (New LP + What’s Next (Editorial)
This week was rich with releases. Tons of great music videos and tracks were put out into the public via SoundCloud, YouTube and the like. I for one noticed that tons of great, full, projects came out in the past … Continue reading Top 5 ‘Underground’ Hip Hop Projects of The Week
flowsfordays was started for a reason. I had been running a blog on Tumblr called Discover Good Music for a few years while I was at Columbia College in Chicago. For those that aren’t familiar, it’s an arts school downtown. … Continue reading What Inspired Me To Start flowsfordays.com (Personal Editorial)
To say A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie’s debut mixtape Artist (free download here) was a commercial success would be an understatement. Tons of articles have been written about the brilliance of the tape, his “modernization of New York Hip Hop”, sudden … Continue reading Revisiting A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie’s ‘Artist: The Mixtape’ (Top 5 Tracks To Check Out)
Chicago emcee Säge The 64th Wonder has peaked my interest since my early years of posting his music. Now he’s dropping the best music he’s ever created (in my humble opinion). The surprise Album on X-Mas is quite good and much … Continue reading Talking with Säge The 64th Wonder on new single ‘Gold Dirty’ (Dissection Interview Series)
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 … Continue reading Exploring The History of Unique Voices In Hip Hop (Editorial)
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 … Continue reading Confessions: My New Found Love for Indie Hip Hop
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