After playing sideman and sax man, Kenneth Whalum’s latest role is frontman. His latest album, Broken Land, showcases his metamorphosis from arranger and jazz musician to full-featured R&B/soul star. […]
REVIEW: Daye Jack – No Data
Daye Jack is a Nigerian-born, ATL-raised, NYU-educated musical wunderkind. On brand new album No Data, Jack introduces himself to listeners via a series of interlude-interactions with Sam, a […]
VIDEO: Frank Ocean – Nikes
Frank Ocean is purposefully trolling us all, right? After the “will he/won’t he” approach to his new album’s release date, the pop-up shop with magazines, the album title change, […]
MUSIC: Stream Earl Sweatshirt’s Debut Album
In 2010 Earl Sweatshirt was the world’s most famous missing person. A teenage rap prodigy, he fell off the face of the planet right at the time his […]
PLAYLIST: The Baker’s Dozen – Vinyl Wishlist
Welcome to another installment of The Baker’s Dozen, a feature in which I will deliver a playlist of some of the things I’ve been listening to lately and […]
VIDEO: Frank Ocean – Pyramids (NSFW)
Mr. Frank Ocean has released the visuals for arguably my favorite track off of his album, “Pyramids”. Beginning with a ride through the desert on the back of […]
NEW MUSIC: Frank Ocean – Pyramids
Frank Ocean realeased the first single, “Pyramids” off his debut album with Def Jam, Channel Orange. Let the Frank Ocean v. the Weeknd war begin. Check out Frank […]
VIDEO: Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
Mr. GQ himself has released a teaser video for his forthcoming album, Channel Orange, which drops July 17. It’s definitely going to be a hot summer.
OPINION: Frank Ocean vs The Weeknd – An Update
Year in and year out, one-time phenoms fade away to mediocrity and off people’s radar, which is understandable due to the endless evolution of music that constantly calls […]
OPINION: Forget Frank Ocean and The Weeknd, D’Angelo saved R&B.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUqX5R70uKo[/youtube] If hype is the new currency, then once mainstream irrelevant rhythm and blues is alive, well and a genre richer than most. However, if you make more […]