I’m old… The summer of 1992, my hood in Philly was so crazy I remember praying to God to just let me live long enough to get to […]
MUSIC: Otis Junior & Dr. Dundiff – The Ballad
A soul singer hailing from Louisville, Kentucky, Otis Junior first came up as frontman for R&B/neo-soul band The Jesse Lees. In early 2016, he crossed paths with DJ/producer and […]
REVIEW: GoldLink – At What Cost
You’re in the back of a D.C. cab, rolling in the summer heat with all the windows down. Amid the usual street noise, you catch snatches of conversations […]
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 […]
MUSIC: Cadence Weapon – My Crew (Woo)
The swift-rhyming Cadence Weapon (née Roland Pemberton) hails from the realest streets of…Edmonton, Canada? Unlikely origins aside, dude’s been putting his serious flow on display since the mid-aughts, sprinkling […]
Once Upon a Time in Austin: My First SXSW
Picture it, Sicily, 1927 Austin, 2017. The worlds of music, film, television and gaming have descended upon the “Live Music Capitol of the World” to showcase their talents […]
MUSIC: Joey Bada$$ – Victory
On new track “Victory”, Pro Era’s Joey Bada$$ delivers Jock Jams for a new generation. The Good: A pretty solid track, sporting verses overflowing with hoops metaphors. The production […]
Video Rewind: “Mo Money Mo Problems” 20th Anniversary
It’s 1997. We open, as most Nineties hip hop videos do, on…the eighteenth hole of a golf course? Color commentator Mase Gumbel quickly fills us in on the […]
MUSIC: Rome Fortune – Boo Mobile II (feat. Toro y Moi)
Rome Fortune, everybody’s favorite green-bearded ATL MC, continues to, well, roam far outside the Dirty South with his two latest Soundcloud tracks, produced by electronic artist/producer savant Toro […]
MUSIC: Topaz Jones – Get Lost
As autumn temps begin to drop, New Jersey-based MC Topaz Jones offers up a slice of West Coast warmth. His new single, “Get Lost,” finds the rapper California […]