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 […]
REVIEW: Oddisee – Alwasta
In a welcome surprise, DC rapper Oddisee dropped his latest last week, a seven-track EP that debuted on Stereogum. The EP’s title, Alwasta, is the Arabic term for a […]
MUSIC: Pitbull – Bad Man (feat. Robin Thicke, Joe Perry & Travis Barker)
Musical Commandment No. 3,255: Beware any track that leads off with Pitbull declaring, “This is history in the making!” You will be disappointed. So it goes with “Bad […]
REVIEW: Anderson .Paak – Malibu
SURGEON GENERAL’S WARNING: Musical authenticity has perhaps never been under greater scrutiny than at this very moment. On the whole, this is a good thing. Correlating an artist’s […]
REVIEW: Space Captain – In Memory
The Brooklyn-based septet of Space Captain are aptly named: their intrepid excursions venture deep into galaxies of jazz, psychedelic rock, downtempo, and soul, to name a few. In […]
REVIEW: Shaolin Jazz – Byrd Over Staten EP
Shaolin Jazz, a creation of Gerald Watson and DJ 2-Tone Jones, introduces the rhymes of the Wu-Tang Clan to the world of jazz. Having previously explored this conceit with […]
REVIEW: D.R.A.M. – Gahdamn!
One of a few hints that D.R.A.M. doesn’t take himself too seriously can be found on the cover of his latest EP, Gahdamn! Yes, that’s an illustration of […]
REVIEW: Janet Jackson – Unbreakable
“Hello. It’s been a while. Lots to talk about. I’m glad you’re still here.” So goes Janet Jackson’s welcome back to her fans on Unbreakable, her first LP […]