Top 50 Best Albums of 2020

What will you remember the most about 2020? Better question: Do you want to remember 2020? We can’t blame you if you don’t. It’s been a very bad year for many reasons. In the world of music, this year saw…

Album Review: Future – “High Off Life”

The height of Future’s hedonism coincided with a marvelous mixtape/album run from 2015-2017. One that included a toxic breakup with Ciara, a lovely relationship with DJ Esco and Zaytoven, and probably the only classic anthem dedicated to codeine. The music…

The Hip Hop Roundup: The Best Projects from March

Not going to lie, March sucked for a myriad of reasons. From an objective standpoint, the world began it’s descent into the abyss thanks to a catastrophic virus that continues to wreak havoc daily (I still blame climate change and…

Hip Hop Roundup: The Best from March 2-9

Project of the Week: BBY Godard – Euphoria Welcome to the spiritual macrocosm that is Bby Goyard’s music. For those who aren’t accustomed to this celestial experience of Soundcloud’s next great innovator, Bby Goyard is someone who thrives in an…

This is Pop? Podcast Episode 13: 2018 Grammy Predictions

  The nominees for the 60th annual Grammy Awards were announced on Nov. 28 and included nods for several of the biggest acts of 2017, from Kendrick Lamar and Bruno Mars to Kesha and The National. Like many music and…

Album Review: Meek Mill – “Wins & Losses”

Meek Mill is back less than a year removed from his October mixtape, DC4 (although it felt like more of an album to me) with his third studio album, Wins & Losses.  Personally, I enjoyed the DC4 project as well as his first…

Melody on Music: Sleeping Beauty

Editor’s note: From 2012 to 2014, Melody Rice wrote the music column Matt on Music for The Eastern Echo, the student newspaper for Eastern Michigan University. Beginning in 2016, Melody relaunched this column on The Young Folks. You can read past…