Music is at its best when it makes you appreciate the mundane. Something as simple as watching the sun rise can be a beautiful thing; even if your life is slowly crumbling to a million stressful piece…
The Hip Hop Roundup: Travis Scott’s “Look Mom I Can Fly”
Full disclosure-I’m a huge Travis Scott fan. I literally have two different posters in my college dorm room. One of them is the Birds in the Trap Sing Mcknight album cover, the other is a flyer …
Album Review: Raphael Saadiq – “Jimmy Lee”
Raphael Saadiq has quietly been busy since his last solo album release in 2011. The R&B/soul crooner from the 1990s trio Tony! Toni! Tone! co-wrote Solange’s “Cranes in the Sky;”…
Hip Hop Roundup: “The Vince Staples Show” Provides Endless Intrigue
Vince Staples never ceases to surprise me. The Long Beach rapper navigates the media with precise dynamism-leading people to expect the unexpected from him. In 2018, the 26 year-old dropped “Get…
Album Review: E-40 – “Practice Makes Paper”
Amidst the ever-changing landscape of the music industry, E-40 never changes. He’s the same exuberant California rapper from the 1990s who re-invented the way rappers talk and flow on a record. …
Bi-Weekly Hip Hop Roundup: The Three Best
A lot’s happened over the past couple of weeks in hip hop. Rising XXL freshman YBN Cordae released his highly-anticipated debut album, The Lost Boy (a great start to say the least). Chance the R…
Album Review: Gauche – “A People’s History of Gauche”
These past three years have been some of the most tumultuous in United States history. It’s been awhile since we’ve seen this much political corruption, discrimination and violence. A lot …