Hip Hop Roundup: Detroit, Duwap, and Kony

Album of the Week: Nuk – The Red Tape 2 When I think about Detroit’s 2020 rap scene, I get excited. When I get excited about their music, I tend to reminisce about watching my Boston Celtics play the rival…

Hip Hop Roundup: NMNN Tuka, Gogo, Feezy and more

Project of the week: NMNN Tuka – Mind of a Gudda Boy The cover of NMNN Tuka’s new album Mind Of a Gudda Boy perfectly encapsulates the polyrhythmic lifestyle of Gudda Gang’s talented centerpiece. The young spitter makes placid threats…

Album Review: Chance the Rapper – “The Big Day”

Chance the Rapper lives as an anomaly within the context of today’s music industry. He’s a 27-year-old independent artist with three projects under his belt, three Grammy’s, and loads of critical and commercial success. His eccentricity redefined the way mainstream…

Album Review: Lo Moon – “Lo Moon”

When musicians take their time to create art, it’s usually a good thing. The problem with the hip hop industry nowadays continues to be pressure rappers face to release music constantly. More artists are becoming concerned about staying relevant, rather…

Album Review: JAY-Z – “4:44”

JAY-Z has been and always will be untouchable. Since he first stepped on the scene in his bulky leather coat, jumping from a helicopter to a white Lexus in the “Dead Presidents” video, the artist casually known as Shawn Carter…

‘The Arrangement’ Series Premiere Review

If you watched the Oscar red carpet coverage last week on E!, you were bombarded with promos for the premiere episode of their new series, The Arrangement. The show stars TV hunk (can’t believe I just wrote that) Josh Henderson, who…

TYF Rates the Hot 100: Week of July 26, 2016

Since 1958, the Billboard Hot 100 has been the definitive chart gauging the biggest singles in the United States, with particular attention paid to the top 40 positions. Top 40 is so ingrained in music culture that an entire radio…