Tape of the Week: cashcache! – I Love CashCache 2 Listening to a Cashcache mixtape is the equivalent of allowing your mind to enter a silky dream-state. I feel like I’ve entered a candy-coated heaven where cotton candy is part…
Some Rap Songs: Connis, Ugly God, Jiles, and more
Since there’s about a million other columns that utilize the “hip hop roundup” moniker, I figured that it’s probably best to spice things up a bit. So, to show my respect for the great Earl Sweatshirt, the “Hip Hop Roundup”…
Hip Hop Roundup: A Savage Land and a Boomin’ Metropolis
Project of the week: 21 Savage & Metro Boomin’ – Savage Mode II At one point on Savage Mode II, cinema legend Morgan Freeman asks the unresolved question “are things better or worse the second time around?” This totally depends…
Hip Hop Roundup: Ricky Felix, “Oakland Nights,” and more
Album of the Week: Ricky Felix – High End Theory An overlooked theme of Eastern Massachusetts rap in 2020 is the amount of producer-led collaboration featured all along the coast. From ALFii’s re-imagination of the Final Fantasy soundtrack, to RLouie’s…
Hip Hop Roundup: Unpacking the XXL Freshman List
The XXL Freshman List is an interesting entity for many different reasons, There’s a lot of subplots embedded inside the main narrative of predicting who’s going to experience longevity in the future. Oftentimes, these subplots are much more interesting than…
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: Bbymutha, DJ WhySham, Jackboy and more
Album of the week: Bbymutha – Muthaland https://bbymutha.bandcamp.com/releases The only time Brittnee Moore is told to shut up is on the intro track to her official debut album Muthaland. Marcus Zuckerberg-the host of a talk show from the fiery depths…