Bi-Weekly Hip Hop Roundup: Week of July 6, 2019

As the summer starts to heat up, hip hop artists from across the country are searching for that hit track to be played on repeat in everyone’s car. Unfortunately, many will fail, as “Old Town Road” continues to dominate the…

The Young Folks’ Top 50 Albums of 2018

For the third year in running, The Young Folks music staff has compiled a list of our Top 50 favorite albums of the year. As with last year, the list was compiled through the votes of our music staff, plus…

Album Review: Anderson .Paak – “Oxnard”

This is the third Anderson .Paak album to be named after a California coastal town. So it’s the completion of a loose trilogy, and because it’s the one named after his home town, you might expect Oxnard to be .Paak’s most “personal”,…

Album Review: J. Cole – “KOD”

For some reason, people love to antagonize J. Cole. Ever since he started releasing mix-tapes back in 2007, diehard fans have praised him for his clever lyricism. On the other hand, haters believed there was a lack of focus on…

Album Review: Jeezy – “Pressure”

Jeezy has always been someone that when people hear his voice, you know it’s him.  His gravelly cadence can be recognized by anyone who follows the genre of hip hop.  The problem is his content and production have always sounded…

Album Review: Miguel – “War & Leisure”

I’ve read a lot of pieces comparing Miguel to Prince ever since this album’s release. That comparison at first seems right, because Miguel is a supremely talented polymath auteur (singer, songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist) who lingers on sex in his songs…

2016 Grammy Nominations: Our Thoughts and Predictions

The 2016 Grammy nominations were announced this morning, and as always they were a bit of a mixed bag of obvious selections and oddball choices no one saw coming. It’s no secret that the Grammys aren’t often taken very seriously,…