Album Review: Rae Sremmurd – “SR3MM”

Why do we always want to break up rap groups? It’s like the second any upstart rap collective bursts into the mainstream, radio DJs, journalists, fans and bloggers enter into a mindset to find out who’s the star and who’s…

Album Review: Rae Sremmurd – “SremmLife 2”

Being young in the rap game is a real double-edged sword, especially nowadays. Thanks to the open access to rap music on the internet, young rappers have a free range to be whoever they want to be and can find…

Matt on Music: 20 Album Reviews for March 2015

This year, I want to simultaneously take my time with music and review more of it. There are so many good albums released every year, as well as several notably bad ones, that it feels like a shame to not say something…

The Young Folks vs. The Top 40: Week of March 5, 2015

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