You know it has been a great year for music when a song has completely changed the way that you would normally say “Hello“, “Alright” or even “Here”. Here at TYF, e…
Music Review: Vince Staples’ ‘Summertime ’06’
From “Nate” to “Kingdom,” pre-Summertime ’06 Vince was a talent to watch, with an appeal coming out of his first non-mixtape project Hell Can Wait. I remember “Nate” giving me goose bumps, but the sou…
Album Review: I Don’t Like Sh*t, I Don’t Go Outside – An Album by Earl Sweatshirt
To say Doris is really good or even great is an overstatement. The instrumentals were jazzy, lively, and dark and he’s a damn good lyricist. But his monotone flow didn’t want me to go back to it much.…
Best Hip-Hop Records of 2014
[tps_title]Albums #10 – #6[/tps_title] 10. The Roots: And Then You Shoot Your Cousin The Roots, a band never afraid to confront the darker side of music, find themselves doing exactly that on An…
Common Seems Distraught on Nobody’s Smiling
Common has always been my all-time favorite rapper. This is due to his carefulness when he structures each album. As of recently, Common has become more apparent with his poetically heavy verses. And …