RECAP: Governors Ball Music Festival 2019
Nothing says “Summer In New York” like The Governors Ball music festival. The star-studded, east-coast festival has returned for its …
RECAP: Steve Aoki and Desiigner Present The Kolony Tour (Worcester, MA)
EDM heavyweight Steve Aoki brought the Kolony tour to the Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts highlighting tracks from his Hip-Hop collaboration …
RESPECT. Review: ‘The Birth of a Nation: The Inspired by Album’
Nate Parker's The Birth of a Nation was dubbed a must-see film. Based in historical roots, the film followed the events leading up …
ScHoolboy Q’s Blank Face LP: 90’s Gangsta Rap and Its Contemporary Revival
ScHoolboy Q is not Kendrick Lamar. He isn’t Ab-Soul. He isn’t Jay Rock. Plenty of people will denigrate Q because of …
That “Review” You Wrote? Yeah, It Doesn’t Really Matter
A couple of months ago, a local artist sent me a project that he had released. He told me that …
ONE MusicFest 2015 (Photo Review)
ONE MusicFest was the place to be this weekend for a day of back-to-back performances that were stunning and full of …
Review: At the very least, Travi$ Scott survives his first “Rodeo”
The desire to be accepted by society is at an all-time high, among the youth. An uprising of rebellious, yet …
Album Review – Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly
It's been almost three years since Kendrick Lamar released his phenomenal album Good Kid Maad City, arguably launching him into the discussion of the …
Big K.R.I.T. Serves Up A Plate of Soul Food In Jackson, Mississippi
To say that K.R.I.T was in Jackson, Mississippi just to do a show is an understatement. The truth is that …
Album Review: Big Sean – Dark Sky Paradise
You can debate about a lot in Hip-Hop—best albums of all time, best rappers of all time, the 100 best …
Black Star: Remembering The 1998 Classic And Its Relevance Today
"Consciousness [kon-shuh s-nis]: the state of being conscious; awareness of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc." A seemingly lost element …
J. Cole’s Born Sinner: One Year Later
2013 was a high for hip-hop. Almost every major artist released an album; the masters (Jay Z, Eminem, Kanye West, …
Album Review: Atmosphere – Southsiders
The last time we heard Atmosphere, they had made a sizable departure from the sound fans were used to hearing. …
Ranking TDE’s Albums From Worst to Best
Top Dawg Entertainment had a banner year in 2013. They capped off 2012 with Kendrick Lamar's prodigious release and rode …
Howlin’ Wolf is Back: A Concert Review and Reflection on Chance The Rapper’s Marathon Year
Exhausted. That’s what 20 year-old, rap-phenom Chancelor Bennett, aka Chance The Rapper, should be by now. It all started when …
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