Rap hit a lull over the past couple of weeks, where very few mainstream artists put out much of anything. Fans instead focused their attention on a variety of other relevant news (or irrelevant; depending on how you look at…
Album Review: The Lumineers – “III”
For their latest album, The Lumineers follow the old adage of “three times’ a charm.” The project’s title is III – the narrative is told through three different acts – and this just happens to be their third official studio…
Album Review: Whitney – “Forever Turned Around”
Music is at its best when it makes you appreciate the mundane. Something as simple as watching the sun rise can be a beautiful thing; even if your life is slowly crumbling to a million stressful pieces. Music can cure…
The Hip Hop Roundup: Travis Scott’s “Look Mom I Can Fly”
Full disclosure-I’m a huge Travis Scott fan. I literally have two different posters in my college dorm room. One of them is the Birds in the Trap Sing Mcknight album cover, the other is a flyer for Astroworld. I also…
Album Review: Raphael Saadiq – “Jimmy Lee”
Raphael Saadiq has quietly been busy since his last solo album release in 2011. The R&B/soul crooner from the 1990s trio Tony! Toni! Tone! co-wrote Solange’s “Cranes in the Sky;” composed music for HBO’s hit show “Insecure,” and earned his…
Hip Hop Roundup: “The Vince Staples Show” Provides Endless Intrigue
Vince Staples never ceases to surprise me. The Long Beach rapper navigates the media with precise dynamism-leading people to expect the unexpected from him. In 2018, the 26 year-old dropped “Get the Fuck Off My Dick;” a song as provocative…
Album Review: E-40 – “Practice Makes Paper”
Amidst the ever-changing landscape of the music industry, E-40 never changes. He’s the same exuberant California rapper from the 1990s who re-invented the way rappers talk and flow on a record. In a way, E-40 is the OG Blueface (except…
