Chaos ensues on the meteorological cover of Niall Horan’s new album Heartbreak Weather. As human beings, we love to equate atmospheric conditions with our past and present emotions, particularly when we’re experiencing adversity. Confusion and agony appear as key operators…
The Hip Hop Roundup: Chief Keef, Ill Addicts, Don Tolliver and more
Album of the week: Ill Addicts – Malfunction Boston’s Ill Addicts may have just released the perfect cataclysmic album for our apocalyptic world setting. Compared to their jovial approach in the past (“Cake,” “Ahora”), Malfunction illustrates a group that’s more…
Album Review: A Boogie wit da Hoodie’s “Artist 2.0” has little new to offer fans.
A Boogie wit da Hoodie festers in a monotonous alternate universe where his “uniqueness” is apparently saving the rap genre. In this modified state of mind, the Bronx native is by far the most original artist of the past ten…
Hip Hop Roundup: The Best from March 2-9
Project of the Week: BBY Godard – Euphoria Welcome to the spiritual macrocosm that is Bby Goyard’s music. For those who aren’t accustomed to this celestial experience of Soundcloud’s next great innovator, Bby Goyard is someone who thrives in an…
Album Review: James Taylor tackles the Great American Songbook on “American Standard”
My late grandmother connected with James Taylor on a very spiritual level. My mom and uncle would always emphasize her appreciation for the allegorical singer/songwriter of six-plus decades, and it’s quite easy to see why. Upon my deep dive of…
The Hip Hop Roundup: Shootergang Kony, Saint Lyor, and more
Album of the Week Shootergang Kony: Red Paint Reverend Currently my favorite album of 2020, Shootergang Kony thoroughly combines dizzying LA gun talk from past projects with heart-wrenching meditations about death, departure and biblical revelations. His versatility shines within his…
Hip Hop Roundup: RIP Pop Smoke
This past Tuesday night, I felt inclined to re-listen to Pop Smoke’s new album Meet the Woo 2 for no other reason other than to digest what I hadn’t from my first couple of listens. Like any other decision at…
