Royce Da 5’9” punctuates the intro of his new album The Allegory with a reference to Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. In it, Plato tells of a philosopher, who after escaping imprisonment inside a cave filled with shadows, tries to…
Roddy Ricch and The Establishment
Establishment: a group in a society exercising power and influence over matters of policy or taste, and seen as resisting change. Hip-hop has always centered around the establishment: sneaking around it, toppling it, camouflaging yourself inside it. As the genre…
Album Review: Logic – “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind”
For may some it may be hard to remember, but there was a point in time where Logic was once a rapper people generally held in high regard. His early mixtapes are still heralded as being some of the best…
Album Review: Anderson .Paak – “Oxnard”
This is the third Anderson .Paak album to be named after a California coastal town. So it’s the completion of a loose trilogy, and because it’s the one named after his home town, you might expect Oxnard to be .Paak’s most “personal”,…
Album Review: Logic – “YSIV”
With 2017’s Everbody, Maryland rapper Logic was quickly elevated from mere rapper to pop-star status with his chart-topping radio single “1-800-273-8255”. A song that was the introduction to many of Logic’s ever-emerging fanbase. While the album was a huge commercial…
Album Review: Tee Grizzley – Activated
In the age of Soundcloud rappers, an artist like Tee Grizzley stands out. He is technically more capable than most of the artists that would be considered his peers. Grizzley isn’t insanely lyrical, but he more than makes up for…
Album Review: Kids See Ghosts – Kids See Ghosts
On April 25, 2018, Kanye West tweeted this: Free thinkers don't fear retaliation for your thoughts. The traditional thinkers are only using thoughts and words but they are in a mental prison. You are free. You've already won. Feel energized.…