It’s disingenuous to think about To Pimp a Butterfly outside the context of the series of events and conversations that escalated, although didn’t begin, with the shooting of Michael Brown. With that, this album has a counterpart in last year’s…
2015: 10 Albums to Excite and Delight
The end is nigh – well, the end of 2014, anyway. It’s that time of the year again. No, I’m not talking about finishing the dreaded leftover turkey. Although 2015 will undoubtedly produce a turkey or two, it will also…
The Young Folks’ Best Music of 2014
The Young Folks team has come together to list the very best in entertainment and pop culture for the year 2014! From Taylor Swift’s 1989 to FKA Twigs, our tastes in music may slightly differ, but there’s no doubt that 2014…
Kendrick Lamar “I” Track Review
Kendrick has been regarded as this new image of west coast hip-hop that brings back the essence of mainstream lyricism, perfectly formed into a cohesive story. Good kid, M.a.a.d. City caught me by surprise since I didn’t expect much from…
Album Review: Abstract, Asshole, Ab-Soul, These Days…
Ab-Soul, the drugged out conscious of Top Dawg Entertainment, has been in absent for two years since his last release, Control System. He would appear on features here and there with a lot of lackluster verses; Acid Rap’s track Smoke…