Focus Hip Hop

Music Writing with a Focus on Underground Gems

  • BlackLiq

    “The care, coverage, and attention OG NICK MARSH shows music as a journalist and listener is exemplary. Thank you so much for all the love you’ve given us and so many other artists all year. Some may not be as vocal as we are when it comes to saying thank you, but I promise your hard…

  • Uncommon Nasa

    “I know junclassic would agree with me in saying, it means a lot to get appreciation and listens from someone that ACTUALLY LISTENS to underground and indie rap music at the level that Nick does. Many outlets, including smaller ones, just don’t take the time to listen to everything. They only listen to what bigger…

  • Top 25 Albums of 2025

    2025 honestly was one of the hardest years of my life ever. However, musically I think this is the best year of the 2020s so far. There were a lot of incredible releases. There were also some disappointments and ass releases, but I didn’t hear as many of those as I usually do I think.…

  • Top 20 EPs of 2025

    Alright, y’all. It’s finally time. I feel like my EP lists are usually shorter than this, but there was a lot of dope stuff that I wanted to make sure I mentioned this year, especially since I was unable to review most of them. As always it should be noted that these are not the…

  • The Best Songs of November 2025

    Alright here it is. I somehow made it through damn near every month of the year. I think this is the first time that’s ever happened. Stay tuned for my end of year lists. I’ll be dropping my top EPs & albums lists around New Year’s Day. Anyway, November was a pretty incredible month for…

  • The Best Songs of October 2025

    I’m getting closer y’all. You think I’ll be able to get the November playlist up before the end of the year? Only time will tell… Anyway, this was a pretty amazing month for music. Shoutout to Snotnoze Saleem for releasing my favorite album. Throw this playlist on shuffle and let me know what your favorite…

  • The Best Songs of September 2025

    Goddamn, I’ve been speeding through these playlists like it ain’t NOTHING. Seriously, I have been listening to so much music in the past week. It’s kind of miraculous that I’ve made it through this many releases from 2025 in my opinion. I didn’t even start listening to music from this year heavily until like June.…

  • The Best Songs of August 2025

    Here are the playlists of my favorite songs from this past August. If you haven’t noticed, I’ve been barreling through my backlog of music, and I actually think this is the most caught up I’ve been at the end of the year in a very long time. I’m gonna try to see if I can…

  • The Best Songs of July 2025

    Here are the Apple Music & Spotify versions of the playlist containing my favorite songs from this past July. VEGA! of course had my favorite album of the month, so shoutout to him for that. July was actually a pretty amazing month for music. I’m curious to know what you guys’ favorite album was. Throw…

  • The Best Songs of June 2025

    Here are the Apple Music & Spotify playlists of my favorite songs from this past June. Shoutout to Rhys Langston for having my favorite album of the month with Pale Black Negative. I didn’t have time to write about it, but that shit is amazing. Definitely check that album out if you’re into Ruby Yacht-adjacent…

  • BLOCK HEAVY GANGSTA EDITION by Bloodblixing | My Thoughts

    This album was released on December 5th this year. I’m not gonna beat around the bush here; this is the best Bloodblixing album I’ve ever heard. Pretty much everything about the way this album was presented led me to believe that it’d be Blix’s best work, and I wasn’t wrong. The album cover from Chop…

  • The Best Songs of May 2025

    Yes, I know this is late as hell. Y’all know how I be. Anyway, here’s the playlist of my favorite songs from this past May. Shout to BlackLiq & Dub Sonata for having my favorite album of the month with Much Given, Much Tested. There was actually a lot of good stuff this month. Let…