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Music Writing with a Focus on Underground Gems

  • EP Review | Spaceman Jones & the Motherships – The Loops of Life, Pt. 2

    This extended play is only available to purchase on vinyl at the moment. Presales started on March 7th this year. For transparency’s sake I should let y’all know that the body of this review was written like two years ago. It was around the time that I reviewed the first entry in this series. I…

  • Album Review | Conway the Machine – Won’t He Do It

    This album was released on May 5th this year. If you follow me on Twitter, you probably saw me say that I wasn’t going to review this album. I wasn’t planning on covering it originally, but I kinda wanna explain why it was such a disappointment for me, so that’s why I’m reviewing it now.…

  • Album Review | billy woods & Kenny Segal – Maps

    This album was released on May 5th this year. billy woods is one of my favorite rappers of all time, and his first collaborative album with Kenny Segal, Hiding Places, is one of his best projects in my opinion. I reviewed that album when it came out, but I like it even more now than…

  • Album Review | Iceberg Theory & Bloodblixing – SUNDAE FUNNYZ GANGSTA EDITION

    This album was released on February 3rd this year. Iceberg Theory is one of my favorite active artists, and Bloodblixing is one of the more interesting discoveries I’ve made in recent years, so when I saw that they were releasing a collaborative project I was pretty excited. They already worked on a project together called…

  • FHH Update 5-1-2023

    Hi. So, obviously things have been very slow here lately, and for that I apologize. However, I have a very good reason for the lull. My computer is broken because my dumb ass spilled seltzer water on it. It had some pretty important stuff on it, so this honestly may affect which projects I cover.…

  • Album Review | Nonazz & LUNAR – Tread Lightly

    This album was released on February 3rd this year. I pretty much went into it blind. I had never heard a single performance from Nonazz at all prior to hearing this album. I’m definitely more familiar with LUNAR’s work, but I still wouldn’t even say that I’m that well versed in his artistry. The reason…

  • The Best Songs of January 2023

    Here’s the playlist of my favorite songs from the month of January. Shoutout to TMFSE & Shape for having my favorite album of the month. I usually tell y’all to throw these playlists on shuffle, but I actually put some effort into the sequencing this time, and I think it sounds best in the order…

  • The Best Songs of December 2022

    Here’s the playlist of my favorite songs from this past December. This honestly should’ve gone up yesterday, but I wanted to make some last minute adjustments to it. Anyway, shoutout to Lync Lone & Timepiece for having my favorite album of the month with Psychological Damage. I really regret not reviewing that album honestly. It’s…

  • The Best Songs of November 2022

    Here are the Apple Music & Spotify playlists of my favorite songs from this past November. Sorry this is so late. I’m on Spring break right now, so I have more time to listen to music. As a result, the December & January playlists should be available sooner rather than later. Anyway, shoutout to Nas…

  • Album Review | The Man from Somewhere Else & Shape – Naked Brunch

    This album was released on January 31st this year. I’m pretty much going into this album completely blind. I’d never heard of TMFSE until this project was announced. My only prior knowledge of Shape’s work was their feature on Jeff Markey’s latest album, as well as their production on billy woods‘ Western Education Is Forbidden.…

  • Don’t Sleep | Defcee – Learning Gravity

    Don’t sleep on this relatively new single from Defcee. It’s produced by the legendary Blockhead, and it’s fucking amazing. I was really excited when I saw that this collaboration happened, and it came out exactly as fantastic as I hoped it would. I don’t know what I’m more impressed by between the production and the…

  • EP Review | Fatboi Sharif & Roper Williams – Planet Unfaithful

    This extended play was released on January 26th this year. Fatboi Sharif has been responsible for a lot of the most interesting music I’ve heard this decade. Last year he went super saiyan and dropped his EP with LoneSword as well as his album with noface, which were both probably the weirdest projects I heard…