Focus Hip Hop

Music Writing with a Focus on Underground Gems

  • Album Review | Darko the Super – Cruising with Darko & the Jets

    This album was released on September 3rd this year. Darko the Super is another one of the most prolific artists I know of right now. I haven’t covered all of his material, but everything that I have written about has been really dope. My favorite project from him is There’s a Horse in the Hospital,…

  • Don’t Sleep | Gift of Gab – Finding Inspiration Somehow

    Don’t sleep on this new posthumous album from Gift of Gab. It was released on September 10th this year, just 3 months after the announcement of his passing. I was pretty shocked to hear that he had died when the news broke. That was really sad, man. I think Gift of Gab is one of…

  • Album Review | Common – A Beautiful Revolution, Pt. 2

    This album was released on September 10th this year. I’ve never reviewed a Common album before, but I think almost all of his albums are good. With that said, I wouldn’t say that I love any of his albums. I wouldn’t call any of them “great.” They’re just really good at best to me. I…

  • Album Review | Baby Keem – The Melodic Blue

    This album was released on September 10th this year. Baby Keem is an artist who I first heard of around 2019 when he dropped his DIE FOR MY BITCH album. I thought it was a pretty mediocre project to be honest. However, I’m curious about this latest project because I’ve enjoyed some of the singles…

  • Album Review | Jason Griff & Alaska – Human Zoo

    This album was released on September 3rd this year. Honestly, I won’t be surprised if this ends up being one of my favorite albums of the year. I first heard of Alaska when he was featured on Cannibal Ox’s amazing 2001 album, The Cold Vein. I’d gone years without hearing anything else from him, and…

  • Album Review | Little Simz – Sometimes I Might Be Introvert

    This album was released on September 3rd this year. Little Simz released one of my favorite albums of 2019 with GREY Area, so I was pretty excited to hear this album. With that said, I didn’t really care for her Drop 6 EP that came out in 2020. However, I’ve seen nothing but praise for…

  • Album Review | Drake – Certified Lover Boy

    This album was released on September 3rd this year. I’ve had a pretty rough history with Drake. He doesn’t have a single project that I would say I like. Well, that’s not completely true. If you count the first Scary Hours EP, that’s the only project from him that I’d say is good. It’s only…

  • EP Review | Ray Vaughn – Peer Pressure

    This extended play was released on August 25th this year. Ray Vaughn is a rapper from Long Beach who was recently signed to Top Dawg Entertainment. TDE had a really strong presence in the 2010s, so it’ll be interesting to see what they do this decade. I’d never heard of this dude until the day…

  • Album Review | Flee Lord & Roc Marciano – Delgado

    This album was released on August 27th this year. Flee Lord is one of the most prolific artists I know of. Last year he dropped a full album every single month, and he’s already put out a collaborative project with DJ Muggs this year, which was pretty good. Most of his projects don’t really blow…

  • Album Review | Kanye West – Donda

    This album was released on August 29th this year. After the disaster that was JESUS IS KING, I pretty much lost all interest in Kanye West. I can’t really say that I’m excited for this album, but I definitely don’t think it’ll be as bad as JIK. Certain rumors about this album have me intrigued.…

  • FHH Update 08-27-2021

    Was6p y’all. Some of you guys may have noticed that I’ve been posting reviews three times a week for the past few months. I’ve been on a pretty consistent schedule almost all year. However, that’s probably gonna change from this point forward just because I’m back in college for the current autumn semester. I’ve also…

  • EP Review | Mickey Factz, Blu & Nottz – The Narrative

    This extended play was released on August 20th this year. This will be my first time listening to a project from Mickey Factz. I’m really not that familiar with him as an artist. I’ve only heard him on features in the past, but I’ve never come away from any of his verses with disappointment. I…