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Music Writing with a Focus on Underground Gems

  • EP Review | Nick Grant & Tae Beast – God Bless the Child

    This extended play was released on June 26th this year. Nick Grant has been doing a lot of shit with TDE lately. He was featured on two of Punch’s singles earlier this year, and now we have this project entirely produced by Tae Beast. I’m mainly familiar with him from features, but I went back…

  • EP Review | Backxwash – STIGMATA

    This extended play was released on August 4th this year. I kinda view this as an epilogue for Backxwash’s recent album, God Has Nothing to Do with This, Leave Him Out of It. Maybe “epilogue” is an improper term. I’m basically trying to say that I view it as a sister-project. Is that a term?…

  • EP Review | Brelstaff – Eulogies

    This extended play was released on August 7th this year. I recently covered Brelstaff’s debut self-titled album, and I was a very big fan of that record. I’m pretty sure this EP was already out by the time I posted that review, so I figured I’d go ahead and give it a listen, especially since…

  • Album Review | Busta Rhymes – Back on My BS

    Since Busta Rhymes is dropping his long awaited sequel to Extinction Level Event on Friday, I figured I’d try to catch up on the rest of his catalogue ahead of time. Anyway, this album was released on May 19th back in 2009. I’m gonna be completely honest; I’m expecting this one to be a dud.…

  • EP Review | D. Lanham & Ronesh – Life (Prelude to Decay)

    This extended play was released on September 4th this year. D. Lanham & Ronesh already released one of my favorite projects of the year back in February with Ikarus Rising, so I was pretty excited when they released this new one. I also loved that Bonsai album that Ronesh produced, so I’m a big fan…

  • EP Review | brainorchestra. – The Wizard’s Scroll

    This extended play was released on July 28th this year. I was introduced to brainorchestra. through his work on Elaquent’s latest full length album, Forever Is a Pretty Long Time. I checked out his Prefix EP, which was pretty good, so I can say with 100% confidence at this point that I fuck with his…

  • Album Review | Blu & Exile – Miles

    This album was released on July 17th this year. This was actually my most anticipated album of the year for a while. If you’re familiar with this project, I’m sure you have an idea of why I put it off for so long despite my lofty expectations. This motherfucker is an HOUR and THIRTY SIX…

  • EP Review | K-Beta – SH!T EVERYWHERE

    This extended play was released on August 15th this year. Over the past couple years, I’ve been familiarizing myself with a lot more underground MCs, and K-Beta is probably the one I speak to the most. I occasionally worry that I might be biased when covering his shit since we’re pretty much friends at this…

  • Album Review | Quelle Chris & Chris Keys – Innocent Country 2

    This album was released back on April 24th this year. Quelle Chris dropped one of my favorite albums of 2019 with Guns, so I was really looking forward to this one. I was super excited for it, especially after I saw the track listing for it. I probably shouldn’t have been that excited for it…

  • FHH Update 9-30-2020

    Was6p. So, as most of you have probably noticed by now, I haven’t been publishing shit as frequently as I usually do. I didn’t even do the best singles of the week this past Sunday. There are a few reasons for this. First of all, I am back in college at Hofstra University, so I…

  • Album Review | Styles P – Styles David: Ghost Your Enthusiasm

    This album was released on May 22nd this year. Styles P is my favorite member of The LOX, so I was looking forward to this album when it was initially announced, especially after I heard the first single. He’s pretty much been following the same exact formula for the past few years when it comes…

  • Best Singles of the Week | 2020: Week 38

    Today is Saturday, September 19th, and I haven’t even started writing this shit yet. I don’t think I’ve heard a new song that’s dropped all week. I was so fucking depressed that I didn’t even wanna do anything, so I might miss a few tracks that dropped, and this might not be up until Monday…