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  • Album Review | Cambatta – LSD: Lunar Solar Duality

    This album is scheduled for release on July 21st this year. Cambatta is an artist from Connecticut who I was first informed of by Andre Gainer of Lyricology 101. I was pretty excited when Mello Music Group announced that they had signed this dude, and every single song he’s dropped with them has blown me…

  • Best Singles of the Week | 2020: Week 29

    All I have to say this week is that I’m absolutely shocked that I am taller than Tory Lanez. Shit, my girlfriend is taller than Tory Lanez. I really had no idea that he was the same height as Lil Uzi Vert. As of Saturday, July 18th, we don’t have all the details about what happened…

  • Album Review | Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist – Alfredo

    This album was released on May 29th this year. I honestly don’t have an excuse for getting to this so late. I’m not gonna lie, I kinda forgot it came out. I just never wrote it into my schedule for whatever reason. I’m really looking forward to it though. The Alchemist is one of my…

  • Album Review | BIG $ILKY – BIG $ILKY, Vol. 2

    This album was released on July 3rd this year. BIG $ILKY is a duo comprised of Psalm One & Angel Davanport. They’re two thirds of the now defunct rap group, The Rapperchicks, which also contained Ill-Esha. I don’t think I can write about this album without discussing the elephant in the room… Basically, a bunch…

  • Tardy Album Review | R.A. the Rugged Man – All My Heroes Are Dead

    This album was released on April 17th this year. I’ve been putting off this album ever since it came out for one particular reason. This shit is long as fuck. To be fair, it has been 7 years since Legends Never Die, so I suppose he wanted to give his fans as much music as…

  • Best Singles of the Week | 2020: Week 28

    I have no idea what to say this week, so I’m just gonna direct y’all to the virtual club, where I’ll be livestreaming these songs all day. That’s right. ALL DAY. I’m not gonna just do it at 5 PM EST time anymore. So, if you’re reading this right now and you wanna hear these…

  • Album Review | SeKwence – BLOOM

    This album was released on July 8th this year. SeKwence is an artist whom I know pretty much nothing about. I’ve seen his name floating around on Twitter here and there, but this was my first time listening to any of his music. He’s on a label called Souless Records, which is managed by the…

  • Ten Demands for Justice: The Road to Abolition

    Unless you’ve been living under a rock, I’m sure you’re aware of how shit has been hitting the fan in the United States for the past month and a half. The police have been terrorizing low income communities of color in this country for years, so there was already a gigantic level of animosity. Once…

  • EP Review | Vice Souletric – The Reality of All People

    This project was released on June 16th this year. Vice Souletric is a rapper and producer from Lorain, Ohio, who I know next to nothing about as of June 29th. This EP is entirely produced by DJ Flash, which is the main reason I’m checking it out. I didn’t know exactly who DJ Flash was…

  • Best Singles of the Week | 2020: Week 27

    I don’t really have much to say this week. I’m just gonna go ahead and state the obvious. DJ Akademiks is a clout-chasing hypbeast clown, and Kanye West is a fucking idiot. Anyway, I hope you enjoy these songs. If you don’t feel like listening to them on your own for whatever reason, be sure…

  • EP Review | Kemba – The World Is Watching

    This extended play was officially released on June 26th this year, but Kemba was nice enough to send it in advance to people who requested it on Twitter. As you may have guessed, it’s inspired by the brutal police violence that has swept the United States recently. Well, I mean… The police have always been…

  • EP Review | Isaac Zale – Stay Out of the Water

    This extended play was released on June 26th this year. Isaac Zale may look like an unfamiliar name, but I’ve written about him a few times. He used to go by Zac Flewids, but he changed his stage name earlier this year. I first heard about him when he dropped his Songs to Drown To…