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Music Writing with a Focus on Underground Gems

  • Tardy Album Review | Shredders – Great Hits

    This album was released on August 30th this year. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Shredders, they’re a group consisting of Doomtree artists P.O.S, Sims, Lazerbeak & Paper Tiger. I first became familiar with Doomtree after listening to P.O.S. The first album I ever heard from him was Audition, which was amazing to…

  • Album Review | Eminem – Revival

    Oh god… Okay, here we go. This album was released on December 15th in 2017. Honestly, I don’t have too much to say before listening to this album. I just wanna get this over with as quickly as possible. For whatever reason, a lot of people seem to be surprised when I tell them I’ve…

  • Album Review | Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP 2

    This album was released on November 5th in 2013. It’s the sequel to Eminem’s classic 2000 album, The Marshall Mathers LP. I think this was the second album I ever listened to from Em. I heard it around the time it dropped, and didn’t really care for it overall. There were some good moments on…

  • Album Review | Eminem – Recovery

    This album was released on June 18th in 2010. I remember this era well. I fucking hated it. I’ve never listened to this album, but I could not stand the singles from this thing, so I think I’m gonna hate it. I’m feeling sick just by looking at the track listing. At least the production…

  • Best Singles of the Week | 2020: Week 3

    Last week I started off talking about how it was relatively slow for releases, which is kinda funny to me in hindsight because this past week was even slower. I’m sure at some point there will be a week with zero good singles, so when that happens I guess it’ll be nice to get some…

  • Album Review | Eminem – Relapse

    If you haven’t noticed yet, Eminem dropped an album today, and I’ve been working on an Eminem Marathon for over a year now. Since I actually wanna be a part of the conversation with this new album, I’m gonna try to speed through his discography this week. It’s not like I really have that many…

  • Album Review | lojii – lo&behold

    This album was released on January 14th this year. lojii is an artist from Philly whose music I have virtually zero experience with. I’ve personally only ever heard him on features. I enjoyed his appearance on Swarvy’s 2018 album, Anti-Anxiety, and his feature on Maxo’s LIL BIG MAN EP from last year was cool too.…

  • EP Review | T.R.3 – ANGELES

    NOTE: This review was originally written before the addition of two tracks produced by TrapKitty; I added my thoughts on these songs two days after writing the review for the initial three-song version of the EP. This extended play was released on January 11th this year. T.R.3 is an artist who I’ve just become familiar…

  • EP Review | Mick Jenkins – The Circus

    This extended play was released on January 10th this year. There was one period from like 2014 to 2016 in which Mick Jenkins was becoming one of my favorite rappers. I still think he’s a very talented artist, but it’s been a long time since I was really super in love with his work. I’m…

  • Album Review | Ty Farris – No Cosign Just Cocaine 3

    This album was released on January 9th this year. This is gonna be my first time listening to a full project from Ty Farris, but I’m honestly expecting this to be one of the best albums of the month, and possibly one of the best of the year. Every verse I’ve ever heard from him…

  • Best Singles of the Week | 2020: Week 2

    This week was relatively slow compared to Week 1; I guess artists were releasing more shit at first just to celebrate the new year. There were still some good songs released though, so it wasn’t a completely barren week. Tuesday, January 7th GOTCHA $$$ (HEY DIRTY) by K, Le Maestro As you may have been…

  • Album Review | CAPE

    This album was released on January 3rd this year. It’s the self-titled debut album from CAPE, which is a duo consisting of Doseone & Antonionian. Doseone is one of the weirdest Hip Hop artists I’ve ever listened to. I still haven’t actually listened to any of his solo projects. I’m familiar with him because he’s…