Leave it to Gorillaz to drop some politically-charged heat that is part-choir-aided symphony, part-poetic awesome all displayed over some pretty diverse and potentially divisively ingenious imagery. I’ll just shut up and let this one play out.
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: @BigSean – "Halfway Off The Balcony"
So, about twelve hours ago, Big Sean dropped a new I Decided track, “Halfway Off The Balcony.” The multilayered track, for me, has several possible outlooks. First, there’s a possible look into a contemplation of suicide.Then, there’s an analysis of ways to remove oneself from crazy situations. Finally, and possibly most accurately, there’s a story about […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: @Jay_Wyse – His Story
Jay Wyse returns in 2017 with a look into the life of a hustler gone wrong. What happens when the glamor fades, what happens when the jail time starts, what happens when the sentence is over? These are all things explored in the three-song EP His Story. Featuring reworks of “Feelin’ It,” “Cranes in the […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: @Petwolfmusic – Dance with the Devil
Oftentimes, you get a controversial cover and the art becomes secondary. Thankfully, New England rapper Pet;wolf (and no that’s not a typo) delivers with controversy and a pretty tasty jam. Check it out below and, if remember: don’t dance with the devil because the devil don’t two step.
Read moreNew To Me SOTBMusic: @NickGrantMusic – Return of the Cool
A few years ago, I thought about doing an album called Return of The Cool. It’d be a take off on Lupe’s second album and talk about some more players of Lupe’s story while still being Speed on the Beat enough to not be a straight-up swagger jack. Thankfully, I killed off that idea and […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: @DoloMoretti410 – My Mojo So Dolo
We’ve all gotta start somewhere. DMV native Dolo Moretti recently dropped My Mojo So Dolo, a nine-track project in which the artist who possesses a Bizzy Bone-esque delivery gives us some smoker vibes. But, there’s a deeper truth to it outside of just smoker vibes and stripper-friendly, bass-heavy tracks. There’s a sense of throwback “just […]
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