BlaccOut Garrison pulled this one out the bag and it’s a great homage to DMX. From the flow to the gritty realism within the bars, you can definitely see that BlaccOut’s trying to give Dark Man X those flowers while he can still smell them. Over a storytelling-ready, boombap-heavy beat from Brazilian producer Zonatreze that […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: @Jay_Wyse is Feeling Good on New Cut
Jay Wyse continues to make listeners choose wysely through this jam in which he interpolates Biggie. While I wish he would’ve rapped over the breakdown of this chill beat, the track is a dope late summertime anthem. I mean, who doesn’t want to ride through their city feeling good? Hypothetical questions aside, check this one […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: @ItsTOPE Writes About His New Project, STGC
Normally, I’d say that this project is amazing and it should be listened to by all. I’d talk about how songs like “How I Know” are certified bangers that still offer up some real advice to listeners. I’d say that tracks like “The Man” are funky and clean, but still manage to shed preconceived notions […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: The Walls Close In, But @EvrythingOshaun Wants to Stay Afloat
As smoky, Auto-Tuned lyrics bounce off the walls of an increasingly small area, Toronto’s EverythingOShauN just wants to stay afloat and make the right choices, in love and otherwise. That’s the focus of this color-shifting visual from ShauN’s upcoming Almost Everything project. The track, which was recently featured on Noisey, showcases ShauN switching his flows to […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: @BEveready Is A Hssla in New Visuals
Boston-born, Baltimore-residing B.Eveready and I have an interesting past. I first came in contact with B. because he wanted to use one of the beats from my 2015 These Beats of Mine “freebie” beat tape. Fast forward about two years (and a few takes on the beat) and we’ve got the visuals for his newest track […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: @BrainRapp Says to Protect Your Neck on New Track
As mentioned in my piece on Brain’s “Roller Coaster,” he’s been on a different vibe for this project. Keeping the bars dope, Brain flows over a track that offers some cautionary advice to those in his way. “Protect Your Neck” is held together by a brass-and-harp-heavy production from Steven Padilla, which allows the DMV native […]
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