DMV artist KT Firehouse hit my line with this one, a freestyle over the Doja Cat/Rico Nasty collaboration “Tia Tamera.” Childhood crushes on the Mowry twins aside, I gave it a listen to see what KT would do with this beat. The often-harmonious Firehouse decided to mess around and give us about two minutes of […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: JihaD Scorcese and Jason Griff Present "Stokely’s Theme"
With WrestleMania behind us, it’s a great time to get into some wrestling rap. True God’s gearing up for Eyes on the Ring 2 (with some beats from you-know-who, shameless plug) and fellow wrestling fan-slash-rapper JihaD Scorcese dropped his Dream Team: A Stokely Hathaway Joint project with producer Jason Griff and WWE NXT wrestler Stokely Hathaway (who […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: Charlie Too Much is a "Sucker for a Sag"
Charlie Too Much delves into the signs of love (making?) on his newest release, “Sucker for a Sag,” produced by Six08. While I’m more partial to an Aquarius (I’m about to marry one), I still love this track. I’m a huge fan of the flow switch on this one, as we’re given a more punchy […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: True God Drops "Nowhere To Go/Be Kind Rewind" Visuals
Brother True God dropped his latest visuals for “Nowhere To Go” today and they really make you think. The video starts off traditional enough, with True and DAR brother Shokus Apollo in front of various Baltimore landmarks rapping along to the song. Then, out of nowhere, visuals get spliced in showing some of the tragedies […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: Rahiem Supreme Says "Don’t Mute DC" in New Protest Song
Gentrification sucks. I’ve said it before and I’ll continue to say it. Don’t get me wrong, though. I feel anyone should be allowed to move anywhere. That’s their God-given right. With that in mind, don’t come in trying to change innocuous things just because they’re different or seem like a nuisance (to you). I wouldn’t […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: Noname Drops Song 32
Music soothes the soul. Duh, right? But, it doesn’t get said enough, even though it gets said plenty. Enter Noname with a new track, “Song 32.” She never disappoints with the bars or the flow, but here? Noname took it to a whole ‘nother level over church organs and boombap drums. It’s one of those […]
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