Three years ago, I reviewed Alessia Cara’s debut album, Know–It–All. In a few words, the album was a beautiful, albeit youthful, project. I said that Cara still had room to grow, but she made an amazing debut on the landscape of music. This is the case with many young artists, as even Nas still had […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: The Fury MCs Want First Blood Against Con in New Diss Track
The NOVA indie scene has been abuzz with the burgeoning “smoke” between rapper Con and pretty much the entire NOVA scene. This was all sparked by the fact that Con said that he’s coming for everyone’s neck. Between that and me checking out today’s track, he managed to call out The Fury MCs for reasons […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: Meek Mill’s Championships is Beautiful Music
Meek Mill has had one helluva time these last few years. Going from beefing with Drake to getting locked up on, pretty much, a technicality that highlights flaws in our justice system, he’s seen it all. That said, it’s no surprise that his latest album, Championships, sees Meek take up the mantle as a sage […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: S.Loyal and Too Short Go Viral in New Visuals
Hey guys! I hope the Thanksgiving weekend gave you epic food comas, great family times, and a slew of super cheap big-screen 4K TVs (kidding…kind of). Now that we’re about a month out from Christmas, I’ll probably be back on the site a lot more frequently. Today, I received visuals from my bro TOPE for […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: TwonDon Says Cheers 2 Us All on New EP
TwonDon returns with his second EP of the year. On this project, TwonDon channels Fabolous, Jadakiss, and Curren$y to hammer home his point of being unique in his approach. Combined with excellent wordplay and an ear for incredible production, he’s aiming to finish the year off strong and leave audiences salivating for more in 2019. […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: Anderson .Paak and J. Cole Collab on Trippy
Anderson .Paak is dope. J. Cole is dope. I could leave it at that and just say “support dope music in all its forms” and watch as this post does numbers on name recognition alone. But, that’s not what you come to SpeedontheBeat.com for. With that in mind, this sounds like something Kendrick Lamar would’ve […]
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