I may offend some folks in saying this. Baltimore is a hellhole at times. Go five minutes in one direction out of your way, and you may get took. That’s just the long and short of it. But, out of that hellish nature, you get some truthful music. You get music people have lived and […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: @LilTunechi Tells Us To Trust in Him in New Mixtape
Lil Wayne byke. Right? Maybe. Look, this four-track project has Wayne spitting bars and spitting flames without indulging as much in his Auto-Tune Weezy persona. That’s great, since I’m always for Wayne dropping bars. To be honest, this is probably the hungriest I’ve heard Wayne in a while–which is, also, a good thing. However, there’s […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: Kuntry Kali Says "Let’s Eat" in New Visuals
New visuals are always a treat. When you combine a chill setting, food, and a quiet turn up, you get “Let’s Eat” from Kuntry Kali. The visuals, matching with Kali’s GreenHouse mixtape, are pretty self-explanatory. However, I’m always down for visuals that showcase any sort of Black camaraderie and excellence. So, for me, I’m a […]
Read moreSOTBMusic: Jay-Z’s 4:44 – A Brief Review
Jay-Z (he put the hyphen back in, so you know it’s business time) recently dropped 4:44, the album that was partly conceived as a response to Lemonade and (possibly) partly because we hadn’t heard much from Jay aside from rando appearances in the last four years and he needed an exclusive release to get people to […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: @esoxosupreme – Life With Eso
A huge hat tip goes to the brother Anthony Rian/TOPE for introducing me to Eso’s work. Ever since then, I’ve been a fan. But in case you have no idea who Eso.Xo.Supreme is, he’s a Portland-based artist who’s been making some pretty major and pretty dope moves musically. His sound is kind of trapsoul-ish, but […]
Read moreSOTBSports: Could the Wizards Live Without Otto Porter?
I’ll keep this short. I know you’ve got some “real” hot takes to listen to. Photo Credit: AP As you probably already know, Wizards forward Otto Porter just received a mammoth deal from the Brooklyn Nets. I’m talking 4Y/$106M mammoth, which he definitely deserves considering his play the past few years. And, as expected, the […]
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