All I’ll say to this collection is this. If these are throwaways, imagine what the songs that they kept sound like. No, seriously, imagine that for a second. These tracks are as technically sound as they are catchy. That means that anything officially released will be a problem for some artist out there. You don’t find too […]
Read moreSOTBMusic: Five Things I Want From @KendrickLamar’s DAMN.
In less than 48 hours, Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. will drop. We at SpeedontheBeat.com (read: me, Drizzle, and anyone else who contributes) are most likely somewhere between optimistic and rabid fanboy status for this project. But, there are some things we (read: I) want from this project. Here are the top five. 5. An eclectic mix of […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: @MRGwingteam – K Lo K
It’s been a while since SOTBMusic has seen MRG. Since his last appearance, the artist has found himself a label with Westvilla Music and has been plugging away at his debut album. Today’s track, “K Lo K,” features MRG teaming up with East London producer WIZE to drop some heat, blending his heritage and his […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: @MIKEMELINOE x @spairoace – CONTROL (Prod. @BukneuGold)
Mike Melinoe teams up with Airospace for this new trippy track. I enjoyed it, mostly because of the way Melinoe doesn’t really flow onto the beat. Instead, he allows it to paint a canvas for his off-kilter thoughts to explode upon. Airospace’s second verse is pretty fire as well, as it keeps that same sort […]
Read moreSOTBMusic: The Get Down
(Ed. Note: This will not be an extensive review of the show; there are other folks who cover[ed] the show amazingly, such as the Geeks of Color Twitter feed during their livestream of [check them out]. Instead, this will be a brief “this show got me in my feels because…” sort of piece. Expect “you […]
Read moreNew (To Me) SOTBMusic: Frank Ocean x @tylerthecreator x JAY Z – Biking
Tyler’s verse (H/T @tylerthecreator on Twitter) It looks like OF read my OF “versus” Dipset piece and decided to create some music with Hov. This one is fresh, mainly because of the smoothed-out and laid back instrumental. Each artist decides to rip it in their own unique way. Jay adopts a chopped flow for a bit, […]
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