I came across DMV artist Krystle Maria through a random dive into my DMs. I’d seen glimpses of her stuff here and there on, like, Elevator. However, I’d never featured her on SOTB (my bad). A few days ago, she submitted the visuals to her latest track, “Melanin,” and I happened to see them in […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: Jacobi Ryan Has Tears of Joy Coming Soon in New Visuals
Jacobi Ryan has another #52in365 track out this week. This one “Tears of Joy (Coming Soon),” features Jacobi telling listeners about his past persona and how that’s helped shape his current situations. He’s been patiently waiting for the right moment to re-enter the fold. Now that it’s here, he’s not stopping until he achieves greatness […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: C.Shreve is "Gone" on New Track
Finding one’s place in hip-hop is a journey of self-discovery mixed with, at times, a bit of self-doubt. C.Shreve’s latest track, a jazzy rap track titled “Gone,” delves into this journey and the tunnel vision that sometimes results because of it. We get so focused on getting people to rock with us that we block […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: KT Firehouse Freestyles over "Tia Tamera" and We’re Twinnin’
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 […]
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