Next album won’t have my mug, I promise. So, after a couple months (four months exactly today), I’ve finally mustered up the balls and whatnot to give an unbiased review of Death of The King, the last album in my Songs For… Trilogy. I’m sure you’re wondering “Speed, how the hell can you review your […]
Read moreSOTBMusic: @Ludacris – Burning Bridges EP
Six tracks. That’s all it took Ludacris to outperform most of 2014’s full-length releases. No, seriously.The Burning Bridges EP is probably Ludacris’ best project. It takes the animated Luda of the early 2000s and the less-punchlines-but-more-substance Ludacris of the late-2000s . Essentially, it’s a compilation of what has made Ludacris with a large enough splash of […]
Read moreSpooky Black – "Worn"
Ok, maybe people were a bit too eager to call this kid a gimmicky white guy who sounds like Weeknd and Jon B had a baby who got on by approximating older black culture tropes. Or maybe they weren’t. I don’t really know. Either way, and it may get some ire from the peanut gallery, […]
Read moreAWKWORD – World View
I feel bad that I didn’t find this album until a couple weeks ago, but shoutout to the homie AWKWORD. This album is a mix between a “street” album and real-world knowledge. Plus, the sales go to charity efforts. What more can you want?
Read moreAn SOTB Q&A with Brain Rapp
I’ve followed Brain Rapp for the past year or so, after Arteest recommended I check him out. Obviously, I’m glad I did, because the guy has talent. So, when I finally got the chance to catch up with him at this month’s Made in the DMV event, I had to link up and get his […]
Read more@DKakaWayneWatts – Windows Theory (Part I of IV)
Windows Theory I. The Rear-View [EXPLICIT] by DK aka Wayne Watts “For every Melo that makes it, there’s nine more like Keify,” DK states on the intro of his four-part EP series Windows Theory, Part One: The Rear-View, drawing comparisons between Carmelo Anthony’s rise and Keith Jenifer’s fall. It’s that declaration (and the interpolation of “Way […]
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