Last week, I got an email from an artist originally out of Baltimore, D.King, asking me to check his stuff out. The former Jay-Z protege has taken what Hova taught him and has ran with it, racking up looks from Sway and others. As with most SpeedontheBeat.com interviews, I jumped at the opportunity to link […]
Read more@DKAKAWayneWatts – #BaltimoreUprising
Nothing to say on this one, just let this shit bump.
Read more@DKAKAWayneWatts: The #MyLoveWindow Interview
Today, I had the chance to catch up with DK AKA Wayne Watts on the heels of his most recent project, Windows Theory II: The Love Window, and get further into the mythos of the series, whether or not wedding bells will be ringing soon for Mr. Watts, and more. SOTB: So, the second part […]
Read more"Chroma Cues" (or "Baltimore Commercial Break")
Ed. Note: Today, I came across an old poem I wrote around the time my father passed. Part eulogy, part questioning my father’s relationship with my mother, “Chroma Cues” is based around a time where I actually asked my parents why they weren’t together, before I knew what “bastard” meant (or, at least, before I knew […]
Read moreRickie Jacobs feat. Jay Wyse – "365"
Just saw this one on my timeline and hopped over to Soundcloud to peep some new music from two of Baltimore’s musical bright spots. “365” from Rickie Jacobs and Jay Wyse features both artists spitting on a haunting instrumental from Lani Christ which builds up over time, then breaks down into a lurching, rattling monstrocity […]
Read moreJay Wyse: "Root of All Evil" (Visuals)
Baltimore native Jay Wyse drops his final set of visuals of 2014 in today’s submission, “Root of All Evil,” directed by Anthony Kelly. Instead of a somewhat typical approach to the idea of money being evil, Wyse and Kelly craft a femme-fatatle-meets-The-Wire storyline. It’s something you’ll have to actually see to fully comprehend, but it’s an […]
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