Baltimore’s Chris Cassius presents a quick, punchline-friendly freestyle.
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SOTBMusic: NishoSoul Delivers Soon Enough Not a Moment Too Soon
NishoSoul has been a very busy man over the last few years. Between working on his music, being a successful podcaster, and just living as a Black man in the DMV, he’s done the damn thing. This weekend, after two years of working on it, he dropped Soon Enough, a project that shows Nisho’s love, […]
Read moreSOTBMusic: Dre Wave$ Talks "Sugar" with Kyle Clark and AA
D.C. hip-hop artist Dre Wave$ hit my inbox with this one with a pretty humble introduction. He mentioned his streams numbers (that’s good) and requested I check the track out instead of saying “yo you have to post me” (that’s also good). So, I’m sitting here like… And then the track hit. He described it as […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: TwonDon is "Sorry 2 Bother U" on Latest Project
“Who am I to show emotion, when Jesus ain’t meet his pops,” TwonDon asks on “Everywhere But Home.” I had to pause the Jersey native’s latest tape, Sorry 2 Bother U, on that line and reflect a bit. I mean, he’s got a point to a degree. Our problems, in this life, can be somewhat […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: Love Me (Young Midoriya) is My Declaration that "I Am Here!"
I guess the cat’s out of the bag. In addition to discussing my relationship with my father and how that’s shaped me, Son of the Beast is influenced by the series My Hero Academia. And because that is so, I figured that it’s only fitting to reference the main character of the series–especially since there are a few […]
Read moreSOTBMusic: Flashback Friday — TeamDAR’s Exodus
About four years ago, Team DAR released its first project as a quartet, Genesis. We were okay with the end result, but we knew we needed to do a proper release with all four of us in the studio at the same time. But, things were in a flux. Our engineer at the time was […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: WANG$AP Drop Potato Salad
I’ve had to run this one back a few times. Why? Simply put, it’s a great track with a lot of punchlines, metaphors, and bars. There are flame emojis throughout, as I used to say (every once in a blue moon), over the “Knock Knock” beat. In addition, these days, you can’t lose a random […]
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