BlaccOut Garrison pulled this one out the bag and it’s a great homage to DMX. From the flow to the gritty realism within the bars, you can definitely see that BlaccOut’s trying to give Dark Man X those flowers while he can still smell them. Over a storytelling-ready, boombap-heavy beat from Brazilian producer Zonatreze that […]
Read moreNew (To Me) SOTBMusic: @iamKingLos Got The Glo in New Track
Wellp, this one is self-explanatory. Los gets on a theoretically “dumbed down” track and manages to elevate it past that level. The chorus is easily outshined by the verses, and those verses deliver some pretty sick punchlines–kind of like Bruce Leroy himself. Check it out below and remember to support dope music in all its […]
Read moreSOTBMusic Retrospective: @SpeedontheBeat’s Baltimore Commercial Break
This August 17th marks the two-year anniversary of an album that I consider my favorite project to work on, even considering the background of it, Baltimore Commercial Break. Now, while I’ve talked a bit about the processes and the stories behind some of the tracks in passing, I’d like to take this time to really […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: @Stalley Searches for His Soul on New Track
Stalley went into his bag on this one, titled “Soul Searching,” and pulled out something akin to Curren$y mixed with some Cole. Calling out mumble rappers and those who’ve doubted him, Stalley continues with his “intelligent trunk music” wave. This one, slated to appear on Stalley’s New Wave project (due out next Friday) is solid. The […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: Bun B Lets Us Know It’s Gametime in New Track
I’m late on this one. I’m sorry. But, better late than never. Bun B straight murdered this one on so many levels. So, instead of my usual analysis of the track, I’m just going to say that this one is dope, fire, flame emoji, what-the-hell-ever. The beat is in-your-face sampling goodness with jazzy horns throughout. […]
Read moreSOTBMusic: Jay-Z’s 4:44 – A Brief Review
Jay-Z (he put the hyphen back in, so you know it’s business time) recently dropped 4:44, the album that was partly conceived as a response to Lemonade and (possibly) partly because we hadn’t heard much from Jay aside from rando appearances in the last four years and he needed an exclusive release to get people to […]
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