Free The Optimus lyricists C.Shreve the Professor and Mike L!VE just dropped a new single from their forthcoming album FTOLive. On “Family Tree” Shreve and L!VE contrast a laid back soundscape (courtesy of Japanese producer minthaze) with the razor-sharp lyricism that has become their trademark. The track has bars on top of bars and the […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: @ItsTOPE x @CashCampain – The Man (Prod. @StewartVillain)
Tope hit me this morning with some fire and a shit story behind it. Tope had his album completed on a laptop and it got stolen during a show in San Francisco. Because of this, “The Man” is the only surviving track that was mixed and mastered from the project that he had access to. […]
Read moreNew (To Me) SOTBMusic: @Alex_Wiley x @ChancetheRapper x @itsthecons x @chuckisdope x @GLCTHEISM – Spaceship III
This is a slightly older track (by a few days). But, when you get two-thirds of the original “Spaceship” on a track with Chance and Chuck Inglish? I believe it’s safe to say Alex Wiley won the internet when this one dropped. Lyrically? It’s on point and evolves the concept of Kanye’s original College Dropout cut. […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: @AsherRoth – More or Less
I’ve had my thoughts about Asher Roth over the years. But, one thing has remained consistent when I’m talking of him. Even if I’m not always in love with his subject matter, the dude has bars and has a grasp on how to manipulate those bars into dope multis and punchlines. Rappity-rap aside, he’s consistently […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: @Punskription – Native Brains: Foreign Hearts [EP Stream]
This one has been in the works for a minute and all I can say is this. Thank God it finally dropped. NYC’s Punskription (h/t Lex Rush for introducing me, by the way) gives us a mix between trip-hop, alternative rap, old-school rap and just straight bars on this one. If you need some energetic […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: @cadenceweapon – My Crew (Woooo) [Prod. @KAYTRANADA]
It’s not often I’ll rewind a track a few times in a row…unless I rock with it that much. So, this new Cadence Weapon track? It’s definitely a run-that-back sort of track. The KAYTRANADA-produced track allows the Montreal resident to just flow about his team and why you need to check him out. All I […]
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