The quarantine and growing as parents helped True, Apollo and I create ‘Black Fatherhood.’
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SOTBMusic: Your Old Droog Takes Listeners on a Ride with ‘Transportation’
I’m late on this, but I’ve been dealing with some things. I remember when people thought Your Old Droog was Nas. I also remember when the internet lost its collective shit when they found out he was really a white dude who could rap his ass off. Time flies. Five years since that reveal, I’m […]
Read moreSOTBMusic: Sinitus Tempo Recruits an All-Star Roster for "Pathways"
Sinitus Tempo has been one of my favorite artists for a minute. Last week, he dropped “Pathways,” a track featuring Mick Jenkins, Don, and Add-2. A hopeful-but-real track, “Pathways” discusses ways to make it out of the rut we find ourselves in during our lives. However, it also talks about getting stuck in those ruts, […]
Read moreSOTBMusic Retrospective: A Motown Christmas
(Ed. Note: this piece was originally posted on definearevolution.com in 2015) I am a nerd for the holiday season. I am a nerd for it, through and through. As soon as Thanksgiving is over–and most people are trampling over each other to get that new smart TV that’s only a couple dollars off from its […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: Anderson .Paak and J. Cole Collab on Trippy
Anderson .Paak is dope. J. Cole is dope. I could leave it at that and just say “support dope music in all its forms” and watch as this post does numbers on name recognition alone. But, that’s not what you come to SpeedontheBeat.com for. With that in mind, this sounds like something Kendrick Lamar would’ve […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: @AUGUST08 Drops Father
I may be doing AUGUST 08 a huge disservice for his project Father by just highlighting “Funeral,” and for that, I apologize. However, this song is as beautiful as it is haunting as hell. It’s one of those tracks that grabs you with its honesty and never lets you go. AUGUST’s entire project is like that. […]
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