DMV artist KT Firehouse hit my line with this one, a freestyle over the Doja Cat/Rico Nasty collaboration “Tia Tamera.” Childhood crushes on the Mowry twins aside, I gave it a listen to see what KT would do with this beat. The often-harmonious Firehouse decided to mess around and give us about two minutes of […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: @ThisIsMarlow Tries to Keep Faith in a Crazy World in New Visuals
Maryland’s Marlow dropped FAITH X VICES last year. It sucks that it passed under my radar, mainly because the past few years have been huge for the DMV, independent and otherwise. Overall, the project itself is dope as hell and deals with some of the dualities that artists like Lee Mitty and Brain Rapp have spoken […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: @NishoSoul Delivers a Booming Message on "Devil May Cry"
Naming your track after a piece of nerd culture can be a crapshoot. Many times, an artist will fall into the trap of referencing the everlasting dogshit out of the source material. NishoSoul’s “Devil May Cry (Messenger)” is like the famed video game series in the sense that it’s a violent evisceration of the competition. […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: @NoFaceRapper Says to Never Fear Rejection
Virginia native No Face, Rapper released the follow-up to his Wintercoat EP from earlier in the year. Featuring the previously-released “No Grammys” and “Stranger Things,” the six-track Never Fear Rejection features a constant evolution for the artist. Taking the evolutionary energy of “No Grammys” and “Stranger Things” and stretching it across an entire project can be […]
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