What do you get when you take a producer who doesn’t haven’t much experience but got drafted to do an organic DIY mixtape with an energetic, reality-based rapper? You get Free-P, the new project from DMV rapper Bailey Straughn. Check it out below.
Read moreNew Music: @bigflock187 – The Great Depression
I don’t even need 300 words for this project. I’ll sum it up in three: this shit goes. Featuring guest appearances from everyone from 21 Savage on “Black KKK” (featured on the site yesterday) to Visto, the project feels distinctly D.C. while still not being pigeonholed within some of the stereotypes (unfairly) held against rappers […]
Read moreRetrospective: @Wale – More About Nothing
After 2009’s Attention Deficit, Wale was at a crossroads. Some fans were dismissive of the album because it didn’t sound like “old Wale,” in that it had more of a pop edge to it. Songs such as “Chillin” acted like his version of Cole’s “Work Out.” They weren’t bad songs, but there was just something […]
Read moreSpeed on the Beat Retrospective: The SOTB!(!!) Discography 2012-2016
Yep, it’s about that time for someone (anyone, really) to talk about the namesake of this here site’s musical “career.” Spawned from a combination of a mental breakdown and a desire to spit “dat hot fiyahhhh” once more, meek producer Mister Speed on the Beat decided to get back into the “booth,” create some no-fidelity […]
Read moreNew Visuals: @Jay_Wyse – "Never Looked Better"
From artist rep: Baltimore artist Jay Wyse releases the latest video from his “Nine Twenty Five” album. On “Never Looked Better” Wyse elaborates on the rise that he feels coming and the grind it takes for it to unfold. The visual is shot & directed by Anthony Kelly (@MoeMarlly) and serves as the fourth video from […]
Read moreNew Music: @Jay_IDK – "I Picture"
Jay IDK…back with new music. Six words that make my ears happy. The Empty Bank drops in a couple weeks, but if this is where the album is going? It’s definitely going to be a solid follow-up to Subtrap and will have people saying #HXLY again this summer/fall. One thing that I’m noticing on this track is […]
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