Alright, alright, time to take a break from reviews to remind you all that I do also perform music and the like. One Year Later Edition Dropping 5/28 online So, about a year ago, I embarked on the release of my first full-length album #RAQUEL R3: Lo@Ded (The Devolution and Death of the Modern Male). The […]
Read moreWale – "Love Hate Thing"
Ok, horrible album cover art and pseudo-spoken word aside, I can tolerate Wale quite a bit when he actually raps about something of substance. I have Paint a Picture still on my iPod and More About Nothing was one of my favorite tapes of all-time. Sadly, these days, that comes less often than not. I mean, between […]
Read moreSoutheast Goonie ft. 2-Times – "Southeast"
Another SOTB Timeline Submission. The first thing I’ve gotta say about this joint is this: it is frantic as fuck! In a “rep your hood” track, that’s needed. I mean, if you’re taking a person on a ride into your neck of the woods, you want to do a few things:1) Show that you’re proud […]
Read moreTaka – "Insane"
Found this one on DMVLife’s Soundcloud. DMV artist Taka (f/k/a Taka Winter) has released his newest track “Insane” a little while back. The cover art’ll make you think it’s some sort of Tech N9ne-esque track and the spoken intro will make you think of Em. And that’s where the similarities end. All I can say is […]
Read moreDear Internet Rappers, Part Three (or "Why I Can Tell You This")
Always great to start a post off with candy. As long as it’s not nose candy. That’s bad. Anyhow (I know, it’s hard to take your eyes of Naya Rivera and put them back here), let us begin. I apologize in advance about the potential tone of this letter. I’m not trying to bitch, but […]
Read moreThe Reason for No-Fi and the "Speed Flow", Part Two (Updated 6/27/14)
Title art for the song, “Kings.” The song is intentionallyedited, for reasons that are spoke on a bit here. Last year, a bit after I originally dropped #RR, I wrote a post detailing what I did in regards to my production, and why I did so (in other words, “the reasons for being the ‘No-Fi […]
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