DMX is one of the GOATs. To commemorate his life, Speed on the Beat spoke with several Baltimore-based artists and visionaries on the impact Dark Man X had on them.
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The Lox and DMX Take Me Back to My Youth
New music from The Lox and DMX in 2020? Sign me up.
Read morePA Vol. 42: Did We Eff It Up?
For many volumes, Drizzle Sez and I (with the occasional Gingawd, Jimbo Slice, Zay and/or True God appearance) have given you the real so raw, some of you may’ve gotten pregnant from it. So, for “season” three of PA, we’re hitting harder and better than before. PA, short of Profound Assholes, is a series on SpeedontheBeat.com where […]
Read moreOdd Combos in Hip-Hop (And a Trigga Review)
Greetings, all. A couple weeks ago, as I’m sure you’ve heard by now, Snoop Dogg and PSY (yes, the “Gangnam Style” guy) dropped a collaboration called “Hangover.” To say the very least, it was an odd song. The video, however, was even more trippy (and made some potentially half-correct statements about the drinking culture in Korea). […]
Read moreThe Do-Over: Ten Rappers That Could’ve Used One
If only… Sometimes, it seems as if the wishes of artists are compromised in order to make a composition more compatible with tastes, only to pigeonhole the composition into one set classification. Now, as I’ve mentioned, I’m in no way Wale’s biggest fan. But, thinking back to the release of Attention Deficit, it was an […]
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