Yesterday, Drake and Future decided to eff around and drop What a Time To Be Alive, an eleven-track album which is pretty much Future featuring Drake. That’s not a bad thing. But it’s evident from the first song, “Digital Dash,” listeners will experience Drake doing his best FutureHive initiation/impersonation. It works for most of the […]
Read more#300WordsorLess Review – @DeJLoaf – #AndSeeThatsTheThing
Read the review after the jump. Last year, we were (re)introduced to Detroit artist Dej Loaf through her smash single “Try Me.” However, like most artists who popped up over the past two years, many wondered if the former full-blown “backpacker” could duplicate her successes. After a string of features, we get her newest EP, […]
Read more#300WordsorLess Review – @1Future: #DS2
Newly-single Future returns with Dirty Sprite 2, a full-length sequel to his 2011 mixtape. Instead of going completely cuckoo bananas with the feels, Future dranks, sexes, and hustles his problems away over an eighteen-song collection. And, I’ve got to say: I’m pleasantly surprised (something that’s happened a lot recently with Future’s work). Shutterstock “controversy” aside, […]
Read more300 Words or Less Review: @Ciara – Jackie
Review after the jump. On the heels of her latest single, “I Bet,” and her publicized breakup with Future–and potential rebound in Russell Wilson (#IWishICared)–Ciara returns to the music scene after with Jackie. The album starts off pretty dramatically, and then delves into what you’d expect from Ciara. We’re given bouncy beats, sexual energy out the […]
Read moreSpeedontheBeat.com’s Top Seventeen Hip-Hop Albums of the Year
I guess I really am more blogger than rapper these days. Snide comment aside, 2014 was a weird year for music. For every Black Messiah which dropped, we had a one-hit wonder make their way into the fray. Artists spoke out about Ferguson, and sometimes did more harm than good. Azealia Banks decided to go at everyone. […]
Read moreThis Week in Rap (SpeedontheBeat.com Edition)
Greetings, all. So, since I decided to do things a bit different on Thee Arteest this week, I figured I’d drop a bit of “This Week in Rap” on SpeedontheBeat.com, considering I did an interview with Trae Harris of Newlyweeds on Arteest’s blog. (Go check that out, by the way) Also, be sure to check out #TeamDARRadio Tuesday nights at […]
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