Three years ago, I reviewed Alessia Cara’s debut album, Know–It–All. In a few words, the album was a beautiful, albeit youthful, project. I said that Cara still had room to grow, but she made an amazing debut on the landscape of music. This is the case with many young artists, as even Nas still had […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: Alessia Cara Says "Not Today"
Out of the many acts that’ve sprung up over the past six years of running SpeedontheBeat.com (and over ten years writing about music as a whole), I’ve championed quite a few of them. For example, I still believe that Big K.R.I.T. can’t make a bad song, I still believe that IDK is one of the […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: @AlessiaCara Experiences "Growing Pains" in New Song
Alessia Cara’s always been good about capturing an entire generation’s fears, voices, and all that and putting them out in a digestible form that’s still raw as can be. With that said, her new track, “Growing Pains” taps into that energy once more and gives us a video and song that seems to deal with […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: @BaileyStraughn – "A Lot of Things Have Changed"
Bailey Straughn comes back after his Free-P with a tribute to his mom. As someone who loves his own mama (RIP Mama Young), I can vibe with this one. Sentimental value aside, the track bangs in an older-school, “Growing Pains” sort of way. And as 2016 comes to a close, while things have changed, it’s important […]
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