Thirteen years ago today, we got Jay Z’s best album. Don’t @ me on Twitter to tell me about how you feel that Reasonable Doubt is his best or to say that Kingdom Come is an underrated classic. You’re entitled to your opinions. I celebrate that because you’ve got your’s and I’ve got mine. That’s what […]
Read moreRetrospective: @LILBTHEBASEDGOD – I’m Gay (I’m Happy)
Back in 2011, Lil B released his “controversial” fifth album, a 12-track project called I’m Gay (I’m Happy). People were immediately ready to rip it a new one because, well, it’s an album called I’m Gay. After people put their machismo aside and checked it at the door, it was apparent that the album was […]
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 […]
Read moreUnderrated: Bizzy Bone (@ThisisBizzyBone)
By Ax (@BigBallinAXEL) Ed. Note: As part of DefineaRevolution.com’s Midwest Week, Team DAR member Axel submitted the following post to me through True God. As Bizzy Bone is one of my personal favorite artists, I just had to post it. Even though he was part of one of the most successful groups in hip-hop history, […]
Read moreGood Feeling to Know (Flawless)
It’s been about three years and thirty one days since I began on this journey of discovery and redemption. Three years and thirty one days since I began working on my first widely-released project, One Year Later. In that time, I’ve seen a lot of craziness. I’ve lost a lot. Hell, in some ways, I’m still […]
Read moreSpeedontheBeat.com Music Roundtable: Volume One, Part 2
On Friday, SpeedontheBeat.com featured part one of our first Music Roundtable. This discussion focused on the writers and curators themselves, with a few tips about the business (especially with regards to submissions and approaching people who could “put you on”). If you haven’t checked it out, please do so post-haste (here’s the link again). Today, […]
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