PG County-originated, L.A.-residing duo FREE Party hit my line today and I’m glad that they did. “Alady” is what’d happen if August Alsina, J. Cole, and J.I.D. collaborated on a track. It’s mellow, introspective, and soulful. However, it’s just trappy enough that you’ll bob your head as much as you’ll take in the bars spat. […]
Read moreSome SOTBMusic Thoughts About ASTROWORLD
To borrow Travis Scott’s ad-lib, “it’s lit!” Now, you may know that I’m not the biggest Travis Scott fan, probably dating back to his kind of weak BET Cypher years ago (that he, later, apologized for). However, since then, he’s evolved sonically and musically to become one of those artists that, even if you’re not […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: Dolla$ignDunn Speaks Sign Language in New EP
Dolla$ignDunn comes with something that feels like Comeback Season meets Dreams and Nightmares with a great deal of Cam’Ron mixed in for good measure. There’s something backpacky about the bars, but there’s grit attached as well within the six-track EP. That could be because of the grimy beats and the way D$D delivers his bars. […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: Silentó is Fresh Outta High School on Debut Album
A few years ago, Silentó dropped “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae).” You couldn’t go anywhere at all without hearing that song. Everyone did the challenge. Heck, I even tried to get Jojo to get in on it, but he was like “eh, lemme watch Teen Titans GO! and not be a social media star.” But, I’ll be […]
Read moreSOTBMusic: Flashback Friday — TeamDAR’s Exodus
About four years ago, Team DAR released its first project as a quartet, Genesis. We were okay with the end result, but we knew we needed to do a proper release with all four of us in the studio at the same time. But, things were in a flux. Our engineer at the time was […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: Snowy Joey Delivers Cold Bars in the Summer with Snow 4
I’ve got to give a huge shoutout to Julie Stevens of FlowsforDays.com. She does her due diligence when it comes to dope music, especially Midwest underground hip-hop. Specifically, she’s introduced me to a lot of artists from the Chicago area. In short, when she suggests I check something out, I usually do and I’m usually […]
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