Quick question time, folks. What do you get when you mix “One Dance” with Mario’s “Let Me Love You?” You get Mario’s new track “Let Me Help You.” No, that’s not an insult towards the track. But, for me, it’s probably the best way to describe the afrobeat-meets-dancehall-influenced track. It’s painting Mario as a good […]
Read moreSpeedontheBeat.com’s SOTBMusic Top 16 for 2016
In the Year of Our Lord 2016, we’ve seen a lot of loss and a lot of insanity. From the death of Prince, to the election of Donald Trump, to the death of Maurice White, we’ve seen a plethora of craziness envelop our lives. However, through the insanity, we’ve gotten some great music. I’ll go […]
Read more(Not A) SOTBMusic Review: @abdashsoul – DWTW
Too many releases today. I’m gonna go broke collecting everything. Well, not really, but the point is this: December 9th is a dope-ass day to be a music fan. On top of new Cole, CH, and everyone else dropping today, we get some new Ab-Soul. The “Black-Lipped Bastard” came out swinging on everyone and everything […]
Read more(Not A) SOTBMusic Review: @CharlesHamilton – Hamilton, Charles
As previously discussed in yesterday’s look at This Perfect Life, I’ve been a CH fan, even if I haven’t always agreed with his real-life actions. But, as someone who’s also bipolar and is trying to get his stuff together, I’ll champion him (it also helps that he’s still a dope lyricist). So, imagine my surprise […]
Read more(Not A) SOTBMusic Review: @JColeNC – 4 Your Eyez Only
As with Gambino’s Awaken, My Love, I will not review 4 Your Eyez Only, the newest project from J. Cole, in a traditional sense. I’m not going to say “oh, check it” or “oh, trash it.” It’s a “polarizing” project in some ways. It’s like your typical Cole album. Instead, it takes things to another […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: @Kodney – "BEEP"
K.O.D. drops a quick, but aggressive, ode to the cell phone’s place in hip-hop (talking to his people, setting up deals, etc.). I appreciate the Nextel chirp chirp sound in the beat. It takes me back to high school when everybody had a “chirp phone” and was trying to play the role of dealer/banger/what-the-hell-ever. Most […]
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