Jay-Z (he put the hyphen back in, so you know it’s business time) recently dropped 4:44, the album that was partly conceived as a response to Lemonade and (possibly) partly because we hadn’t heard much from Jay aside from rando appearances in the last four years and he needed an exclusive release to get people to […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: @KanyeWest x @THEKINGDREAM – Bed (Yeezy Season 5)
A little known fact about Speed on the Beat. I’ve always had a soft spot for J. Holliday’s first LP. Because of this, when I heard Kanye West and The-Dream decided to Yeezy up “Bed,” I was like “sign me TF up.” And, let me tell you, it doesn’t disappoint. It’s like if “Ultralight Beams” met […]
Read moreKanye West – "Yeezus" in (Technically) Three Hundred Words
My response to those boundto be pissed off at me. Yeezus is grating and jarring, utilizing lo-fi production and turning most levels up to 12 (when normally, they’d be at about 5). It’s “abstract”-friendly, meaning that it’s not a great album–in fact, in some moments, it’s barely passable. But those that call themselves “experts” on […]
Read moreThe Beat-Making Thought Process of Speed on the Beat
(RAQUEL RELOADED on iTunes) Greetings and Saliva, dawgs. Over the past couple months, I’ve been asked two things: 1) Why do your beats sound the way they do? (Sometimes, that’s positive. Sometimes, that’s negative. Sometimes, that’s just pure hatred. Either way, it’s a valid question.) 2) How do you make your beats? Well, first and […]
Read moreThe Extended Meaning Behind the "#RR" title
Greetings 🙂 So…if anyone was wondering (which I know you probably weren’t, but I’m going to tell you anyway) WTF “#RAQUEL R3:Lo@Ded” means, here you go: Reality always–universally–quenches every longing. Relinquish love over all, [and] defy [your] eventual demise (AKA The Devolution and Death of the Modern Male) Essentially, in order to save oneself from […]
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