SpeedontheBeat.com is all about presenting real feelings about “real music.” That, and letting people see people, not personas. With that said, I recently got a text from Julie Stevens, a fellow writer who’s featured on SOTB a few times before, that said “I’ve got a piece for you.” Little did I know that this piece […]
Read moreNew To Me SOTBMusic: @NayomiRosina – In The 9 (Mixtape Stream)
You may’ve heard Nayomi on Benny Universe’s “You,” which dropped this weekend over on the site. But, what you may not know is this: she’s got a project of her own. In The 9 is a nine-track project released over the course of nine weeks. The project highlights Rosina’s songwriting abilities and voice. So, if you […]
Read moreRevisiting the @IAmCardiB Mixtape
Earlier this year, Love & Hip-Hop and social media star Cardi B dropped a mixtape. In this day and age where doing so is all but required by everyone, it was no real shock to see the twenty-something thirst trap expert and meme mistress release a project. But, was it any good? Or would it just […]
Read moreNew (To Me) Music: @lorenzoraps – Social Colour
19-year old Lorenzo Moore (pictured above), better known as The Renaissance, dropped this tape last year. A college student who’s dropping some dopeness (I can relate, so disclosure: I’m slightly biased towards feeling the energy because of this), The Renaissance’s Social Colour tape feels like some new-school jazz-rap mixed in with “the old Kanye” and a bit […]
Read moreNew Music: @yahyah_capone – #TrapTruth
DMV artist Yamir recently released his Trap Truth mixtape. Featuring tracks with Lightshow and Bleezy Da Kidd, Yamir could’ve, to be honest, just chilled out and let the guest spots speak for him. But, nope. He stands on his own two and drops a tape that’d get some pretty loud bumps in the whip.
Read moreNew Music: Steven Lamont (@StvnLmnt) – stvnlmnt: The Mixtape
Per Artist Representative: In celebration of his 22nd birthday on November 8th, Maryland emcee Steven Lamont released his debut self-titled project stvnlmnt: The Mixtape. This project is Steven at his lowest and highest at the same time: from braggadocio flows filled with an enthusiasm that no one can match to introspective yet somber vibes, Lamont shows […]
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