“Money is the root of all evil” is as cliched a statement as one can make, especially these days. However, cliche or not, Garrison Elijaah sees that many have a problem with cash. In the first track he’s released since Not Today, Satan, he adopts a Lupe-esque flow over a bluesy instrumental. While doing so, […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: @CreekBoyz111 Go Loco for The Finer Things in New Track
So, it’s been pretty impossible to escape the Creek Boyz track “With My Team” over the past year or so. The track even received a glossier official video and remix featuring some of the dopest Lil’ Yachty vocals I’ve ever heard (and this is coming from a guy who didn’t like Teenage Emotions–like, at all). […]
Read moreWeird & Black: Con Survival 102 – Financing the Con of Your Dreams
By Amanda Jay On my way to Katsucon 2016 These next few weeks of Weird x Black will be focused on conventions (YAY). With one of my major conventions of the year coming up in February, I will be chronicling the preparations leading up to the big days as well the convention itself. Katsucon, my […]
Read more300 Words or Less Review: @iamKINGLOS – GodMoneyWar
Let it be known that I enjoy rappers who have “bars.” I pride myself on being a person who can drop a (mostly) hot sixteen myself. But, bars aren’t everything. With LOS, listeners expect bar upon bar, and they get such. And they usually get this in a way that’s somewhat outside the norm. But, […]
Read moreJay Wyse: "Root of All Evil" (Visuals)
Baltimore native Jay Wyse drops his final set of visuals of 2014 in today’s submission, “Root of All Evil,” directed by Anthony Kelly. Instead of a somewhat typical approach to the idea of money being evil, Wyse and Kelly craft a femme-fatatle-meets-The-Wire storyline. It’s something you’ll have to actually see to fully comprehend, but it’s an […]
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