I know that the title of this piece sounds like I’m about to make sweet love to the Panic! at the Disco artist. I’m well aware of that. And while he’s a man I can see why people go gaga over, that’s not why we’re here. So there won’t be any shirtless Brendon pics. Put […]
Read moreMac Miller’s untimely death sent shockwaves through the game. The tributes have yet to stop pouring in. From Donna-Marie Chesman’s amazing “Year of Mac” series on DJBooth to artists thanking the late rhymesayer, we’ve gotten a lot. Mac may be gone, but he’ll never be forgotten by this generation of rap and rap fans. That […]
Read moreLet’s keep the UMD vibes going. It seems that musically-inclined UMD alumni make songs around the same time. Before you try saying that five times fast, stop yourself and listen to this track. Wayne Watts adopts some K.O.D. vibes and mixes them with some Chance flows over a simple piano melody. He got back to his […]
Read moreStaasia Daniels has been a favorite of mine for a minute. She blends a lot of energies and puts them back into the universe for the world to enjoy. I once described her as a mix between Aaliyah and Jhene Aiko, which still fits to this day. With that in mind, her latest EP, Whatever […]
Read moreI had a weird, ominous feeling the last 48 hours that something bad was going to happen. I was out with True this weekend enjoying myself, but couldn’t shake the bad vibes. I didn’t know what, but I had this bad feeling that someone I knew, on some level, was going to have misfortune come […]
Read moreBrain Rapp subtitled his latest release Bloom as being “a story of growth.” Over the course of the project, we are definitely given a growth–and keys to growth. By relating the path a flower takes to become beautiful and mature to the growth of an artist coming into their own (or just a person in […]
Read moreJacobi Ryan aims to build his hometown up in “Lawton View,” the newest #52in365 track. Here, we see Jacobi talking to himself (possibly a reflection of “what could’ve been” if he didn’t believe in himself and his movement) about the come-up and the desire he has. Instead of exploiting the neighborhood for personal gain, he […]
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