Let’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 moreNew SOTBMusic: Staasia Daniels Throws Caution to the Wind in Whatever Happens, Happens
Staasia 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 moreSOTBMusic: Rest Easy, Nipsey
I 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 moreNew SOTBMusic: Brain Rapp is In ‘Bloom’ with Latest Album
Brain 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 moreNew SOTBMusic: Jacobi Ryan Gives Us a Lawton View on New Song
Jacobi 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 […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: Sinitus Tempo Tells Us "Life’s Strange" on New Production
It’s hard to put musician Sinitus Tempo into one category. He’ll go from sampling anime themes to jazzy boombap to spooky, synth-heavy, slightly end-of-the-world vibes with OG Maco within a few months and then drop something unexpected just because reasons. I love it, since I don’t like when producers get stuck in “what works” and […]
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