Charlie From The Couny isn’t the only DMV artist who’s appeared on SOTB and has undergone a rebrand in the past few months. You may remember Steven Lamont from posts a while back. Well, he’s back as Lamonte Bombay and recently dropped a new track, “Exposure.” It’s different from his earlier tracks as it’s more […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: Latrell James Combats Gentrification in Tracphone
Gentrification is one of those things that sucks. That’s not because I don’t think White people can live wherever they want. Do you. It’s more so that gentrification pushes people, usually Black and Brown people, out of neighborhoods they’ve been in for years and generations, creating disparities in communities and forcing these people to uproot […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: see.francis Embraces the Melody on "Moonwalker"
see.francis previewed this one to me a few weeks ago and I commended him for trying something different, but still within his wheelhouse enough that it didn’t look like he was “riding someone else’s wave.” “Moonwalker” is a bit different from see, since it features him utilizing a slight sing-songy flow. However, if you’ve come […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: Lex Rush Takes on the City on New EP
It’s hard to put Lex Rush into a box. Thank God for that, as otherwise she’d lose something about what makes her unique and one of my favorite indie artists. Her latest effort, Lex and the City plays out a bit like Broad City meets Issa Dee’s rap interludes in Insecure–except Lex didn’t stop rapping […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: Android No. 23 Hits F-Zero on New Music
I feel weird that this is the first time that I’m talking about Android No. 23 on SOTBMusic, especially since he’s a Baltimore head who’s been making some moves the last few years. I’ve heard the name and a few songs here and there, but this is the first time I’ve written on him for […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: Singapore Kane Invokes the Terror of Kim Jong Il on New Track
Boston’s Singapore Kane recently dropped a new single from his upcoming Steel Pulse, Metal Veins album. “Kim Jong Il” is a trip down memory lane, back to a time where artists would invoke dictators and world leaders to speak on their claims for the throne. Now, I don’t, per se, miss the days where every […]
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