A little over five years ago, Big K.R.I.T. dropped his first official release, Live From The Underground. I loved the album because, well, I’m a K.R.I.T. fan and I feel he can do no real wrong (rapping or producing). However, I felt that the album was a bit of a retread of his superior mixtapes, […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: @SpeedontheBeat’ve Put My Name Up in Lights on New Track
Stick with me; I know the title reads weirdly. Years ago, during my UMD days, I played around with a piano-heavy instrumental I’d produced and recorded a song called “Disco Demolition Night,” a song that was anti-mainstream hip-hop. Years later (read: somewhere between 2012 and 2017), I redid that instrumental and got what you now […]
Read moreNew (To Me) SOTBMusic: @ChancetheRapper and @YoungThug Introduce Us to Big B’s
This one isn’t either Thug’s or Chance’s best work, but it’s catchy enough. That’s got to be good for something, right? Jokes aside, I’m not a big fan of the production on it, as it sounds…well, it sounds very “Soundcloud-like.” That’s to say that it has moments of dopeness, but it also feels like everything […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: @iamKingLos Offers Apologies and Hopes in "Dear 2017"
King Los makes an SOTBMusic return after what seems like forever and a day with a story that offers up some apologies for the fuckery that he’s gone through and has inflicted on others–while also telling us that this year (and others after it) is still his. Lyrically, I’m feeling this one and the simple […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: @ItsABlaccOut Recites "The Pastor’s Prayer" in New Music
BlaccOut Garrison returns to SOTBMusic for the first time in almost a year. And he’s brought some friends along to speak some truths. Featuring artists Chris P and Michael Da Vinci, BlaccOut provides us with “The Pastor’s Prayer.” Over darker production than I’ve ever heard BlaccOut on, the Minnesota-based rapper and his cohorts lays down […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: @ShonGoner Showcases What Happens on the "Regular" in New Track
Philly artist Shon Goner’s “Regular” isn’t exactly my usual tastes (I tend to stay away from a lot of the overly Auto-Tuned tracks out here now). But, there’s something about it that has kept me replaying it since being introduced to it a few days back. It’s catchy and still manages to spit a few […]
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