As I mentioned after XXXTentacion’s death, I didn’t know him. I thought he was “controversial,” and his music didn’t really speak to me as much as some of my younger readers and followers, but his death was tragic all the same. He was practically a kid who was trying to right some of his wrongs, just gunned […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: @stvnlmnt Is Stoning The Competition to Death on Hit Factory Vol. 2
I’ll keep this one brief. Why? Well, sometimes it’s better to let the bars speak for themselves and just wash over you. Now, Steven Lamont (#lamonte) has been on an evolutionary pace since he first appeared on SOTB via a loosie and some Profound Assholes discussion on his shit. He’s always had bars and the […]
Read morePA Vol. 57: The Time @DrizzleSez Interviewed @SpeedontheBeat
In this PA, the mic is turned back onto Speed. For one of the first interviews in a while, Drizzle delves even deeper into the well that is SOTB. Discussing racism, privilege and a slew of other topics, this is Speed possibly more open than he’s been in a while since “retiring” from music, including […]
Read moreSOTBMusic Retrospective: @BIGKRIT – Live From The Underground
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 […]
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