Simply put, the beat reminds me of some Mannie Fresh, late-90s Cash Money shit (which makes me smile, because not too many people are still doing these types. And, those beats were some of my favorites growing up, and even now) and every bar that Yung Law spits is on point. It’s a throwback, to […]
Read moreTravis – "Hold Up OK" (prod. by Will A Fool)
Received this one on my Twitter TL. I’m not too familiar with @Travis2Wild, but the song has a lot a potential. For an artist that seems to have just started rapping, Travis still has a relatively okay grasp on flow and the like. There are several segments where he tries to fit too many words […]
Read moreSoutheast Goonie ft. 2-Times – "Southeast"
Another SOTB Timeline Submission. The first thing I’ve gotta say about this joint is this: it is frantic as fuck! In a “rep your hood” track, that’s needed. I mean, if you’re taking a person on a ride into your neck of the woods, you want to do a few things:1) Show that you’re proud […]
Read moreTaka – "Insane"
Found this one on DMVLife’s Soundcloud. DMV artist Taka (f/k/a Taka Winter) has released his newest track “Insane” a little while back. The cover art’ll make you think it’s some sort of Tech N9ne-esque track and the spoken intro will make you think of Em. And that’s where the similarities end. All I can say is […]
Read moreJ. Nolan, "Fortified MC"
(I submitted this review to another hip-hop blog earlier this week; might as well share the love with my viewers/readers over here, too.) Let me (re)introduce myself–I’m Speed on the Beat and I am a relatively unknown–but still pretty accomplished–rapper/music critic. I feel that that must be said to qualify what I’m going to tell […]
Read moreDear Internet Rappers, Part Three (or "Why I Can Tell You This")
Always great to start a post off with candy. As long as it’s not nose candy. That’s bad. Anyhow (I know, it’s hard to take your eyes of Naya Rivera and put them back here), let us begin. I apologize in advance about the potential tone of this letter. I’m not trying to bitch, but […]
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