To start it out slowly, if you like The Roots, especially their politically-charged iterations, you’ll probably find yourself nodding along and raising your fists to the aggressive tones of The Cornel West Theory’s The T.A.B.L.E. TOO project. If you’re not a fan of angry but still smooth vibes that present revolutionary energy, I don’t know what […]
Read moreNew (To Me) SOTBMusic: @stephons_son – "Let Me Pray"
I recently came into contact with some of Kim’s music. He’s got this sort of Drake-meets-Ryan Leslie vibe about him. He’s got some bars on this, but he’s no slouch with the singing, either. It’s a dream to listen to, opting to sample The Isley Brothers’ “Footsteps in the Dark” (a solid choice for a […]
Read moreStop Under-appreciating @PharoaheMonch
Photo Credit: Pharoahe Monch’s Twitter This one will be short, sweet and to the point. Ladies and gentlemen, if you have yet to experience the verbal veracity that is a Pharoahe Monch verse, sit down, shut up, and listen. I mean, it’s his birthday after all. Aside from celebrating his born day, the man has […]
Read moreA Mini-Retrospective on @LilTunechi’s Tha Carter II
When Tha Carter II released, we were in the middle of “Weezy Season,” that epic time in which the Louisianimal could do absolutely no wrong. Some people argue that tapes like his Drought tapes were the zenith of this era. I’d have to say that, while the mixtapes were great, the second installment of the […]
Read moreSpeed’s Production Corner: Some of My Favorite @BigKRIT Instrumentals
It’s no secret that I’m a huge Big K.R.I.T. fan. Since SpeedontheBeat.com became a thing in 2012, I feel that Krizzle has always been one of my most-covered artists, outside of myself. I still have the autographed copy of R4 that Drizzle Sez got me back in 2011, before K.R.I.T. became as noticed as he’s […]
Read morePlease Stop "Hating" J. Cole
I’m going to start this post off with a simple question: why the hell do some people still “hate”–or “hate on,” I can’t really tell the difference at times–J. Cole? I mean, we’re talking about a man who had the first rap album in over twenty years to go platinum without any features is still […]
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