Before I begin, please note that this is still only my opinion. And while this is, technically, a WIRTB (like my review of Around the World in a Day), I still am in the thought school that believes that Prince has never released a “bad” album. But, in 1978, Prince shook up the world with […]
Read moreRetrospective: @LILBTHEBASEDGOD – I’m Gay (I’m Happy)
Back in 2011, Lil B released his “controversial” fifth album, a 12-track project called I’m Gay (I’m Happy). People were immediately ready to rip it a new one because, well, it’s an album called I’m Gay. After people put their machismo aside and checked it at the door, it was apparent that the album was […]
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 moreRetrospective: @DonaldGlover’s Because The Internet
When Because The Internet dropped, I’ll be the first to admit this about my feelings towards it. I thought it was ambitious, showcased Childish Gambino as an artist who did Drake better than Drake sometimes did Drake (sorry guys), but it didn’t register to me as much as it probably should have. In other words, I […]
Read moreRetrospective: Johnson&Jonson
While this Blu-affiliated group only saw one official release, its eponymous 2008 album, Johnson&Jonson still manages to kick all sorts of lyrical ass. Let’s take a few paragraphs to break down why. I mean, this is an album that, even among Blu fans, still doesn’t, to me, get its just due. And it should, because […]
Read moreRetro Retrospective: Ideal – "Get Gone"
In 1999, I was an eleven-year old boy who loved music. Because of this, I got exposed to a lot of artists and groups who, today, we’ve probably forgotten about. Today’s discussion topic comes to us from, essentially, a one-hit wonder known as Ideal. Ideal, a Houston-based quartet, had some pretty legit supporters in artists […]
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