Between 1978 and 1979, after the initial commercial “failure” of For You, Prince hopped back into the studio and began work of his second album. The self-titled affair, featuring a shirtless Prince staring off into the distance, featured a lot of the elements we came to know and love from Prince. It took the initial […]
Read moreSOTBMusic Retrospective: @BigKRIT – Return of 4 Eva
In 2011, I went through a lot of change. From the birth of my son to dealing with the repercussions of “emotional cheating” to Drizzle graduating and both of us going through our own sets of issues, I experienced a plethora of crazy moments. When I heard that Big K.R.I.T. had another project on the […]
Read moreSOTBMusic Retrospective: Watch The Throne
I wanted to do a retrospective on the 2011 JAY Z/Kanye West collaborative album Watch The Throne with an embed of the actual album. However, due to TIDAL having exclusive rights to streaming the album and my hesitancy to post just YouTube links of the songs, I won’t be able to do that. I will, however, […]
Read moreRetro SOTBMusic Review: Prince – For You
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 […]
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