Disclosure: Please note that, while it’s always #DARBiz, I will be looking at this album objectively (read: looking at as if I didn’t know True, Apollo, or anything about Team DAR). Therefore, it won’t be straight-up 10s across the board if it doesn’t deserve it. This is my team, so as a member of said […]
Read moreSpeedontheBeat.com’s Top Seventeen Hip-Hop Albums of the Year
I guess I really am more blogger than rapper these days. Snide comment aside, 2014 was a weird year for music. For every Black Messiah which dropped, we had a one-hit wonder make their way into the fray. Artists spoke out about Ferguson, and sometimes did more harm than good. Azealia Banks decided to go at everyone. […]
Read moreSpeed on the Beat Interviews: Shokus Apollo
As promised, I’ve gotten ahold of another one of my DAR brothers to ask some questions about his upcoming project. Today’s Speed Interviewee is a guy who’s been in the wings for a while, especially since he and True were a part of a rap duo years before I even came on the scene with […]
Read moreTeamDAR – "PLW" Review
Yes, it’s another “Holy Magikarp, Speed reviews a song he’s on as if he’s just Joe Blogsalot” review. This time, let’s take a look at Team DAR’s newest Genesis leak, “PLW.” Hopefully the cover art doesn’t get me banned from the internets. Review after the jump A raunchy end-of-summer jam with the turn-up and stripper crowd […]
Read more@TeamDAR – "Don’t Trust ‘Em"
Since True reviewed Death of the King, it’s only right that I put my reviewer hat for the first official Genesis single. And, besides, it gives me a reason to post cheeks on the blog that aren’t stripper-related. Produced by yours truly, @TeamDAR returns with the first official single from the Genesis mixtape. Through a […]
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