Now, that’s what you call clickbait. In the past couple weeks, we’ve gotten two new Weeknd tracks. One, “The Hills,” is dark, haunting, atmospheric, drug-addled “fuck deez hoes” amazement. The accompanying video is a clusterbomb of imagery, fueled (no pun intended) by a car catching on fire and Weeknd walking away, all Sephiroth-into-the-fire style, but in […]
Read moreBlack Messiah First Thoughts
Today, one of the most-talked about albums in recent memory from one of the most-reclusive artists in recent memory, D’Angelo’s Black Messiah dropped. A twelve-track album, Messiah does what you would want it to do: it gives you new D’Angelo and does so pretty damn well. However, it’s an album that’s both “politically-charged” and just straight psychedelically […]
Read moreA Q&A With Illa J
Today’s interviewee on SpeedontheBeat.com probably needs no introduction. He’s one of the most-recognizable names I’ve had the pleasure of linking up with. And his brother has done pretty damn well for himself, too, in case you don’t know (if you don’t, for shame. Go bury your head in sand somewhere). I’m talking about no other […]
Read moreAn interview with True God, Part Four
Today, I sit down with #TeamDAR compatriot True God once again to make heads or tails of, pretty much, his life since his whole world ended. Things get real, even more so than usual in this one. So, sit back and let’s begin. It’s going to be a hell of a ride. SOTB: So True, […]
Read moreThe Most Painful Beat I Ever Made (The Making of Soul Revival 2 – Part One)
Today, I begin disclosing some of the work that went into the creation of True God’s upcoming Soul Revival 2 album. This two-part series will examine elements of the album that will potentially allow audiences to understand where True’s coming from on this. Part one details the “most painful beat I’ve ever made,” a song that’s […]
Read moreBork Laser and the Sunshine Band (or "How The Weeknd [Potentially] Ruined Contemporary R&B")
Let me start out by saying that I didn’t start out as a Weeknd fan. Are they called Weeknders? Is that a thing? If a “Weeknder” is a thing,is it also created by Disney? Anyway, due to some suggestions from high school acquaintance (and social revolutionary) Nick Brady, the homie Drizzle and, ironically enough, Dezeray, I gave The […]
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