When I set out to do Baltimore Commercial Break: From Juke Joints to Greatness, I knew that there was one commercial/track/theme/image campaign I had to (re-)touch. In 2010, I flipped this image campaign theme to middling results. But, ever since I stumbled upon this song, I knew that it was something special, that it had […]
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 Reviews: #OneYearLater
Ok, since we’re reviewing old albums and ish (this is probably the last one for a while), I figure I might as well speak on my first official release One Year Later. As many of you know, I’ve been dropping stuff as a rapper/lyricist/whatever-fancy-ass-way-you-want-to-say-it since at least the early 2000s (hi MPJ-related tracks and “No Mas”). […]
Read moreTrue God’s Top Ten SOTB!!! Beats
And, yes, the exclamations are needed when we’re talking about the abbreviation. As both a hat-tip to my “Speed Ranks True’s Albums” post and as a hat-tip to the awesomeness which is Team DAR, my brother True decided to compile a list of the top ten beats he’s heard from me. Thankfully, he didn’t just […]
Read moreAn Unbiased Death of the King Review/Analysis
Next album won’t have my mug, I promise. So, after a couple months (four months exactly today), I’ve finally mustered up the balls and whatnot to give an unbiased review of Death of The King, the last album in my Songs For… Trilogy. I’m sure you’re wondering “Speed, how the hell can you review your […]
Read moreMe – "Truthful Revelations" (Remastered)
Truthful Revelations… by Speed on the Beat In addition to slashing the price on DOTK like a used car salesman (but less slimy, I’d like to think), I’ve done fucked around and remastered the first single from my #SongsForTrilogy, “Truthful Revelations.” If you may recall, this track, originally called “Truthful Revelations Encompassing Every Kaptivating Action” […]
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