In the 1990s and 2000s, not many shows were as influential on hip-hop as BET’s Rap City. True God, on his latest EP, pays homage to various legends from the series and the timeline as well, from Timbaland to The Neptures to G-Unit. Taking instrumentals that feel right out of the eras they’re paying homage […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: True God and Shokus Apollo Breathe in New Life in New Project
After talking about it/hinting about its existence for a while, True and Apollo come back to their HS roots and drop a project that’s more diverse, but still lyrically sound. It’s quite possibly their beat work as a duo, if I’m being honest. The phrase “something for everyone” is a bit cliched. However, just because […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: DARiousBuller Combine to Bring LFE and Team DAR Together on The Revolution Will B Trill
Dugee F. Buller recently collected the tracks he did with Shokus Apollo and True God over the past year or so and dropped them as a whole project. It’s LFE meets DAR and it’s a thing of beauty. Yes, you may’ve heard some of the tracks before. However, hearing them again in this collection adds […]
Read moreSOTBMusic Wayback Wednesday: @TrueGodImmortal’s "The Dawn"
I originally flipped this track (Willie Hutch’s “Never Let You Be Without Love”) for The Sh*t I Shoulda Dropped for a track dealing with my relationship with Raquel and my first-born son. It’s a pretty deep song, and details where I was mentally and whatnot before Raquel and I reconciled after the original One Year Later and […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: @TrueGodImmortal Presents His Lost Files
We’ve got some new True God and all I can say is “hell, yeah!” The project, composed of tracks recorded between 2015 and 2017, showcases different sides of True while also keeping people in tune with what to expect from his next project, The Miserable Beauty. Think of it something like his Lost Tapes 2. […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: @TrueGodImmortal Takes a Trip to Solitary in New Album
If Jay-Z’s 4:44 was (possibly) his fourth iteration in the Blueprint series, then True God’s Solitary serves as the de facto “Soul Revival 4.” Spitting some of the most-personal bars of his career, True takes listeners on a journey through the eyes of a man who wants to be left alone–but still wants to be among people […]
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