A few days ago, I received an email about DMV artist Recipe4Winning and his late-2018 project, Underrated. Being a guy who loves new music, I gave the project a listen. I mean, it was hyped up to the point that I’d feel like I deprived myself if I didn’t give it an honest listen. Recipe has […]
Read moreSOTBMusic: An Interview with BLACK AX
Maryland-born, VA-residing artist–and one of my DAR brothers–Jeff Axel, better known as BLACK AX, has been making music for over ten years. The twenty-six-year-old “energy gawd” has always been unique in his approach, mixing crunchy southern instrumentation, soulful vocalization, and enough sauce, percolation, and verbiage to make E-40 do a double take. Coolin in AXELWorld is […]
Read moreWhy Is @CurrenSy_Spitta Still Underrated? – An SOTB Rant
Rant time. This time we’re talking Curren$y instead of, say, Big K.R.I.T. Now, before I begin, I know what you’re thinking. “How can Curren$y be considered ‘underrated’ in any way? He got a Lil’ Wayne cosign when that meant the world. He’s been high on the list of many a hip-hop aficionado for the past […]
Read moreRetrospective: Johnson&Jonson
While this Blu-affiliated group only saw one official release, its eponymous 2008 album, Johnson&Jonson still manages to kick all sorts of lyrical ass. Let’s take a few paragraphs to break down why. I mean, this is an album that, even among Blu fans, still doesn’t, to me, get its just due. And it should, because […]
Read moreA Goofy Movie is an Underrated Disney Classic
Rant time on in three, two, one… Perhaps my millennial views are showing a bit too much with this title, but I feel that 1995’s A Goofy Movie is an underrated Disney classic. Stick with me here, Frozen and The Lion King diehards. I know what you’re thinking. “How dare Speed talk about A Goofy Movie as being among […]
Read moreRoboCop: Underrated or Intentionally Overlooked?
If you know me, you know a couple things. I like to be a profound asshole, I speak my mind (even when it gets me ire from Twitter), and I have a soft spot in my heart, at times, for Kanye West’s 2008 album 808s and Heartbreak. Is it a perfect album? Oh, God, no. Like […]
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