Music
Album Review – Steve Lacy: Gemini Rights
SOFT 8/10 Static (8.5/10): The opening track for Gemini Rights is a timid introspection on Lacy’s love-life. He could be questioning a past lover, or simply talking to…
Album Review – Taylor Swift: Midnights
SOLID 5/10 Taylor Swift has been a darling of pop-culture since her self-titled debut in 2006. At just the tender age of 17, Swift was immediately thrusted into…
Album Review – Boldy James and Nicholas Craven: Fair Exchange No Robbery
STRONG 7/10 Westside Gunn, Benny the Butcher and Conway the Machine are seen as the frontmen of Griselda; the Buffalo, NY-based independent rap label founded by Gunn. Their…
Weekly Crate Digging #5 – 10/19/22
[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1361183542" params="visual=true&show_artwork=true&wmode=opaque" width="100%" height="400" iframe="true" /] SIMPLE - $NOT SOFT 7/10 $NOT has always been known for his laid-back demeanor and…
Album Review – Quavo & Takeoff: Only Built For Infinity Links
STRONG 5/10 When Quavo and Takeoff were members of Migos, alongside Offset, they dropped one of the most influential albums in rap history: Culture (2017). The trio’s dizzying…
Album Review – Freddie Gibbs: $oul $old $eperately
$oul $old $eperately ($$$) (2022) is Freddie Gibbs’ first full-length LP without the executive help of a collaborative producer since 2018’s Freddie . Gibbs never truly found a…
Album Review – Black Thought & Danger Mouse: Cheat Codes
Cheat Codes is the first collaborative album by The Roots’ Black Thought and iconic indie-rap producer Danger Mouse. Even though it was released in August of this year,…
Weekly Crate Digging #4 – 8/19/22
Tippa My Tongue - Red Hot Chili Peppers Strong 4/10 The occasional onomatopoeic refrains from frontman Anthony Kiedis are grating to the ears, but other than that, this…
Weekly Crate Digging #3 – 8/12/22
Super Freaky Girl - Nicki Minaj Strong 3/10 Nicki Minaj is back with basically her rendition of Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s “WAP”. The production for this…
Weekly Crate Digging #2 – 8/5/22
STAYING ALIVE - DJ Khaled feat. Drake and Lil Baby Strong 2/10 I don’t know what’s worse, the “interpolation” of the Bee Gees’ “Stayin Alive” or the obnoxiously…
Weekly Crate Digging #1 – 7/29/22
“Never Sleep” - NAV feat. Travis Scott and Lil Baby Strong 5/10 Travis Scott comes into this track hot with his catchy chorus which transitions smoothly into his…
Why Do People Hate Drake’s ‘Honestly, Nevermind’?
Canadian rapper and singer, Aubrey Graham, otherwise known as Drake, released his seventh studio album on June 17, 2022, titled: Honestly, Nevermind . That number, “seven”, may be…