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Silk Sonic Is Just Too Smooth On 'An Evening With Silk Sonic' - But Starbucks Will Love It
Published on: Nov 23, 2021, 3:11 PM People desperately wanted Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak — collectively known as Silk Sonic — to breeze in with the best album of the year. And they could have — but didn’t. Their knowledge of bygone eras and ability to effectively pay homage to classic funk and R&B should’ve been a slam dunk. But instead, An Evening With Silk Sonic has already morphed into nothing more than a novelty, one that thankfully doesn’t overstay its welcome.
Review - Summer Walker 'Still Over It' Spins Personal Turmoil Into Gold - Or Platinum
Published on: Nov 23, 2021, 2:24 PM The entertainment news realm revolves around gossip and spilling tea with reckless abandon. The juicy morsels that keep The Shade Room’s lights on dominate news cycles on social media sites, morphing rap and R&B stars into reality TV show characters.
Review - Gucci Mane & 1017 'So Icy Boyz' Is A Standard Compilation Tape Where No One Shines
Published on: Nov 12, 2021, 12:50 PM Compilation tapes such as Revenge of the Dreamers III, We Are Young Money and The Re-Up have magnified the rap superstars of tomorrow and introduced the masses to a slew of promising new talent at their best. But at their worst, compilation tapes have barely moved the dial and instead, have caused new artists to become trapped under their boss’s shadow.
Wale 'Folarin II' Flashes Greatness But Gets Clouded With Career Recognition Raps
Published on: Nov 11, 2021, 10:18 AM Longevity in rap is sometimes uncelebrated and influence is understated. Wale understands this well, spending the entirety of his 13 years creating a musical space in the DMV only to be left out of top rappers lists. On Folarin II — the sequel to his 2012 mixtape — Wale sounds focused and determined; the raps are sharp and confident, but the bitterness over the lack of career recognition dulls the tape’s finer moments.
Review - Don Toliver ‘Life Of A Don’ Sounds Gorgeous But Also Like Lazy After-Party Vibes
Published on: Nov 9, 2021, 8:32 PM Cactus Jack Records is slowly garnering the perception of an artist graveyard. The pull of Travis Scott’s star power hides the flaws of the management of the label, to the point where the likes of Sheck Wes and former signee Smokepurpp are overshadowed and overlooked, despite hot starts to their careers. Current artist Luxury Tax doesn’t even have a Wikipedia page to his name.
Review - Alchemist 'This Thing Of Ours 2' Continues Streak Of Raw Rap Consistency
Published on: Nov 4, 2021, 12:54 PM Alchemist takes no days off. In 2021 alone, he has two rock solid collaborative albums (Armand Hammer’s Haram and Boldy James’ Bo Jackson) as well as two installments of his This Thing Of Ours franchise. The barrage of projects is nothing new for the 44-year-old super producer. He’s already announced new projects with Conway The Machine, Earl Sweatshirt and Vince Staples. One wonders how he has the time.
Review - Injury Reserve By The Time I Get To Phoenix Is A Processing Of Grief & Moving On
Published on: Nov 2, 2021, 11:23 AM Ask how to heal from the death of a loved one and there’ll be a smattering of different opinions. Some may suggest the mourning process manifests in moving on and growing past the loss. Others recede into themselves when grieving, chasing memories of the deceased.
Review - TisaKorean ‘mr. siLLyfLow’ Finds Success Through Being Odd & Off Kilter
Published on: Oct 29, 2021, 3:14 PM The internet’s capacity for weirdness in rap music is growing with every passing day. In a backlash against cookie-cutter beat sections and bars riddled with recycled and unimaginative phrases, fans scour to the deepest recesses of the interwebs for sounds that depart from traditionality. TisaKorean is quickly establishing himself as a master of oddities, tapping into his silly side to maximize his creativity.
REVIEW - Lil Wayne & Rich The Kid Trust Fund Babies Is Held Back By A Disparity In Talent
Published on: Oct 27, 2021, 2:53 PM Rich The Kid manages to end up in the most unlikely places and his new mixtape with Lil Wayne, Trust Fund Babies, is the latest example. Previously, In 2013, he joined forces with the Migos for a series of middling mixtapes and another earlier this year with NBA YoungBoy.
A$AP Rocky - Live.Love.A$AP (Mixtape Review)
Published on: Nov 2, 2011, 4:11 PM A$AP Rocky has already RSVP’d for his spot as the next big rapper out of NYC. After parlaying his online buzz into an alleged 3 million dollar deal with Polo Grounds/RCA, the first official project to spring forth from the alliance with his new benefactors is the Live.Love.A$AP mixtape. So long as you resist the urge to feed into the hypebeasting, that pretty motherfucker drops a solid opening salvo worth his couture clothes.
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