Album Review: J. Cole – Born Sinner
After all is said and done and the dust finally settles sometime after the June 18 releases of Kanye West’s Yeezus and J. Cole’s Born Sinner, most critics will be quick to point out Kanye’s unique...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Mac Miller – Watching Movies With The Sound Off
Never in my life have I ever watched a movie with the sound off but if the experience is anything like the level of the creativity and passion evident on Mac Miller’s sophomore album — I might hit the...
View ArticleAlbum Review: A$AP Ferg – Trap Lord
When A$AP Rocky released his debut studio album Long.Live.A$AP in January, the expectations for the project were so high that it was almost impossible the final product would suppress the amount of...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Big Sean – Hall of Fame
Considering just how good Big Sean sounds on Hall of Fame, it’s ironic that Kendrick Lamar’s now infamous verse on his song “Control” — a track that didn’t even make the album’s final cut — is the only...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Drake – Nothing Was The Same
On his critically acclaimed sophomore album, Take Care, Drake proved his signature blend of rap and R&B as a formula for success and his work on the project resulted in numerous accolades —...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Pusha T – My Name Is My Name
Even after finding critical success with the release of his first official GOOD Music EP Fear of God II: Let Us Pray in 2011, Pusha T was still stuck in a transition period being less than two years...
View ArticleAlbum Review: The Weeknd – Beauty Behind the Madness
Living in Toronto during the months and weeks leading up to the 2013 release of his studio debut Kiss Land, it was almost impossible to envision Abel Tesfaye living up to the unbelievable level of hype...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Travis Scott – Rodeo
Travis Scott is a polarizing figure. Straight up. Some people swear by his sound and think he’s cut from the same creative cloth as Kanye West, others think he screams inexplicably over cluttered...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Mac Miller – GO:OD AM
Mac Miller is a hip hop head through and through. Following a mediocre studio debut on 2011’s Blue Slide Park, Mac brought in a slew of producers from Flying Lotus to Pharrell to help him on his 2013...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Drake & Future – What a Time to Be Alive
Go outside. Take a deep breath. Come back. Sit down. Continue reading this review and marvel at the wonderful age of hip hop we live in. An age where a former child actor from Toronto and an auto-tuned...
View ArticleMore Than A Women: Aaliyah’s music stands the test of time
In the predominately male-driven hip-hop industry, successful female performers are and far between compared to their ultra-macho peers. The late Aaliyah Haughton, however, was an anomaly. She...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Lil Wayne – I Am Not A Human Being II
It’s no secret Lil Wayne’s brand name has lost much of the allure it enjoyed during Tha Carter III era after spending the last couple years being progressively eclipsed by his Young Money protégés...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Tyler, the Creator – Wolf
Legions of high school fanboys salivating over every Odd Future release aside, a lot has changed for Tyler, The Creator in the two years since the release of his 2011 breakthrough album Goblin. The...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Jai Paul – The Bandcamp Collection
Jai Paul has developed into such a complex musical enigma that people have begun to question his actual intentions as an artist and whether or not he ever plans on releasing an actual full-length...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Kendrick Lamar – untitled unmastered.
Fresh off a Grammy for what will undoubtedly go down in the hip-hop history books as one of the greatest albums of all-time in To Pimp a Butterfly, it seems Kendrick Lamar can do no wrong even if he...
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Album Review: Drake – Views
If Drake’s 2011 Grammy-winning sophomore effort Take Care stands as his most personal and introspective musical offering then Views is his nostalgic opus yearning for his humbler Jane and Weston...
View ArticleWatch: A$AP Mob – Yamborghini High (feat. Juicy J)
A$AP Mob’s, Wavy Wednesdays are back with the trippy music video for “Yamborghini High” their ode to the late A$AP Yams. Watch the Mob roll around in a Lamborghini caravan above. Get “Yamborghini High”...
View ArticleListen: Drake Unveils 2 New Tracks
For those of you who have thought that Drake season was over think again! Drake has gone ahead and dropped two brand spanking new joints, ‘Days In The East’ and ‘Draft Day’. Check out both tracks...
View ArticleListen: A$AP Rocky Unveils 3 New Tracks
A$AP Rocky premiered three new tracks, during A$AP Mob’s OVO Sound Radio, takeover earlier this month. Listen to his remix of Drake’s “Wu-Tang For Ever,” “Hear Me” featuring Pharrell Williams and...
View ArticleWatch Travis Scott’s NSFW video for “Pick Up the Phone”
Travis Scott releases the NSFW video for his Young Thug and Quavo – assisted single “Pick Up the Phone.” Taken from his upcoming album Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight, that will be out on August 26...
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