RA Light started his recent project, “Round 2”, off with a poignant, acapella tribute to the late, great Nipsey Hussle. Duly, that intro sets the stage for the EP— foreshadowing an opus that will impact lyrically as hard as it does sonically. Upon listening to this altern…
Read more“I got the glow!” Despite the vibrant subject of Tef Kaluminoti’s March offering, it may be the most diabolical single of the Spring. His four-and-a-half minute “The Glow” is aggressive and abysmal; pumping with the unstoppable energy of North Carolina. As the first singl…
Read moreCalifornia to its core, “Clownin’” by Lil Scotty P is a speaker-shaking banger. It is the Lancaster rapper’s debut single for 2019, threaded with a new-age, West Coast charisma. Roaring, distorted 808s boom across “Clownin’”; adding fuel to the sinful melody, pattering h…
Read moreA poignant piano progression, moved by melancholic chops, jump-starts Lil Buez “The Promise”. Although, a succession of trap drums does slam into the mix, “The Promise” maintains a tragic ambiance. This air is only fulfilled by the cold breeze of Lil Buez’s auto-tune. The…
Read moreAutotuned and astounding, New Jersey’s Rich Pesos drops “Make Her Dance”. Assisted by Equisite, the melodies are plentiful on this East Coast single. A bouncy, colorful chord progression, made of airy synths, rocks through the mix on “Make Her Dance”. It is moved by 808…
Read moreTo set fire to your next house party, long-distance duo, Tan Lines, has released a “What You Saying” remix. Originally created by Jarreau Vandal, and featuring TĀLĀ, this danceable, jazz-tinged revision will effortlessly blow you away. A four-to-the-floor pulse, produced by…
Read moreDripping in radio-ready melody, sprinkled with autotune and a Zone 6 inflection, is “Candy Lady”, the latest single from Atlanta, Georgia’s Leiffy Luciano. Over a sweetly dreamy trap production by Mondo, our DeKalb County resident proffers melodies and metaphors geared to…
Read moreSome people travel so much, they become an amalgamation of every place they visit. They journey to a new region and easily assimilate into that culture, amazingly making it their own. East Coast rapper, Ray Reaves is one of those people. After a recent move to Toronto, Ca…
Read moreOn your first listen to “Breathe (Ghetto Lullaby)”, by Apollon The Don, you may mistake the lyricist to be a fresh, Californian upstart. The whistling synth playing the back of his production harkens to G-Funk; whilst his paced, yet deliberate flow is reminiscent of the sam…
Read moreSince 2013, Smoove Gotti has been sharpening his sword. Locked in the lab, with beat after beat swirling around him, the Ohio rapper has been in a chrysalis of musical development. Now, he is finally ready to emerge. “Faded”, “Hell Yeah” (feat. Oh), and “Shattered Star”…
Read moreAn alluring melody, matched with rattling hihats, are the first sounds you’ll hear on “Upset Stomach”. That is before Brasko attacks the modern-trap beat with a torrent of bars. The moment this Nebraskan upstart opens his mouth, the speaker-shaking banger can not be stopp…
Read moreA soulful, old school beat makes every lyric Lui Vi spits hit ten times harder. By the end of “Let It Go”, he has worked magic over the kiid twan production and stepped that much further down his path to excellence. The Chicago-born/Atlanta-based rapper has released myriad…
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