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On August 3rd, 2018, Mac Miller’s grand fifth album Swimming hit the zeitgeist. The album is easily his magnum opus, but it was initially overshadowed and out-hyped by Travis Scott’s Billboard-breaker ASTROWORLD which released on the same day. Swimming debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 that week and was eventually nominated for Best Rap... Continue Reading →
After five long years since his mass-appealing fourth album DAMN, the greatest rapper on planet Earth has finally returned. In a time of high socio-political turmoil, global sickness, and budding war, no other artist has been sought out more in recent years than one Kendrick Lamar. With his latest double album Mr. Morale & The... Continue Reading →
On March 25th, 2022, Miami-based rap artist Denzel Curry released his third studio album Melt My Eyez See Your Future. From start to finish, the whole album sounds like a modern take on Pharcyde, early Outkast, and Wu-Tang Clan’s classic, sample-heavy rap music. His debut album TABOO (stylized as TA13OO) was regarded as one of... Continue Reading →
The Super Bowl halftime show is the most coveted 15 minutes in show business, and only the most elite and respected artists have been granted that stage over the last few decades. Dr. Dre, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, and Mary J. Blige made history at this year’s Super Bowl as being the... Continue Reading →
On January 7th, 2022, pop superstar The Weeknd, born Abel Tesfaye, released his fifth studio album Dawn FM. The radio station-themed album is the second installment of a new trilogy of albums, confirmed by Tesfaye via his Twitter. Featuring Jim Carrey as Dawn FM’s radio host, the album takes an ‘80s pop-inspired trip through love,... Continue Reading →
After the release of his 2018 debut album Die Lit, hundreds of Playboi Carti’s unreleased songs leaked online as fans eagerly waited for new material. Surely, in the last half decade or so, no other rapper has captivated internet culture the way he has. His elusiveness gives him a sort of mythical spirit, as he... Continue Reading →
Before you begin streaming on Spotify, place a record on a turntable, or put a CD into your car, album artwork offers a window into the sonic world that you are about to enter. It can tell some semblance of the story of the album, or it can tell a whole different story of its... Continue Reading →
On July 22nd, August 5th, and August 26th of this year, Kanye West held live Donda listening events for sold out crowds in Atlanta and his hometown of Chicago. The Chicago event was met with a fair amount of controversy, though it aimed to be especially sentimental as Kanye had his childhood home rebuilt on... Continue Reading →
As of just last week - August 20th, 2021 - it has officially been five years since the release of Frank Ocean's magnum opus and second studio album Blonde. His debut studio album from 2012, Channel ORANGE, garnered massive critical success and even won the Grammy for Best Urban Contemporary Album. By August 2016, the... Continue Reading →
You may already be wondering, “Who is Teezo Touchdown?” He very well may be the most enigmatic rap artist to emerge since Young Thug’s meteoric rise in the mid-2010s. But to label the young Texan as a rap artist is discounting his ever-intriguing versatility. With around 87,000 followers on Instagram today, Teezo’s bio reads, “Don’t... Continue Reading →
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