Song Review: Doja Cat “Tia Tamera” ft Rico Nasty
★★★1/2: Doja shines over this distorted trap banger
Song review: Westside Gunn “KARL” (prod by Roc Marciano)
★★★★: Westside Gunn affixes designer Karl Lagerfield as a motivational status symbol.
RATE THE BARS🧐 Full Ep #3: Beanie Sigel, J.Cole, Eminem
Rate The Bars full episode featuring Beanie Sigel “Where Have You Been”, J. Cole, Eminem!
Song review: Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – “Flat Tummy Tea”
★★★★1/2: Staunchly anti-establishment, socio-political, self-aware and pro-Black, it’s great to hear Gibbs in this form & head-space.
Vinyl of the Week💿 #17: Otis Redding – Live in Europe | Kanye West sampled Otis on Watch The Throne!
This week features a live album by the legendary Otis Redding, who was famously sampled by Kanye West on the song “Otis” from the 2011 “Watch The Throne” collaboration album with Jay-Z!
Nicki Minaj – “Bust Down Barbiana” song review: The birth of meme rap?
★1/2: Nicki Minaj throws her bid in on West LA’s own Blueface “Bust Down Thotiana”
Dreezy – Big Dreez mixtape review
★★★1/2: Dreezy separates herself from her peers by commanding the project with her delivery and lyricism alone.
Wifisfuneral & Robb Bank$ – Conn3ct3d album review
★★★1/2: Conn3ct3d is a fun listen and Wifi and Robb are no slouches on the mic in their own right; some of the immature messaging and content may wear on some listeners, but songs like “Neglect” provide an introspective balance.
Big K.R.I.T – TDT EP REVIEW
★★★1/2: TDT is a succinct, yet formidable EP release from KRIT. At 8 songs, it’s long enough to satisfy, yet short enough to leave you yearning for more
VINYL OF THE WEEK💿 #16: Steely Dan – Countdown to Ecstasy
Ghostwriting in Hip-Hop matters and this is why
Ghostwriting in Rap is different than having writers in other music genres, because in Rap the skill and praise lies in what’s written and HOW it’s written
