Music Review: Pell (@PellYeah) – Floating While Dreaming Mark Harris Wednesday, June 11, 2014 Feature, Music, The Studio Nowadays, there has been an uprising of emcees that blur the line between hip hop and R&B. Drake has become the master of this...
Music Review: @50Cent – Animal Ambition Mark Harris Friday, June 6, 2014 Feature, Music, The Studio Around 2003, you could not tell 50 Cent anything. He was fresh off of selling millions of copies of Get Rich Or Die Tryin’. G-Unit...
Music Review: Dynamic Equilibrium (@Dynamic_EQ) – Post Crack Era Mark Harris Thursday, June 5, 2014 Feature, Music, The Studio When crack first hit the streets of urban landscapes throughout America, the environment was turned upside down. The productive became...
Music Review: Blueprint (@printmatic) – Respect The Architect Mark Harris Monday, June 2, 2014 Feature, The Studio Blueprint is an underground veteran in the rap game. Representing Weightless Records, he has recorded projects since the 90’s. He has...
Music Review: @AsherRoth – Retro Hash Mark Harris Friday, May 30, 2014 Feature, Music, The Studio Asher Roth has had his fair share of ups and down in the industry. At the beginning, he started off as a promising emcee that happened...
Music Review: @LyricJones – Love’s Trail Mix Mark Harris Tuesday, May 27, 2014 Feature, Music, The Studio Much of urban music does not reflect the uncompromising premise of love. Hell, it has been documented that many R&B songs don’t...
Music Review: @SyAriDaKid – Ultrasound 2: The Rebirth Mark Harris Monday, May 19, 2014 Feature, Music, The Studio Sy Ari Da Kid has been at this for quite a while. With previous releases, mixtapes, shows, and videos, Sy is now reaping some benefits....
Music Review: Pharoahe Monch – P.T.S.D. Mark Harris Thursday, May 8, 2014 Feature, Music, The Studio Many artists have actually spoke a lot about mental health, or have given examples of their own mental health issues, in their music. As I...
Music Review: @IAmEricRoberson – B Sides, Features, and Heartaches Mark Harris Monday, May 5, 2014 Feature, Music, The Studio Eric Roberson (ERRO for short) has been in it to win it for the past few years. All of his hard work has made him an independent...
Music Review: Freeway @PhillyFreezer x @GirlTalk – Broken Ankles Mark Harris Monday, April 28, 2014 Feature, Music, The Studio If anybody kept it moving after the Roc-a-Fella/State Property dissolution, Freeway would be that person. Instead of resting on his laurels,...
Music Review: @YG – My Krazy Life Mark Harris Monday, April 14, 2014 Feature, Music, The Studio 1 Comment Is it safe to say that YG is your gang-banger turned mic slanger? If you think of his Tree Top Piru affiliation, then you would have to...
Music Review: @FreddieGibbs @Madlib – Pinata Mark Harris Friday, March 28, 2014 Studio Xclusive, The Studio Freddie Gibbs and Madlib worked together to make music. If you are a hip hop head, think about what I just said. This is...
Music Review: @Daleymusic – Days and Nights Mark Harris Wednesday, March 26, 2014 The Studio Daley has built some worthwhile buzz around his music. As a writer for Marsha Ambrosius, his rise in stock would only be inevitable....
MUSIC REVIEW: @SchoolboyQ – Oxymoron Mark Harris Monday, March 24, 2014 The Studio Schoolboy Q has made a name for himself. Albeit is enormous personality and no-holds-barred attitude, Schoolboy is well equipped with...
MUSIC REVIEW: @1CyhiThePrynce – Black Hystori Project Mark Harris Wednesday, March 19, 2014 Music 101, The Studio Underrated is the first word that comes to mind when I think of Cyhi The Prynce. As much as he is on the ballyhooed GOOD Music label,...
Nightlife: @Ashanti Hosts ‘Braveheart’ Album Release Party at Prive Nightclub Abner Jackson III Monday, March 10, 2014 Studio Xclusive, The Studio Ashanti hosted her Braveheart album release party on March 7th at Prive Atlanta. She was joined by family, close friends, and...
Music Review: @AlfaMist and @EmmavieSXF – Epoch EP Mark Harris Friday, February 21, 2014 The Studio Alfa Mist and Emmavie is a duo hailing from overseas. With that understood, it should be noted that the tag team have been putting in...
Music Review: Dag Savage (@DagSav) – E & J Mark Harris Wednesday, February 19, 2014 Studio Xclusive, The Studio Dag Savage is the combination of Exile on the beats and Johaz on the rhymes. I named Exile first because it seems as if he has mastered the...
Music Review: @IamNovaTribe x @Beezy430 – Tangents & Distractions Mark Harris Monday, February 17, 2014 Music 101, Studio Xclusive, The Studio It is time for me to be honest: I had no idea that Beezy was taking producing seriously. Of course I understood/admired his access to all of the...
Music Review: Algebra Blessett (@yesitsalgebra ) – Recovery Mark Harris Friday, February 14, 2014 Studio Xclusive, The Studio Oddly, it has been five whole years since Algebra Blessett has released an album. For many artists, that could be close to career...
Music Review: @TyDollaSign – Beach House EP Mark Harris Wednesday, February 12, 2014 Studio Xclusive, The Studio 1 Comment I have been hearing Paranoid so much on the radio that it is sickening. Yet, I couldn’t get enough of its infectious chorus and...
Music Review: The Step Brothers ( @Evidence x @Alchemist) – Lord Steppington Mark Harris Sunday, February 9, 2014 Music 101, The Studio If you are in the know, then you would understand that Evidence and The Alchemist has some of the best emcee-producer chemistry there is to have....
Music Review: @JamlaRecords – Jamla Is the Squad Compilation Mark Harris Wednesday, February 5, 2014 Studio Xclusive, The Studio Jamla is 9th Wonder’s label. The biggest issue is that many keep thinking that 9th is the work horse and not the label owner/mastermind. Yet,...
Music Review: Isaiah Rashad – Cilvia Demo Mark Harris Monday, February 3, 2014 Studio Xclusive, The Studio When I first caught wind of the signing of Isaiah Rashad to TDE, I really didn’t know what to expect. I knew very little of the emcee to...
Music Review: Kenyon Dixon – The Higher Ground EP Mark Harris Wednesday, January 22, 2014 Studio Xclusive, The Studio Kenyon Dixon is a case of the background trying to come to the forefront. His career has been spent either playing as a background singer (Usher,...
Music Review: Fabolous – Soul Tape 3 Mark Harris Wednesday, January 15, 2014 Script Xclusive, The Studio Fabolous has actually had a worthwhile, and slightly underachieving, career. He has had albums that have moved plenty of units and...
Music Review: @PhilBeaudreau – Ether Mark Harris Monday, January 13, 2014 Studio Xclusive, The Studio Phil Beaudreau is a man that came out of nowhere. At a certain point, in early 2013, he dropped his Dawaun Parker produced “Anyway”. Ever since...
Music Review: B.O.B – Underground Luxury Mark Harris Friday, January 10, 2014 Studio Xclusive, The Studio B.O.B has seen what this industry has to offer. From the mixtape circuit to the major label backing and worldwide acclaim, Bobby Ray...
Music Review: Childish Gambino – Because The Internet Mark Harris Wednesday, January 8, 2014 Studio Xclusive, The Studio To state the obvious, the internet has changed the world around us. It has changed how we access the news and media. It has also...
Music Review: Mars Jackson – The Hiilight EP Mark Harris Sunday, January 5, 2014 The Studio Representing Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Mars Jackson has been doing his thing for the last couple of years. He first worked on...
