Music Review: Tito Lopez – The Hunger Game Mark Harris Monday, July 2, 2012 The Studio 1 Comment Tito Lopez is your regular anomaly. Hailing from Gulfport, Mississippi, he tends to not sound southern. Although he is signed to...
Music Review: Danny! – Payback admin Monday, June 25, 2012 The Studio There are those artists in the hip hop industry that do things by their own rules. Kool Keith will disregard anything that represents...
Music Review: ANTHM – Joy & Pain (EP) admin Monday, June 25, 2012 The Studio Originality can be defined as the ability to express oneself in an independent and individual manner. The term “original” would be...
Album Review: Curren$y – The Stoned Immaculate admin Wednesday, June 20, 2012 The Studio Curren$y's all out independent hustle has helped him reap great rewards. Breaking camp from both No Limit and YMCMB has only lead to...
Album Review: El-P’s Cancer4Cure admin Wednesday, June 13, 2012 The Studio El-P makes music when he is inspired to make it. Fantastic Damage broke loose back in 2002. I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead came to the...
Album Review: Big K.R.I.T – Live From The Underground admin Monday, June 11, 2012 The Studio 3 Comments Every notable Big K.R.I.T. release has served a purpose. K.R.I.T. Wuz Here was an introduction of sorts; a coming out party to let everyone know...
Mixtape Review: SL Jones x DJ Burn One – Paraphernalia admin Tuesday, June 5, 2012 The Studio SL Jones and DJ Burn One have been putting in work for quite some time. SL was first introduced as part of Killer Mike’s Grind Time...
Album Review: Erk Tha Jerk – Thirds Eye View admin Tuesday, May 29, 2012 The Studio If any emcee can be considered a conundrum, it would be Erk. Known for his radio jams that get play in the bay, he is quick to have an...
Album Review: Killer Mike x El P – R.A.P. Music admin Thursday, May 17, 2012 The Studio 2 Comments When I first came across the rumor that Killer Mike was recording an entire album with El P, I was excited. Killer Mike is versatile...
Music Review: Ab-Soul – Control System admin Tuesday, May 15, 2012 The Studio The Kabbalah Tree of Life, according to Judaism, is a pathway to God. In many beliefs, it is a map of creation. What is interesting is...
Album Review: Georgia Anne Muldrow – Seeds [prod. by MadLib] admin Tuesday, April 17, 2012 The Studio Georgia Anne Muldrow is becoming more synonymous with the term “prolific”. Being a part of over a dozen albums since 2006, there is...
Music Review: Jopedo x Makeda – Aporia EP admin Monday, April 9, 2012 The Studio As I have said on previous occasions, the pleasant surprise is one of the reasons music blogging is enjoyable. Finding out about music...
Mixtape Review: Stalley – Savage Journey To The American Dream admin Monday, April 2, 2012 The Studio You can tell that Stalley is a Midwest cat. Whether it is his easy demeanor, blue collar values, or hood sensibilities mixed with...
EP Review: Kameron Corvet – F_CK Love admin Tuesday, March 27, 2012 The Studio Kameron Corvet is one of those artists that you have to enjoy. Sad part about this, though, is that I just discovered his music. Serving as...
Album Review: Robert Glasper Experiment – Black Radio admin Wednesday, March 7, 2012 The Studio Robert Glasper’s music has not been on my radar as of late. Even though I have heard of the man, I never totally checked for him. Why? I have...
Album Review: BJ The Chicago Kid – Pineapple Now Laters admin Tuesday, February 28, 2012 The Studio R&B is usually that category that is, surprisingly, lacking in a sense. Many of the artists that are notable are either highly sexualized or...
Mixtape Review: Alley Boy (@AlleyBoyDTE) – “Nigganati” + Download Link admin Monday, January 30, 2012 The Studio 1 Comment Alley Boy is that street cat that many rappers think they are, but truly are not. Alley and his Duct Tape Entertainment crew have been...
Mixtape Review: @ElleVarner – “Conversational Lush” + Video admin Thursday, January 26, 2012 The Studio L.A.’s own Elle Varner is simply on the rise. Being born to parents that are published songwriters, it was just in her to be an...
Mixtape Review: Chip Da Ripper (@Chip216) – Tell Ya Friends + Download Link admin Thursday, January 26, 2012 The Studio Chip Da Ripper has made it a long way from being “Kid Cudi’s homie”. He has parlayed his rhyming ability into releasing mixtapes...
Mixtape Review: Tre Luce – The Return of the “A” admin Thursday, December 29, 2011 The Studio 2 Comments Expect the unexpected. I caught wind of this artist’s music while I chilled at a Christmas event hosted at the New Era store in Atlanta...
Album Review: Anthony Hamilton – Back To Love admin Tuesday, December 27, 2011 The Studio Anthony Hamilton is the blue collar soul singer. He is known for making many classic songs and making crowds erupt into...
Album Review: Kindred The Family Soul – Love Has No Recession admin Wednesday, December 14, 2011 The Studio The Recession is a real entity for a lot of real people. Job loss, homelessness, protesting, and harsh political climates are immersed within our...
Mixtape Review: B.o.B – E.P.I.C. (Every Play Is Crucial) admin Tuesday, November 29, 2011 The Studio B.O.B tends to be confusing. Many want to write him off as “pop” and commercial. However, The Adventures of Bobby Ray misled people to believe...
Album Review: Pac Div – The Div admin Tuesday, November 15, 2011 The Studio 2 Comments After they came hard with their Mania! mixtape, there wasn’t much you could tell me about Pac Div. I knew that they were going to be making...
Mixtape Review: 2 Chainz – T.R.U. REALigion admin Wednesday, November 9, 2011 Studio Xclusive, The Studio 2 Chainz (Tity Boi or Teta Chico) has been on a tear as of late. For anyone that has been paying attention, he has been garnering a lot of...
Mixtape Review: Young Chris & Cardiak – The Revival admin Monday, November 7, 2011 Studio Xclusive, The Studio If there is anyone that has kept themselves relevant after major label shake ups then that is Young Chris. From the ashes of Roca Fella...
Album Review: The Weeknd – Thursday admin Tuesday, August 23, 2011 Studio Xclusive, The Studio The man known as Abel Tesfaye (or The Weeknd for those that practice slumber techniques) has taken the R&B world by storm. After releasing...
Album Review: Ledisi’s Peices of Me admin Wednesday, July 13, 2011 Studio Xclusive, The Studio Out of nowhere, Ledisi has put out Pieces of Me. The sultry jazz influenced has been the one of the must virtuous “neo-soul” artists in recent...
Album Review: Jill Scott’s Light of the Sun admin Thursday, July 7, 2011 Studio Xclusive, The Studio Jill Scott is just one of those artists you have to love. Whether or not you can get into her music is one thing. However, with realness about...
Album Review: Pl3dge by Killer Mike admin Tuesday, June 7, 2011 The Studio Killer Mike has become the voice of Southern independent thinking. Rather than let his career languish in push-back limbo, he went the...
