More diagonally, her first cover connects to an earlier era of rap album promotion. Back in the ’90s and ’00s, album art looked more like shitty superhero movie posters than anything resembling high art. Remember thePen & Pixel era? Covers—from mostly Southern rappers—featured exaggerated ...
Marjorie W.C. Sinclair, with a rare and thrilling Clair Clair rap verse (“The Louis, the prada? / both mine / Your man and his friend? / both mine / Kissin’ my ass / full-time”). It’s a burst of serotonin that makes for one of my most-listened to tracks on the album. ...
I witnessed more Gospel oriented rap, hip-hop music, and dances at the conference�s talent show (in video!). Rap Stereotype: �I love Rap Music� (by D.C. Talk) I�ve heard that Rap music is always sex, violence, money (mentioned by ï¿...
they are the fraying tethers holding lamar back from the chasm of gang violence that threatens to consume him. all this weighty material might make good kid, m.a.a.d city sound like a bit of a drag. but the miracle of this album is how it ties straightforward rap thrills-- dazzling ...
The greatest rap song titled “Baby D” is most definitely track nine on Too $hort’s Gettin’ It (Album Number Ten), where the Dangerous Crew’s Baby D lays down two minutes of the best raps by an elementary school student ever. I’m sure that Oakland’s 1100 Himself dropping a son...
who also plays with Bryant inFollow the Monarchsand is a member of S.P.O.R.E. as well. The band hit deep grooves in their improvisations for a very special hour of music before that, too, was curtailed. We got to hear a greatJon Dittyrap, andNooktook a turn as well. Another hi...
Masked Wolf’s “Astronaut in the Ocean” was the most-consumed rap song of 2021. Bad Bunny’s “El Último Tour Del Mundo” was the top Latin album.And in this digital age — audio on-demand streaming set a single-year high with 988.1 billion streams — there was also a big step...
Drake's “Certified Lover Boy” was 2021’s most popular rap album in the U.S., with 1.97 million equivalent album units earned. Masked Wolf’s “Astronaut in the Ocean” was the most-consumed rap song of 2021. Bad Bunny's “El Último Tour Del Mundo” ...
My first live show since early 2020 was back in July at SAT to see hip hop artist Cadence Weapon, who’s new albumParallel Worldis among my favourites in any genre so far this year. That night, the Edmonton born, Toronto based former Montreal dweller combined his one-man ...
Album Review: Ghostface Killah Follows Up Wu-Tang Clan’s Reunion Album With Solo Concept LP ’36 Seasons’Related But it makes sense: As an aging rap sage, Ghost, 44, boldly confronts mortality and maturity and balances them with his signature street grit and goofiness. Fresh off 2014...