Engaging in one of the greatest rap battles of all time and climbing out of it with the biggest hit single is a definitive victory lap. And thus Kendrick Lamar took his with “Not Like Us,” a song that not only defined 2024 but also staked itself as one of the greatest diss records...
Back with her first solo singe of the year, Ari Lennox is throwing it back to Motown. Lennox has been open about both her struggle with social media and her sobriety journey, and she lets out all of her frustration on “Smoke.”“Talk shit now/ I might just slap a bitch in the face...
However, a hundred Goblins had died. Kevin had even known some of them, briefly. Still, they had died and still they had followed Rags for this risky plan. They had picked their battles, and there was no chance of all of their tribe being wiped out like at the Floodplains. Even so....
day-to-day life has been an adjustment for everyone following a global pandemic. Fortunately for rap fans, we have great music to hold us down—the soundtrack to better times and happiness. Hip-hop as a whole is gaining its rhythm back after artists ...
Ghost follows with his particular blend of artisanal flexes (“In the Philippines, pick herbal beans”) and invincibility (“I slapbox with Jesus, lick shots at Joseph”). They build a big enough lead for Cappa to break the tape, beer sloshing out of his cup. –Brad Shoup...
moods fit for both splashing your face with holy water and showering your enemies with bullets. Despite some of the rigid foundations, most of Ye’s lyrics find him jiving through the raindrops of his life. He’s always been outspoken about the mental physical battles he fights, as he is ...
moods fit for both splashing your face with holy water and showering your enemies with bullets. Despite some of the rigid foundations, most of Ye’s lyrics find him jiving through the raindrops of his life. He’s always been outspoken about the mental physical battles he fights, as he is ...
2: Battles "Atlas" [Warp] MP3:Battles: "Atlas" Schäffel stole a beat from Gary Glitter, and Battles stole it back. It's a beat with substance and force: immense and all-encompassing, like the song's title; martial, like the band's name. The guy pounding it out is John Stanier,...
s death. And the vocal recording alone sounds like Greedo willfully fighting back tears. It is spiritual, really. “Mafia Business'” tangible agony asserts Greedo as a wholly distinct force in LA hip-hop and—so long as a few outstanding legal battles go his way—will be a timeless ...
("Stomp, push, shove, mush/Fuck Bush, until they bring our troops home"), then releases the bombs: "Let the president answer a higher anarchy/Strap him with an AK-47, let him go fight his own war/Let him impress Daddy that way/No more blood for oil, we got our own battles to ...