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“If you’re looking to cry, if you’re looking to think about life, don’t listen to hip-hop.” – Post Malone Well, if you’re a hip-hop head like myself, you were probably outraged by that statement. This was said by auto-tune crooner, Post Malone (apparently he calls himself “Posty”) in an interview in Poland a few days …
Hip-hop is extremely special to me, and I love it more than anything. But one thing I noticed about this genre and its listeners comparing it to other genres such as rock and r&b, is that the bar for excellence changes so much over the years. One thing that bothers me about this and with …
The sweat of Akinyemi‘s brow makes his rap a kind of gospel. It’s 11:35 PM on Sunday, September 17, 2017 at his release party for premiere EP “summers” and my already bad knees hurt too much to be standing any longer. I was going through such an ugly depression, I could barely remember to eat …
Jazz Soul is always on the grind even when we’re not hearing new music on a regular basis. After taking some time off, Jazz Soul is back and better with “Heaven” released in collaboration with producer, Chuck Strangers. Soul remains honest and personal in his latest release. The record brings light to the new and …
It’s about that time. According to a recent report by Nielsen, an organization that monitors consumer behavior and rate of consumption, Hip Hop/R&B (which are lumped into one genre) are the most listened-to tunes in 2017. The combined genre accounts for 25.1% of all music consumption in the United States. But how exactly is this …
We all have that one artist who when you found their music you followed them on every social media and shared their music with as many friends as possible. When I discovered Kid Cudi, or when a boy I liked told he loved Kid Cudi, I knew after hearing ‘Day n Nite’ that I …
