New York

Summer is here, hence we’ve got the longest newsletter to date. There’s so many tracks being released each week. Can’t complain though. We have a couple of New York influences for this newsletter today: Dave East, Nas, Desiigner, Caleborate, Thutmose, and more. Let’s go! Dave East & Nas He’s been featured before: Dave East comes with his …

Growing

We’ve got a few rappers that are growing steadily, and some who break through overnight. In this newsletter, we’ve got some of both. Can you imagine going from unknown to famous overnight? Weird feeling. Bas (in picture above) has been at it for yeeeears while some blow up instantly. Can’t say that one way is …

Round Two

Aight, so there’s a new season of everything coming: new tv series, new seasons of old tv series, new albums from old artists, new albums from new artists–everything new. And we’re here ready to digest it all. First up is a new Flacko season with A$ap Rocky releasing new videos and new tracks for his …

Spring

New season new hip hop. Artist usually have a different vibe to their beats and lyrics when it’s spring. Everyone wants to have the spring and summer hit that’ll be played on all parties and graduations etc. We have a lot of new music since the last newsletter. I’ve been featuring more and more from …

Panther

Who hasn’t mentioned or heard about the hype surrounding the movie Black Panther these past weeks? Massive campaign and story for the movie taking place in the fictive place called Wakanda, where we see a portrayed picture of afrofuturism: the sci-fi concept about a tech-savvy future for the African continent.  And since this is portrayed …

Drugs

I was truly saddened by the news that Fredo Santana passed away the other day. We also had Lil Peep who left us recently. There’s been a few rappers that have died from drug abuse throughout the years. It’s also clear that a lot of rappers fall ill personally and professionally because of abusing drugs. …

Young Rappers

It’s 2018 and I’m eager to release more this year. I look forward to a lot o new hip hop from old as well as new artists. Let’s start this new year with a few younger ones. Speaking of young rappers, can you guess who’s on the header image? Til’ next time! Derez Deshon While …

Four Sub Genres

We have a couple of sub genres in hip hop. Maybe hundreds. Here’s a variety of them. Mac Miller, Carnage, MadeInTyo I was surprised to see these three working together — but satisfied with the result. Mac Miller has delivered great mixtapes and albums throughout the years. Even though he hasn’t been very active releasing new music recently, …

Throwback

We’re back! Again, again! What a year 2017 was. A lot of great hip hop that evolved the genre even further. New sub genres, new artists and trends. The low-fi was probably the high hitting note last year with Lil Pump with associates climbing the ladders a lot at the end. I had a Chief …

2017 – Year In Review

We’re back! Again! I believe it’s time to summarize the year that went by. There’s a lot of great ”Best Tracks of 2017” floating around, so I thought I’d just point out a couple of highlights for me. Brockhampton I can’t keep track of the amount of times I’ve mentioned Brockhampton, but they’ve literally saturated the …