Best time of the year: almost summer. There’s a gap during summer where there’s not as many releases. So the artists release a lot of new music just before summer. They want to get those summer radio plays which is a huge opportunity to make it. This means that all rappers release their best shit in the next 3-4 weeks in hopes to be the summer hits.
We’re closing 2018 shortly. I thought I’d summarize the year with a short series of the best tracks of 2018. I’ve decided to start off with the best young artists this year. Let’s go! 6LACK He has kept releasing quality music the past years. He has just put out an album that has gone big. …
We’ve all perhaps read about the shift in hip hop distribution and the labels role for artists. Labels have played some terrible cards throughout the years: keeping Lupe Fiasco from releasing music during his best years because they wanted his songs to sound differently compared to how he wanted it. Same story with Big K.R.I.T. …
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 …
This weeks theme is self produced. It’s common to work with different producers and create different synergies between rapper and producer. That’s one thing I like with hip hop. But I also appreciate when the rappers produce themselves; it usually feels like there’s a greater connection between the track and the rap style. The rappers this week …