Issue 53 What a summer. Chance The Rapper releases what might be the most boring album to date. A$ap Rocky is still facing charges of assault – in my city here in Sweden to add to that. And a lot of good music. Like YBN Cordae that I hadn’t paid attention to prior to his …
Hip hop is an art form in itself. It’s reflecting personal thoughts. Or someone’s mood. Or a generation. It can paint a picture of something with so little; a couple of rhymes. Wu-Tang Clan did a brave move a couple of years ago. They made a case for hip hop being a fine art form, by …
These past two weeks has been absolutely fantastic in terms of new hip hop. There’s been major album releases as well as smaller EP releases. Throw in a couple of high quality singles and there we have 14 days of great hip hop. I can’t even feature everything here because the mail would get too …
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. …
The theme this week is spotlight: Ty Dolla $ign. Thought I’d switch from 4 tracks to feature an artist and another side of him. It feels like he’s mainly seen when he’s being featured on a pop song (like Work From Home by Fifth Harmony). But he’s been releasing quality content for many years. He also released an album …
The theme this week is new styles. These artists bring the current most popular styles in hip hop. Rich got the trap triplet flow (like Migos), K.A.A.N comes with the combined bars with added speed in the flow. Smokepurpp brings the huge trend with lo-fi beats and chopping flow (like Lil Pump, XXXTentacion, Skimask, etc.) and KYLE …
The theme this week is no rest. As a musician, you’ll have to keep your audience happy by releasing new albums, EPs, LPs, singles, features and what not. The amount of mixtapes and albums that are released each year is mental. Kevin Gates releasing an album from prison is a proof of how hungry the audience is, …
This weeks theme is The Rookie and the Vet. We got rappers from all eras, newcomers from the east coast, like Dave East, to oldies like Rocye Da 5’9 (shoutout to his new mixtape, the Backseat Freestyle/Mask Off is crazy). Vince Staples released his album this morning. Mr Staples believes Ray J is one of the most influential …