On a bi-weekly basis, I like to take the time to simplify my digital existence, the likes of which include but are not limited to: cleaning up my email, deleting any extraneous pictures off of my phone, erasing any drunk texts that I may have definitely sent (and subsequently regretted), and ridding my DMs of the […]
Read more "Questions Before Rodeo"Whether consciously or coincidentally depicting the dichotomy of life, G.O.O.D. Music artist Big Sean’s third major label album Dark Sky Paradise vaults the Detroit artist into rap relevance once again after momentarily falling out of favor. “No mistakes in life ever, it’s only lessons,” asserts G.O.O.D. Music artist Big Sean over the Boi-1da produced “Blessings,” a haunting-yet-somehow-gratifying track that features […]
Read more "Dark Sky Duality | Big Sean Album Review "Whether consciously or coincidentally depicting the dichotomy of life, G.O.O.D. Music artist Big Sean’s third major label album Dark Sky Paradise vaults the Detroit artist into rap relevance once again after momentarily falling out of favor. “No mistakes in life ever, it’s only lessons,” asserts G.O.O.D. Music artist Big Sean over the Boi-1da produced “Blessings,” a haunting-yet-somehow-gratifying track that features […]
Read more "Dark Sky Duality | Big Sean Album Review "Brandishing a developing sound that he claims to be “That new Toronto,” and lyrical skills that don’t appear to be deteriorating anytime soon, Drake’s If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late serves as a warning flare to the rest of the rap game. As if this past weekend in music didn’t present enough to gloat about, […]
Read more "Project Review | Drake Gives us a Glimpse From the 6"Getting My Hopes Way Up | Big Sean announces album release G.O.O.D. Music vet Big Sean announced last week that he will be releasing his third major label album in less than a month. The Detroit MC is slated to drop Dark Sky Paradise on February 24, and needless to say, it’s a B.I.G. moment for […]
Read more "Getting My Hopes Way Up | Big Sean’s “Dark Sky Paradise”"Questioning Religion | Travi$ Scott, Young Thug, & Metro Boomin’s “Rodeo Tour” The irony that I’m currently experiencing while writing these words is quite astounding… Well, to me at least. As I’ve stated from the jump, I’m a devout, sometimes borderline rabid Kanye West fan. Sure, the first hip-hop album I ever purchased was Nelly’s […]
Read more "Questioning Religion | Travi$ Scott, Young Thug, & Metro Boomin’s “Rodeo Tour”"Scott Mescudi had been a native Clevelander for the first twenty years of his life. Most know him better these days as KiD CuDi, but that’s only because in 2004 he moved in with his uncle, Khalil Madi (a fellow musician), to the South Bronx of New York, with nothing but $500 and a demo […]
Read more "A Picture Worth >1000 Words | The Moon Man’s Final Journey"Spring. 2004. I was in the seventh grade at the time… It was – well it was an “interesting” period of my life. I was a white suburban teen male, engrossed in a stimulating and lively epoch of pop-culture in both the realms of music and sports. LeBron James – “The Chosen One” – was […]
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