Michael Kiwanuka – “Black Man in a White World”
What starts off as a sparse folk blues song of sorrow gradually grows into a soulful R&B callback to the classic sound of the 60's and 70's....
R.I.P. PRINCE – 1958 – 2016
2016 is trying its damnedest to be the year the music died. First David Bowie, now Prince Rogers Nelson at 57-years-old. Inventive, incredibly talented,...
New Music: Tink – “Ratchet Commandments”
Chicago MC and Timbaland associate Tink has released her single "Ratchet Commandments."
For a Timbaland production, it's relatively minimal to begin with. But after a...
“GALLO NEGRO” Music Video – Illya Kuryaki & The Valderramas
I'm still on Lesson 1 of Disc 1 of my Rosetta Stone - Espanol, but I've learned enough Spanish to know that "Gallo Negro"...
Kendrick Lamar is Filling the Outkast Void
The opening track to Kendrick Lamar's newest album To Pimp a Butterfly has multiple hallmarks of a classic West Coast hip-hop production. A cameo...
“Battle Anybody I Don’t Care Who You Tell” – Why LL...
The popularity of battle rap is so high at present that it's become an unofficial sub-genre of hip-hop. While no one has made a...
New Alicia Keys “IN COMMON”
Alicia Keys has been off the scene for a few years, so maybe that sets the bar impossibly high for her return. The track...
Drake’s ‘Views From the 6’ Gets a Release Date
2015 proved to be a very notable year for Drake despite not having an actual album release to go along with it. In February,...
