There is no one who can do angst better than a teenager, and 18-year-old Olivia Rodrigo showcases that in her debut album “SOUR.” She incorporates the pain and the sorrow that come with being dumped into her lyrics, which are made even more impactful and intriguing by the alleged story behind it. More so, the cohesive theme in her...
Chicago hip-hop artist and independent music producer Lance Skiiiwalker, recently debuted his first full-length album, “Introverted Intuition,” through Los Angeles-based hip-hop label Top Dawg Entertainment, the same record label which boasts Kendrick Lamar along with many others. This explosive 35-minute album is too experimental for its own good and leaned toward more lengthy intermissions than songs to jam out...
The new album "The Order of Things" is the radical seventh studio album by All That Remains. It was revealed by the band that it would be largely melodic and harmonious. This is a major progressive step in a different direction coming from their previous album “A War You Cannot Win.” “The Order of Things” is reminiscent of “A...
Raw. Emotional. Real. Based. These are truths used to describe Lil B the Based God and thus his newest mixtape, “05 Fuck Em.” Months in the making, its release was stalled so much that it was becoming the stuff of legends, on par with Dr. Dre’s “Detox.” People around the world began to question the Based God and whether...
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Chance The Rapper opens his highly anticipated third mixtape, “Coloring Book,” gleefully repeating the phrase “And we back” alongside crescending beat claps and evolving harmonies. This is the first of many instances on the tape where we find ourselves contentedly questioning where, in God’s name, has Chance been? And, more importantly, can we go, too?
The answer...
In an unprecedented short amount of time, Metro Boomin has gone from unknown Morehouse College dropout to hip-hop’s most sought-after producer. This year alone, he produced one of the year’s biggest rap songs with Migos’ “Bad and Boujee,” dropped a mixtape with Gucci Mane, produced Nav’s debut project, “Perfect Timing,” produced most of 21 Savage’s “Issa Album” and launched...
Subgenres on top of subgenres is the name of the game for the ever-so-fickle landscape of electronic music, where it seems as though every new release brings a new classification that would leave even Darwin and Linnaeus in a state of discombobulation. However, a prominent subgenre that has managed to maintain its relevance through the years is trap: an...
Australian trio Camp Cope has returned to the music scene with their third album, “Running With The Hurricane.” Maintaining the powerful vocals and gentle instrumentation characteristic of their last two albums, “Running With The Hurricane” creates a soft album full of strong moments that is true to the band's style while still offering something fresh to the ear.
The basslines...
When the thought of a music album crosses one’s mind, it is usually defined by a potpourri of an artist’s recent works thrown together in a 10 to 15 track conglomerate. But with his debut album “Damage Control,” EDM standout Mat Zo takes the listener on a 60-minute journey through a meticulously designed track list whose elements transcend the...
“Do you think if I go blonde we could get our old love back?”
Lana Del Rey is currently having a difficult time fitting into the present music industry due to the fact that the topics she sings about do not fit the current political and social landscape. This has caused her to change parts of her persona that are...