Buffalo native and co-founder of Griselda Records Benny the Butcher has returned with his new extended play, “The Plugs I Met 2.” This is a follow-up to his 2019 EP “The Plugs I Met,” where listeners heard him go toe to toe with some of hip-hop’s best: Pusha T, Black Thought and Jadakiss. It was essentially a short and...
UK songwriter and rapper Slowthai is back with his latest full length LP “TYRON.” This is the second full-length commercial album from the Northampton native, which arrives just a few years after his breakout debut, “Nothing Great About Britain,” which was well-received thanks to its fusion of grime, hardcore hip hop and with some punk aesthetics. Along with Thai’s...
Brooklyn MC SAINt JHN has crash landed back on the scene with his sophomore album “While The World Was Burning.” This is the follow up to his debut project “Ghetto Lenny’s Love Songs,” which I was quite a fan of. It was filled with melodic comatose trap beats accompanied by an eccentric melodic flow from Ghetto Lenny that left...
Up and coming artist and Long Beach native Seafood Sam has returned in short supply yet good fashion with his new project “Elroy” EP. This five-track piece is truly a groove, and I enjoyed where he went with this one. Seafood Sam doesn’t seem to have an issue with wearing his influences on his sleeve, whether it’s with the...
Griselda Records signee and one-third of the Griselda collective, Benny the Butcher, is back and better than ever in his long awaited project “Burden of Proof.” The album is executively produced by legendary producer, Hit-Boy, who’s been dominating 2020 by producing Big Sean as well as Nas’s latest album. This record is one of Benny’s crowning achievements, with tales...
Shady Records signee and one third of the group Griselda, Westside Gunn has returned with his highly anticipated debut record “Who Made The Sunshine.” The grimy coke rap lyrical aficionado is back and better than ever with his new project. This is Gunn’s third release since his earlier tapes “Pray For Paris” as well as “Fly God is an...
The weather forecast for his week calls for rain. Before Lady Gaga released her new album “Chromatica,” she let us have a taste of what is to come with a second single. “Rain On Me” featuring Ariana Grande was teased for weeks, with album art that resembled cover art from an old-school PlayStation 1 game. Then on the evening...
1981 was a year of various news: Reagan was made president, the shuttle Columbia was sent into space and in far lesser news, The Vapors released their second album “Magnets” to an unbeknownst audience. If The Vapors’ name escapes the average listener then perhaps they can be better identified as that one hit wonder band that wrote the popular...
Atlanta native and YSL signee Gunna is back with his sophomore album “WUNNA.” It’s been his first full-length project since his debut record “Drip or Drown,” a project that did not leave me fully invested and didn’t live up to the hype that his previous mixtape series “Drip Season” had vigorously built. I knew Gunna’s potential was immense after...
Atlanta’s very own king of misogyny, Future Hendrixx, Future Vandross, otherwise known as Future, has returned with a hefty 21 track record “High Off Life,” which is a pretty funny title knowing his past and lyrical content. It’s been a year since we last heard from Future. His last album “The WZRD” underwhelmed audiences but allowed me to go...