Tag: hip hop
Beyonce’s “Lemonade” is sweet and sour
Does this even need an intro? Queen B just released another album, titled “Lemonade.” While there is much to be said about such an...
The posthumous record we’ve all been waiting for
First off, let’s address the elephant in the room. This is not another cash grab attempt exploiting the reputation of J Dilla. This is...
Radar Sessions: Prince Rashid
When Prince Rashid walked into the room, I was unsure of what exactly to expect: Here was a Bengali rapper, whose music has been...
RADAR Sessions: Illin Mic
This week’s RADAR Sessions moved away from the more traditional notion of a university musician as someone with a guitar and a great voice....
Still levitating: Kendrick Lamar’s “untitled unmastered.”
When I was in the 10th grade I had an internally self-declared archnemesis. He was my classmate and, internally, I hated him. He hated...
The Unruly Mess I Must Digress
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ second official studio album “This Unruly Mess I’ve Made,” feels like 14 different lectures condensed into a 140-character Twitter update....
Gotta Catch ‘Em Brawl
Saturday, May 2 is most notably acknowledged as the day of Spring Splash and the too-anticipated “fight of the century” between Manny Pacquiao and...
Step Brothers put on performance that any hip-hop fan would love
Two hip-hop brothers performed last Wednesday here at UCR — and it was awesome. Evidence and Alchemist recently released a long overdue album together...
Reveling in the Splash: Spring Splash 2014
The timing of Spring Splash is impeccable. It hits campus right in the middle of midterm season, at a time of ends and new...
“Illmatic” takes listeners to Queens, 1994
Within a rough timespan of a year, beginning mid-1993 and ending mid-1994, hip-hop presented some of the greatest and most influential albums within the...