Tag: rap
Meet rap’s modern Spice Girls: Rico Nasty, Asian Doll and Cupcakke
Among hip-hop’s incoming class are female rappers Rico Nasty, Asian Doll and Cupcakke.
Their careers are interesting to take notice of, as they’ve come...
Rolling Loud: The world’s biggest hip-hop festival takes on SoCal
By now, any argument that plants rock music at the forefront of cultural relevance over hip-hop rests at a platitude — it’s an observation...
“Laugh Now, Fly Later” is a bland appetizer for a tipping...
Wiz Khalifa is a hotly-debated rapper whose brand of stoner rap has cultivated a dedicated fanbase as well as a fair show of critics...
“Beach House 3” is just as honest as it is fun
Ty Dolla $ign is a singer, first and foremost, who is more than capable of dropping some bars on a track. What makes him...
I FW The Vision: Soundcloud rap and its emergence into the...
Odds are you have at least one friend (or more) who has tried to put you onto their Soundcloud or Bandcamp page. “Give me...
Future reconquers Atlanta’s throne?
He actually does no such thing. But, he did drop two albums within two weeks and that’s pretty crazy. There is something to be...
A Tribe Called Quest returns with triumphant glory
Legendary hip-hop outfit A Tribe Called Quest returns to the music scene after an 18-year hiatus with “We Got It from Here… Thank You...
“#RapAlbumsThatCausedSlavery
I want to make something very clear: No rap albums ever directly contributed to the institution of slavery. This bold hashtag was created by...
A$AP Ferg strives, but doesn’t prosper
A$AP Ferg, East Coast rapper based out of Harlem and one of the founders of A$AP Mob, recently released “Always Strive And Prosper,” the...
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...