Doris was my most anticipated hip hop album last year. I got swept up in the Odd Future hype just before Tyler, the Creator’s Goblin hit, so the years of pent-up anticipation surrounding the “mysterious” OF member’s debut was at an all-time high from independent blogs to major outlets. When Doris came out, it represented both what was expected […]
2014 Music Festivals Announcement Round Up
Photo by RaRa Photography Music festivals in America and abroad are beginning to hit critical mass. It’s our generation’s sign of approval to any artist if they find themselves on a bevy of festival lineups come summer, they’re doing something right. Perhaps the most prevalent “music for the people” approach in the industry, festivals allow […]
Earl Sweatshirt Announces “Wearled Tour”
Earl Sweatshirt, who rose from a expedited, mysterious lyricist to one of the leaders of the next generation of hip-hop artists on the strength of his recent relesae, Doris, today announced his first headlining tour. The “Wearled Tour” kicks off in Fort Collins and Denver next week before taking off for dates in Australia, for […]
[Mixtape] Flying Lotus: “Ideas+drafts+loops”
The holiday spirit is heating up as the end of the month creeps closer everyday. Keeping with the theme of this time of the year, super-producer extraordinaire Flying Lotus dropped a heaping of new material. Casually floating 24 remixes, un-heard cuts, tracks and beats that didn’t quite make the cut for his upcoming project, a […]
[Mixtape] Mac Miller: “Delusional Thomas”
Mac Miller slipped one by me last Friday, releasing a new mixtape under his latest moniker, Delusional Thomas. The tape is nice and has features from Earl Sweatshirt and Da$h, with production coming exclusively from Larry Fisherman. . . yet another Miller alter-ego. Apparently, the character of Delusional Thomas employs a more nasally sound to […]
[Sunday Coffee Sipper] Reflecting on the BET Hip Hop Awards
On October 16 in Los Angeles, California Rap music’s elite showed out for the annual BET Hip Hop Awards, commemorating the best of all things hip-hop in the past year. Kendrick Lamar cleaned up, hauling in five awards including best album and lyricist of the year while Jay-Z, Big Sean and the rest of hip-hop’s […]
Tyler, The Creator: “Look” (feat. Hodgy Beats, Domo Genesis, & Earl Sweatshirt)
The Odd Future conglomerate surprised their fans last night after releasing a new record featuring the group’s best emcees –Tyler, The Creator, Hodgy Beats, Domo Genesis, & Earl Sweatshirt–. What’s interesting about this record is the fact that underground emcee/producer Nottz is credited for the instrumental. Tyler is known for his lack of willingness to […]
Freddie Gibbs + Madlib: “Harold’s”
Well this new is just plain silly. Today, Indiana’s own Freddie Gibbs and Madlib announced a colllaboration project together, named Pinata, due out February 4 on Madlib’s label Madlib Invazion. As a preview of the upcoming album, as if it needed more buzz around it, the duo plans to release Deeper EP containing the lead […]