Traditionally, Bakersfield and Stockton aren’t known as the hotbeds for national Hip-Hop talent like some of their sister cities are. Still, both areas have substantial scenes that have produced a handful of intriguing names like MBNEL and a few others….
Navigating the waters as an indie artist these days can equally be both taxing and rewarding. On one hand, it’s hard to ensure that your stuff stands out amongst the millions of pieces of entertainment that is dropped every single…
While 2021 has gotten off to a crazy start, one of the silver linings has been the amount of good music that we’ve been blessed with in the past 2 weeks. What started off with Playboi Carti’s surprise Christmas release,…
Finding new artists was one of the bright spots in an otherwise bleak year. With everybody tuned into their screens like never before, we were blessed with content from all angles at a breakneck pace, leaving you with plenty of…
2020 was a rough year for everybody involved, but it did have some positives. One of those positives is the sheer amount of new music we were blessed with this year. Helping to pass the time while we’re all (supposed…
2020 has been a historical year for many different reasons. With the world in such turmoil due to situations like the pandemic and civil unrest, we’ve found ourselves turning to entertainment in hopes of information, a distraction or some combination…
R&B has experienced a full revival in the last 5 years. After establishing itself as a premier genre, the sound experienced some growing pains in the 2010s, before picking it up toward the latter half of the decade. Artists like…
Since the beginning of Hip-Hop, the Bay Area has always boasted its’ own sound. While East Coast rappers were putting the genre on the map nationally, artists like Too Short and E-40 were quietly becoming Rap’s first legacy artists, commanding…
They say, “don’t call it a comeback,” because to many, the word, “comeback” has a negative connotation. Here’s the thing, though: it shouldn’t. Despite the fact that a comeback naturally follows some sort of downfall, there might be no better…
New Jersey has always had a rich, but underrated history in Hip-Hop. Boasting legends like Redman and Queen Latifah, as well as new comers like 070 Shake, Jersey has always had it’s feet firmly planted into Hip-Hop. Hailing from the…
True friendships between talented people always breed some of the best collaborations. Aside from the legendary groups, we’ve seen artists like Future and Young Thug bring the best out of one another, creatively, mostly due to the fact that they…
One of the most detrimental things you can do as an artist is to disappear while you have a platform. With so many forms of entertainment these days, just capturing the attention of the masses one time can be a…
Melodies run Hip-Hop, it’s just time to admit it. Sure, lyricism is still highly important, and so are many of the other qualities that make up a star, but if we’re being honest, melodies are selling the records. Hailing from…
One of the things that the United States has historically been unable to do is confront our own demons, and change. Since the beginning of this nation, billions of people have been oppressed and enslaved, mostly due to the color…
Staying consistent and focused enough in your ideas to continue them is always an accomplishment in itself. For many people, they set out to create projects that can spawn sequels and ensuing continuations, but only a few every carry the…
Life happens. Sometimes, laugh throws you fast balls down the middle, other times it hits you with a curveball. Hailing from Colchester, Connecticut, rising crooner, Jah Marley knows much about curveballs. During a stint in the ICU following a traumatic…
One of the silliest arguments every provided in Hip-Hop history was that against a “producer/rapper.” How nobody–except Q-Tip–had the foresight to see that the people who created the beats, might actually know how to rhyme on them, will forever be…