Reviewing the Chicago artist’s debut album — Having only a handful of EPs under her belt, Ravyn Lanae, with the release of her debut album looks to recapture an R&B sound of yesteryear with a modern infusion of neo-soul and R&B. Powered by production from Kaytranada, Steve Lacy, and Monte Booker, HYPNOS benefits from having a well-versed…

Previewing the presumed lead single to Rocky’s follow up to Testing — It’s been five years since A$AP Rocky’s last album Testing. That seems absurd — five years ago now. Has his moment passed since taking the early 2010’s by storm, or is he right on time with the presumed release of his next album? …

reviewing the sophomore album from Philippine-British singer-songwriter — As the trend seems to be lately, Gen-Z artist, Beatrice Laus — professionally known as beabadoobee — skyrocketed to fame by captivating TikTok with the soothing berceuse of “death bed (coffee for your head” behind the emotional revelations of Powfu, which is derived from “Coffee” by beabadoobee. …

Here’s to a great 2023! — Man, what an insane year for music! It seems like all of our favorite artists dropped this year to varying degrees of success. This might be the most prosperous we’ve seen the music industry since the illustrious 2016. I’m taking this time to reflect on the successes (and future) of…

My top five personal favorites + honorable mentions (no particular order) — What a year for music, right? This feels like the biggest year for music in a long time, probably since the divinity of 2016. While I wish Frank Ocean would’ve broke the Internet and released an album, I’m beyond satisfied with the plethora of art released this year — we…

reviewing the sophomore album from the Jersey artist — Growing in waves as a result of TikTok and single “deep end”, eventually remixed by rapper Sleepy Hallow, Fousheé is hitting the scene, hard and fast. Additionally, a feature on Steve Lacy’s, Gemini Rights, helps create an image for the artist in her sophomore album, softCORE. However, whatever you were…

Reviewing the third studio album from the chill rapper — I was just talking with Paul K. Barnes about how I’m not particularly interested in “chill rap”, a genre artist like Smino comfortably fit in. But this selection, Luv 4 Rent, may end up changing my mind. This is my introduction to Smino other than some off-handed feature tracks and…

reviewing the collaboration album from Drake and 21 Savage — After a week’s delay, as a result of Noah ‘40’ Shebib’s run in with Covid, Drake and 21 Savage collaborate for Her Loss, an album hinted at with the closing track of Honestly, Nevermind (review here), “Jimmy Cooks”. The album rollout over the past two days or so have sparked…