Artist: Different Sleep Album: Conflict EP Release: April 22, 2014 Chicago-based and San Diego-bred producer and musician Different Sleep, debut his EP on L.A based music label Friends of Friends. His original compositions transport you to a landscape where the party, the hangover, and the reflective contemplation in between merge to become one. Blending the key more...
Single: Tangerine Feat. Aston Matthews & Kashflow Artist: Chuck Inglish Released: May 14, 2013 Chuck Inglish is BACK. Actually, the truth is he never really left. To those not in the know, a few weeks ago the first release to the Inglish's upcoming LP Convertibles "Drops" was put out and like anything Chuck or The Cool Kids have ever done quickly garnered buzz more...
As legend has it, Cloud Rap was coined by hip hop eccentric Lil B sometime around 2009. While speaking to rap journalist Noz in an interview, he pointed to a cheap airbrushed picture of a castle floating on some cumuli in the sky and exclaimed, Thats the kind of music I want to make. Whether thats simply a bit of myth-making is immaterial: the term more...
In this first episode of H∆SHTAG$, we take a look at the current renaissance of contemporary R&B in the "always-on" age, featuring former half of The Weeknd, Jeremy 'Zodiac' Rose, How To Dress Well, Miguel, Rochelle Jordan, KLSH, BadBadNotGood, and more. How has the Internet inspired and galvanized this new breed of artists? Have online communities and media been more...
Mixtape: Fuck Em We Ball Artist: B.o.B Released: November 15, 2012 Its Bobby Ray’s birthday week and he gives his fans a gift from himself. Fuck Em We Ball has hit the internet and it is not what you would expect from B.o.B. You can tell he had fun with this project. Pretty much every song is trill and contains content that exudes rap gold; drugs, women and more...
Album: Bars On Me Artist: Chis Webby Released: September 30, 2012 Bars On Me has finally hit the internet and its nothing less of what Chris Webby fans expected-Soild. Bars On Me is hosted by DJ Drama and the production is crazy! Not to mention the features aren’t too bad either. Method Man, Bun B, Kid Ink, Emilio Rojas, Prodigy and Jon Connor all make an more...
Ken Barrientos From The Log.Os Interview by Eric F. Estrada If you aren't familiar with The Log.Os it's about time for you to take a listen. Conceived by producer Ken Barrientos (Ken Bts) and backed by the likes of Nikko Gray and Iman Omari. The Log.Os is a soul tingling post trip esque project that is steadily making a name for itself. I met up with Ken after more...
These days it's getting harder and harder for any one street artist to be heard among the immense crowd that continues to grow. Setting yourself apart is no easy task, you have to not only do something different, you have to do it higher and above all the other tags placed before. The continuos flow of swap outs and cover ups also makes it tricky and holding your mark more...
