Schwaza. An amazing occurrence that leaves you with a lack of words to express the gravity of the moment; exceptional, excellent, of high quality. If there's a word that could describe our evening of music at the Lyric Theatre on N. La Brea in the city of lost angels the night of October 12th, that would be it. We were late to function, but lucky enough to 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...
Artist: Mike G Mixtape: Verses Released: April 11, 2013 Before becoming a member of Odd Future in 2009, Michael Griffin II, aka Mike G had originally been a fan but then was later asked by Tyler, The Creator to officially join the group. Mike G is an American rapper and in 2010 he released a debut studio mixtape with Odd Future called Ali. According to reviewers 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...
