• K Dot Drops The Video For ‘These Walls’

    K Dot Drops The Video For ‘These Walls’

    Kendrick Lamar treated us to the rambunctious video for his To Pimp A Butterfly cut, “These Walls.” In typical Kendrick fashion, he manages to create a playfully comedic story with serious undertones. [continued]

  • Hip Hop or High School?: The Meek Mill v Drake Controversy

    Hip Hop or High School?: The Meek Mill v Drake Controversy

    Over the past few years I’ve been growing away from hip hop. Maybe it’s just because my taste is changing, but I’ve decided it’s because its become some kind of a bad soap opera. Let me explain… In the past week it seems like every other post on a hip hop blog is about Drake [continued]

  • Artist Spotlight: Max Graef

    Artist Spotlight: Max Graef

    Max Graef is an incredibly talented dj and producer from Berlin known primarily for house, but has established a reputation for himself by digging into plenty of other genres. His album, Rivers of the Red Planet, gained critical recognition for its beautiful fusion of house and Dilla inspired hip hop beats. Thanks to his strong jazz and hip hop [continued]

  • Gig Review: Under Canvas Launch Party

    I walked into the small quarters of one golf to a fairly packed room flooded with the walking bass and looping vocals of Mad Rey’s “Quartier Sex”. Almost immediately the piano jumped in and I was captured by the music. Drudging through the dancing crowd I noticed they had moved the equipment from its usual [continued]

  • “Callin’ (MSCLS Remix),” Huxley ft S Man

    Texas native MSCLS has provided us with a deep house rework of Huxley’s ‘Callin’. Huxley’ss rather refined and stripped down track is given a luscious synth treatment intricately layered on top of some grasping vocals. While a bit over-produced at times, it’s a banger none the less and takes some interesting steps in new directions [continued]

  • Gig Review: House of Horrors

    Taking a step back as some RL Grime trailed off into another song and took in the scene of dancing skeletons, sumo wrestlers, and bananas bouncing up and down to the beat, in a surreal moment of clarity, I caught a glimpse of the true purpose of Halloween. [continued]