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  • Essentials: “Bakery” – Phay

    Essentials: “Bakery” – Phay

    “Bakery” delivers that bright and sunny bounce Atlanta rapper Phay has built his brand on. It’s a joyous victory lap for a rapper, but it’s not without its fleeting moments of cathartic confession. “I’ve been feeling numb inside / at least He took that pain from me.” Just two bars later, Phay lets it loose… [continued]

  • Essentials: “Sex.mp3 (demo 003)” – Wiley from Atlanta

    Essentials: “Sex.mp3 (demo 003)” – Wiley from Atlanta

    The new demo from Wiley from Atlanta offers much of what was loved and is still loved about his debut album Blue Don’t Make Me Cry (which recently hit 1,000,000 streams.) That includes the East Atlanta based singer/songwriter/rapper’s gruff vocal tone and taste for lyricism. “Rotten to the core / How I spoil you,” Wiley… [continued]

  • NYC’s Ashoka Wavers Between Derivative and Socially Conscious in the “what’s the vibes” Music Video

    NYC’s Ashoka Wavers Between Derivative and Socially Conscious in the “what’s the vibes” Music Video

    An artist sharp enough to slip in a socially conscious piece of apparel in a song and video which largely regards the circumstances that can make or break energies between man and woman is an artist in this for the long haul, an artist with other things on his mind and an artist with enough… [continued]

  • Essentials: “Livin Like Sosa” – RobOlu

    Essentials: “Livin Like Sosa” – RobOlu

    What can be said about the new song and video from rapper RobOlu “Livin Like Sosa” other than than it absolutely slaps? The mix is crisp as the fall weather, the vocal is as impassioned as a shaky couple arguing in a noisy nightclub and the beat is as starkly menacing as your oddball 19-year-old-cousin… [continued]

  • Essentials: “Still Chasin'” – Keenon Rush

    Essentials: “Still Chasin’” – Keenon Rush

    The new single from Atlanta rapper Keenon Rush mixes gospel rhythms into G-funk-flavored hip-hop fit for the contemporary rap fan. The song is as much of an auditory reinforcer of much of Keenon Rush’s latest long-distance running visual content as well as the own artist’s dream and goal chasing. Produced by dreWisdom and featuring Antuan… [continued]