When I first heard Dynasty Clique’s new track introduce itself with the phrase, “Let’s rub nose to nose like Eskimos without our clothes”, I immediately thought, “Hmm, these guys are on to something”. Make no mistake, “Nose To Nose” is most certainly a dance-rap record. It samples a club hip-hop…
Seattle, Seattle. Your people have so much enthusiasm when it comes to their city! But who can blame them? Macklemore and Ryan Lewis are polishing four Grammys, Russell Wilson’s got some fresh Super Bowl bling to take care of and it has to be said that the little sea town…
Marcus Ryan is a San Francisco based rapper who has created a mixtape that focuses closely on two subjects that seem near and dear to Marcus’ heart, making money and smoking weed. With his “money over everything” mantra and a penchant for decisively differentiating his indica and sativa experiences,…
When I was a kid, I never believed the phrase, “When it rains it pours”. Before I knew better, I thought the notion was just superstition. But A.D. Weighs’s track “Crows Feet and Reading Glasses” has introduced plain-out bad luck time and time again along with and all the hilarity…
I think Jackson Caged just made a metal fan out me. At the very least, it definitely gave me a new appreciation for the genre. While maintaining deep fidelity to the rugged crunchtastic guitar phrases and explosive deep drum rhythms that make metal great, their latest album “Entity” does a…
Malachi Grant delivers exactly what he promises in the title of his most recent project “Welcome 2 My World”. With candor, wit, and more than a little humor, Grant tells his audience exactly how he defines his universe. Hailing from Peekskill, New York, Malachi outlines his album’s mandate at the…
Blaze Puffington and JCoReyTruStory have formed quite the synergistic partnership with their work on the collaborative project “Darkside of Paradise”. Their styles compliment one another well, making room for a collection of songs that explore the deep ideological rift between mere contemplation of change and enlightenment and the gritty…
Dtox Dtreeman seems to have an increasingly unique way of exploring his universe through marijuana. His new track, “Breaking Me Down” is no exception. On this track, Dtox Dtreeman explores the concept, “You are what you smoke”, using the first-person perspective of the plant itself. The song is multifaceted from…
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/playlists/13580591″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] Vortex Ascent describes itself as an “International Experimental Federation of Independent Solo Musicians”. Before listening to their work, I feared that might be an excuse for a disjointed sound or a troublesome level of musicality. I was, instead, very pleasantly surprised by this…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSISESD-Kmc Ty-Tan’s “Ghetto Mafioso” featuring The I can best be described as bringing machine guns to brunch. The beat is smooth as Rihanna’s forehead and the duo hits hard over each loop and drum pattern like a grenade. This is definitely murder music for gentlemen who own cuff links. The…
