XXXTentacion’s Short Songs a Metaphor for a Short Life…Good or Bad
Just three months ago, this blog did a feature article on ? (question mark), the latest album by multi-genre artist XXXTentacion. The album had just débuted at No. 1 on…
On J Cole’s New No. 1 KOD: A King Among Kings? Where The Rapper Now Stands In Hip-Hop Royalty
The King is back. Hip-hop fans just may have heard that superstar rapper J Cole dropped a new album, KOD, last week on April 20, or 4/20 – a date…
The Hip-Hop Era: Disco’s Ultimate Revenge
Much has been written about hip-hop’s recent takeover from rock as the most consumed music form in 2017, based on numbers released by Nielsen Music this month. There’ve been many…
Chartwatchers: For the First Time This Decade…No Drake!
Usually it’s big news in the music industry when the 2010’s biggest hip-hop artist, Drake, releases an album and then watches as all of its songs infiltrate the Billboard Hot…
Public Enemy Released A New Album Last Week…And, Sadly, No One Noticed
To be fair, they did keep it a secret, offering it as a surprise free download on the site Bandcamp (but seriously, who does that?!). When a legendary Rock and…