Album reviews, recommendations, and general rap commentary.
PLUGGED IN: March 2022
Your monthly dose of essential rap music listening, spotlighting Momento Mori, Get WeT.Radio, Cyber City Society, Whispers from the Wayside, and Zhigeist.
PLUGGED IN: February 2022
Your monthly dose of essential rap music listening, spotlighting MOOR CHORES, CHAIN OF COMMAND, and Red Snow 6.
3 KEYS: Second Hand Accounts w/ Bloodmoney Perez & Messiah Musik
If this truly is the final chapter for Bloodmoney Perez as a lyricist… he picked a great time to give us a terrifically potent piece of himself.
PLUGGED IN: January 2022
Your monthly dose of essential rap music listening, spotlighting Teddy Brown Brown, Subatomic, In God’s Image, and CHAMELEON.
3 KEYS: Metatron’s Cube w/ AJ Suede & Televangel
The creative synergy between AJ Suede and Televangel makes Metatron’s Cube a sure-fire album of the year candidate, and my current crown holder, if you asked me today.
PLUGGED IN: December 2021
Your monthly dose of essential rap music listening, spotlighting Secret Wars, The Abstraction of Squandering Thoughts, Black Keys wit Melodies, Mutatis Mutandis, and SNOWING IN HELL.
3 KEYS: Joyland w/ Stik Figa & Conductor Williams
“Kinetic”. What a perfect word to describe the chemistry Stik Figa and Conductor Williams display on Joyland.
PLUGGED IN: November 2021
Your monthly dose of essential rap music listening, spotlighting Ultraviolet Flamingo, Garbology, Mansy Koufax, SODA CLUB, and Elaine Benes.
3 KEYS: The Birth of LoneSword w/ Lungs/Lonesword
The level of creativity coming out of the New York underground is so diverse and vast, which can make it understandably overwhelming to keep track of. That being said, if you’re interested in experiencing a significant tide of the overall creative wave coming out of the region, The Birth of LoneSword is an exceptionally smart place to start.
3 KEYS: I GOT BANDZ FOR THE MOONLANDIN’ w/ Semiratruth
This is a very wholesome album that makes it hard to stay in a pessimistic mood upon listening! Press play if you’re looking to add a dose of grounded positivity to your day.
PLUGGED IN: October 2021
Your monthly dose of essential rap music listening, spotlighting God Dad Bod, Big Sun King, Affable with Pointed Teeth, A Graceful Snafu, and THAT WAS A TEST.
RT: The Perfect Producer Pairings for Teller Bank$
Teller Bank$ is one of the most versatile rappers in the underground right now. His style ranges from cold and sinister on albums like The Pen for Whom the Sword Moves, to soulful and reflective on his albums with Ed Glorious.
3 KEYS: Bad Man from Red Butte w/ 2 Dolla Will & Iceberg Theory
Bad Man from Red Butte is an amazing piece of work, which you simply cannot get anywhere else.
PLUGGED IN: September 2021
Your monthly dose of essential rap music listening, spotlighting MITOSIS, Blue Beach, STREET CODES 3: GANGSTA EDITION, Human Zoo, and The Color Blu(e).
PSA: Fatboi Sharif is destined to be a 400 Pound P**** Cyborg star
In light of Fatboi Sharif and Roper Williams’ recently dropping a tremendously innovative live performance music video/Chinese food vlog (shown above), one thought came to mind that I wanted to discuss.
3 KEYS: WOLFOXE w/ Jouquin Fox & Virgil Wolfe
There is a palpable liveliness that Naked Machines gives me when I listen to it that makes it a highly rewarding listen.
PLUGGED IN: August 2021
Your monthly dose of essential rap music listening, spotlighting Only Child, Fire, EPIC, and PLANET OUU: GANGSTA EDITION.
The Essentials: AMANI & KING VISION ULTRA - An Unknown Infinite
An Unknown Infinite feels like a lucid dream.
PLUGGED IN: July 2021
Your monthly dose of essential rap music listening, spotlighting Van Gogh’s Left Ear, Avada Kedavra, Lost in Paradise!, and ACID TABZ: GANGSTA EDITION.
PLUGGED IN: June 2021
Your monthly dose of essential rap music listening, spotlighting We Dressed the City with Our Names, Load Bearing Crow’s Feet, N.S.F.W., It Never Entered My Mind.