Although this is often true of the music industry in general, hip-hop has been historically regarded as a young artist’s game. It’s a genre that thrives on energy, image, and the insight gleaned from fresh perspectives. So, for a rapper to avoid becoming a flash in the pan, they have to be iconic enough to […]
Video: Drake “Polar Opposites”
Bipolar, baby. Drake is kicking it across the pond in his new video, “Polar Opposites”. In the dark and lavish clip, Drizzy’s in Albania kicking with friends while wailing over a two-sided love affair. “No, no, you remind me of someone I think you know,” he sings as he plays pool and poker with a […]
Kelly Moran – “Vesela”
Composer and pianist Kelly Moran has collaborated with artists like FKA twigs, Oneohtrix Point Never, Kelsey Lu, Yves Tumor, and more. Today, she’s releasing her first solo song in five years, “Vesela,” and announcing an EP of the same title. Vesela is three tracks, mastered by Telefon Tel Aviv’s Joshua Eustis. Consisting of “Vesela,” “Soft […]
Video: Rome Streetz “Shake & Bake”
What’s shaking? Griselda’s Rome Streetz takes it over to the West in his new video, “Shake & Bake”. Courtesy of Vargas Visuals and Coach Bombay 3000, the Queens rapper cruises the Hollywood Hills in his drop-top convertible reflecting on his come up before making it to a lavish estate. “My whole life been a conquest […]
Video: T.I. Ft. Kamo Mphela “Vacay”
The King has returned. After taking some time off, T.I. is back with his new single, “Vacay” featuring Kamp Mphela. For the Grand Hustler’s comeback single, the Atlanta rapper caters to the ladies and boasts both his lavishing lifestyle and exotic excursions. “She said she like it rough, I told her ten pour / Said […]
Video: AZ “This Is Why”
Still fly. AZ is still the flyest in the accompanying video to his new track, “This Is Why”. Directed by Gerald Victor, the lavish clip centers AZ pulling to his mansion in a Maybach where he solidifies his swag and his countless wins. “Already won / Did it all under the sun / You never […]
Home Front – “Slice Of Paradise” & “Jupiter”
Earlier this year, the Edmonton band Home Front released their full-length debut Games Of Power. It’s a hard album to describe, and it’s one of my favorites of the year. Clint Frazier, one of Home Front’s two leaders, used to be in dance-punk also-rans Shout Out Out Out, and there’s definitely some dance-punk in Home […]
Premature Evaluation: Blink-182 One More Time…
Pop-punk is the new classic rock. I guess this is growing up. One More Time… – the new album by scene elders Blink-182 – arrives at a moment when stock in the genre is at an all-time high, rising from an underdog insurgence on the alternative rock (and pop) charts into a steady dividend-earning period […]
Video: Gucci Mane “Must Be Me”
It must be Gucci. Fresh off the release of his Breath Of Fresh Air, Gucci Mane releases the album’s latest music video, “Must Be Me”. Directed by Joe Yung Spike, Guwop throws on his mink coat and flexes his trapped-out bars from inside a lavish room. “Looking at the mirror like, “It must be me” […]
Premature Evaluation: Drake For All The Dogs
This motherfucker. I woke up this morning, and I was upset. The energy around Drake has been truly dark lately. The anhedonia. The self-indulgence. The persistent dwelling on petty grievances. The open, vulnerable reveling in his own worst confirmed-dickhead-bachelor romantic tendencies. The endless diminishing-returns dominance. The too-big-to-fail corporate omnipresence. The fake accents. The wounded-bully demands […]