…released on his 2005 greatest hits album Curtain Call: The Hits. The song is also mentioned in another Eminem song, “The Way I Am”, in which one of the lyrics…
…to appreciate. I figured I’d reached peak appreciation for the song, but then… Eventually, as it always does for me, it came back to the song’s lyricism and its dedication…
…are encapsulated on the amazing track “60 Triangles” where the beat actually samples a Rihanna trap song (“Pour It Up”) and Priest with a rapid flow sketches out the contours…
…a boy discovered his purpose, written from the perspective of a superstar rapper questioning the facets of fame. It is a meditation on the value of love relative to worldly…
…Schools is Uncommon Nasa’s fifth full-length solo, and it’s released on Man Bites Dog Records (the same label that released his last album, Written At Night). The album is produced…
…on September 13, 1996, he left behind an AMAZING catalog of songs that would end up on later albums and certainly the famed Makaveli mixtape series. This album was written,…
…his life on the mean streets of New York City would fuel a new breed of writing: rap lyrics. In 1991, Nas hit the East Coast rap scene with a…
…incredibly soulful, yet very compelling and somber, collab with The Convicts’ 3-2 and a Ron Isley-sounding brother called “One Day”. This was absolutely the perfect way to start the album…
…new track, “All In Together Now” by Czarface. Within Marvel Comics’ Black Panther, written by The Atlantic national correspondent and National Book Award winner, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Black Panther confronts a…
…new school crowd by including a couple of popular autotuning quasi-rappers. The tracks with Don Tolliver (and pop rapper Big Sean), Lil Durk, and also the one with neo-soul king…
…show. It was refreshing to hear such genuine support and kindness, without a hint of self-interest. It was the perfect conversation to occupy us while we were waiting. Eventually, Finesse…
…not for the patience of Internet crate diggers – or hardcore followers of the Indie scene. Lady Brown, is that profound and heartfelt love letter written from the perspective of…