Contributing writer Erlin Rogel takes a ratchademic's look at Kendrick Lamar's newest release, DAMN. To Pimp a Butterfly was George Clinton, was jazz, was funk, was soul, was reflective, was smooth, was God. DAMN. is more rude, more raw, more rock...
Future releases first project of 2017 After having started the year with almost no social media interaction or announcements of any sort, Future released a new album and tour to follow. Nayvadius DeMun Wilburn, better known by his stage name "Future," has...
After 18 years, fans are finally getting the final A Tribe Called Quest Album they deserve. With the untimely death of member Phife Dawg earlier this year, the hope for a new A Tribe Called Quest album seemed to be out...
45s and 40s puts together all of the music you may have missed for October 2016. Though it's been a quiet couple of months here at the 45s and 40s office–as we try to implement and work in the background to put...
Following the release of two critically acclaimed mixtapes, and one extended play album with fellow New York rap group The Underachievers, Flatbush ZOMBiES released 3001: A Laced Odyssey. Hailing from the same place as is in their name, Flatbush ZOMBiES came together around 2012,...
http://player.ooyala.com/iframe.js#ec=trOW14MDE6gCowO43SPHW0Wdr_Ehb2Xy&pbid=dcc84e41db014454b08662a766057e2b If you missed last night's Grammy Awards, you surely missed the performance put on by Kendrick Lamar. In an interview before the Grammys, LL Cool J called Kendrick's performance "controversial" and it wasn't short of that. After an introduction...
After the successful release of Covert Coup in 2011, Curren$y and famed producer Alchemist reconnected to release Carrollton Heist. Daniel Maman, The Alchemist—most known for his production on Mobb Deep and Dilated Peoples records—has been producing since the late 1990s. Known for...
