New York as a whole has recently been known for producing some quality MC’s, many of which come from Brooklyn as well as Harlem. Another wave has been coming together in lower Manhattan. Born and raised in Chelsea NY, known as the art district in the downtown scene, YL easily …

RnB Trap Soul artist Skye Verbs just released her latest project, ‘Soul Food Eye Candy.’ Hailing from Connecticut, her entire journey began with an infatuation of her parents’ decorative piano. Since her musical inclination as a child, she learned how to play the piano, joined her school choir, and has …

Coming off the release of their most successful release to date, “Jetta Whippin” (which has garnered more than 100,000 plays on Spotify and 250,000+ plays on SoundCloud), “Tequila Toes” serves as a different direction sonically for the pair. The colorful cut is more raw and uninhibited than ever. Rapper JayTheHomie …

Brandon Michael has been keeping it fresh with his Soundcloud hits for a minute now. With a number of smooth, sultry beats and vivid lyrics, it’s easy for listeners to get entranced by everything they’re hearing. Family Business is an uplifting, personal song that gives you an inside look at the …

After a short hiatus, RDGLDGRN  is back with the release of their second EP, Red Gold Green 2. It’s impossible to pin this group to one singular genre, but they are influenced by everything from punk, hip hop, jazz, indie rock, soul, and the sounds of their hometown: Washington D.C.  This eclectic …

I’ll be the 7,000th person to say it: with 2016 being a hell of a year, at least we got some great albums out of it. Now that artists need to release an album a week to stay relevant, the influx of music coming out makes it hard for even the …

Meet Trell Love: An up-and-comer  from “the side,” a suburb right outside of Chicago, Illinois. Though he’s fairly new to the scene, he’s already performed at big name festivals like SXSW’s Hustlepalooza Show & Atlanta’s famous A3C. His debut EP “Waiting On Forever” dropped today, and was produced in full by …

Shvkxir is an artist from Dallas, Texas who doesn’t play by the rules when it comes to his style or his music. He just released his newest single, “BVD GIRL” and is excited to share it with the world before he drops his next full project, shvk.wav. Take a listen to the grimy, …

It seems like so much longer than a year ago that Summertime ’06 came out. It was a project that defined Staples as one of the stronger lyricists in a new generation of rappers, and his commentary–both in music and interviews alike–is always refreshing and welcomed. The announcement of Prima …

It seems like the new wave in music isn’t music at all, but rather, podcasts that talk about music–and there is a new one on the scene. Recently debuting its fifth episode, The Hiphopulence Podcast is here to stay with interesting views on everything in hip hop culture. This podcast …

First things first. Kanye West sold out Madison Square Garden for a CD listening party. So, even if this project turned out to be a piece of shit, he still wins. I would summarize a speil about Kanye changing the album name four times or the paper from his studio with all …

      As I was compiling my list of favorite albums from 2015 (I know it’s 2016 already, I’m lazy), I realized that the top contenders were all from the California. In my humble yet educated opinion, Los Angeles really dominated the rap game this year and has the …