May 30, 2023
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Review: Logic’s new album takes fans through rise to fame

By | Mar 22, 2023

“College Park” feels like an autobiographical take on rapper Logic’s life, revealing great detail through narration and compelling lyrics.


Review: Rap album features misogynistic lyrics

By | Sep 15, 2022

Musical Producer Pi’erre Bourne has worked with big names like Kanye West and Travis Scott, but his new standalone album is simply misogynistic and lazily structured.


IC rappers build campus hip-hop culture

By | Feb 4, 2022

Glaring into a crowd of high-energy spectators, junior Jordan Alexander remembers his humble beginnings.


Review: Iann Dior gets vulnerable with newest album release

By | Jan 31, 2022

In “on to better things,” Iann Dior opens up with personal lyrics on heartbreak, anxiety and intrusive thoughts.


Review: Hip-hop group releases conceptual album

By | Apr 21, 2021

The album leaves listeners to sit and reflect, forcing them to look back on the dark, emotional situations that the members of Brockhampton have shared with them.


Review: Alt-pop artist bends genres in captivating album

By | Aug 22, 2020

Rising alt-pop star Dominic Fike’s new album, “What Could Possibly Go Wrong,” is an excellent album full of anthemic tracks and confessional lyrics.


Review: Rapper combines poetic lyrics with jazz sound

By | Apr 4, 2020

R.A.P. Ferreira’s new album is filled with well-written lyrics and a new jazz sound. The rapper’s experimental style works to his benefit.


Review: Singles for the week of 4/14

By | Apr 14, 2019

“Everybody Here Hates You”
Courtney Barnett
Released April 8, 2019
Marathon Artists
Courtney Barnett’s latest release is a sarcastic, edgy rock ‘n’ roll track that calls out the irrationality of crippling self-doubt.


Review: Rap duo disturbs with “Fearless Fred Fury”

By | Feb 28, 2019

The written thoughts of a psychopath over bizarre keyboard melodies may not be the average person’s idea of music, but the Insane Clown Posse is far from average, as it unquestionably demonstrates in its newest album, “Fearless Fred Fury.”
The eccentric rap duo, often referred to as “ICP,” does not disappoint in making its newest album completely freakish and downright horrifying.


Review: Singles for the week of 2/17

By | Feb 17, 2019

Raise a Man
Alicia Keys
Released Feb.


Review: ‘Stokeley’ album is charmingly off-kilter

By | Dec 5, 2018

The truth is, and always has been, that the coarse, chaotic rhymes of this Florida-born rapper are an acquired taste.


Review: Rap album is brief but bursting with emotion

By | Dec 3, 2018

“Some Rap Songs” is ambitious and unexpectedly artistic, presenting a fusion of influences and emotional verses without fanfare.