Preface: When I started writing album reviews at Okayplayer.com last November, the second album I was assigned to do was Custom Made’s Hi-Def. I was blown away by this album, and the west coast group quickly became one of my favorites. I recently had to opportunity to talk with Scoobs of Custom Made for a […]
BRL Radio- Headphones & Backpacks Podcast episode 1 by zgase This is my first attempt at a podcast, and a nice reminder that I should stick to print journalism. In this podcast I talk about some latest news in hip hop, and play some recent tracks that should be getting some more attention. Tracklist: 1. […]
(video swiped from Okayplayer.com) One of my favorite parts of writing for Okayplayer is discovering new artists that I probably would’ve never heard from. Of all of the albums I’ve reviewed so far, two artists really stood out to me: Custom Made (more on the LA trio later) and 19 year-old female emcee Marz Lovejoy. […]
The months Jan-March are traditionally the least interesting months in terms of music releases, but in 2011 we’ve seen quite a few of interesting releases: Here is a list (in tentative order from best to worst with a tentative rating): 1. CunninLynguists – Oneirology (9.5 out of 10) Easily the year’s best release comes from […]