Andrew “King” Cole has skirted the edges of worldwide fame during this songwriting career but massive success has eluded him thus far. It is often the lot of behind the scenes creators. Cole isn’t a singer himself despite understanding the vocal art better than many...
Set to a reggae-inspired beat but entirely too lurchy to be considered a straight up crossover, Jeremy Rice’s “Underneath the Ground” wastes no time distinguishing itself from the competition with a band of abstract charm separating its staring artist and the audience he seeks to...
The biggest moments in history have always required the biggest of moves from serious players in music, whether they be rappers, rockstars or everything in between. This is especially true of 2021, and answering the call for soundtracking yet another turning point in the story...
The right vocalist can do a lot for any record, but when it comes to an EP like Coming Home, it’s what makes the EP’s five unique songs near-perfect listens. John Mark Thomas has been active in the underground for well over a decade, and when...
When it comes to reputation, there aren’t many players in DJ Amaze’s scene who can claim to be better off than he is in 2021. A legend in his own time, DJ Amaze is teaming with AG for a collaboration of epic proportions titled “456,”...
Over the years I’ve found hip-hop and its premier scenes to be at their best when managed by melody-makers over poetic virtuosos exclusively, and when I turn up a stone cold number like “Rotation” from Legaxy and Tory Lanez, the truth behind this notion is...
There aren’t nearly as many bands that care about the basic rules of pop as there should be in 2021, but this fact isn’t stopping The Loft Club from breaking with a negative trend and making foundational music for discriminating ears regardless. Their new single...
The beat in the debut single from Jaybandsome, “Looking Up,” is unsurprisingly the main gateway to the young player’s charisma, but make no mistakes about it - his charm isn’t limited to riding a solid groove alone. In this track, Jaybandsome is fairly aggressive with...
Music lovers have been inundated with a seemingly unending stream of politically-aware music in the past four years, but every once in a great while there’s a song that cuts through the stereotypical subject matter to the core of what really matters in generational movements...
Hip-hop experimentalists Shaheed and DJ Supreme have raised an eyebrow or two with their work in the past, and this February they’re back in the spotlight with the release of their most soulful crossover, “Keep Climbing,” in music video form. Featuring Angie King in the...