Mixtape Mayhem: V6: The Gift
Lloyd Banks, better known as “The Punchline King”, is never one to disappoint. His twelfth mixtape, V.6: The Gift, which was released on July 24th, is a mouthful of tongue-tying wordplay and head-nodding beats. Banks recruits the likes of Young Chris, Vado, Fabolous, Jadakiss, and Schoolboy Q for the mixtape. Lloyd Banks is by far [...]
Kid Cudi to Release New Album
Coming off his alternative rock collaboration WZRD with Dot Da Genius, Kid Cudi is energized to return to rap, and he’s quite confident about his return. The WZRD album, released in late February 2012, received mixed reviews from critics and fans alike. Those reviews, coupled with the lowest album sales in his career for the [...]
Mixtape Mayhem: The Black Bar Mitzvah
Seemingly out of nowhere, Rick Ross drops a brand new mixtape titled The Black Bar Mitzvah as a promotional tool to promote the upcoming MMG Tour (tickets can be purchased here). Rick Ross uses all industry beats as a canvas to paint his dominance in the game at the moment. This tape features new verses [...]
Jay-Z Opens New Barclays Center
Jay-Z is rarely an opening act, but on Friday, September 28th he did the honors as the inaugural performer for the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. He kicked off one of eight consecutive shows for the official opening of the arena; a facility that he owns a percentage of. The Barclays Center will be [...]
Mixtape Mayhem: Jerusalem
The East Coast trio of Alexander Mendoza, Aziz Francois and Mik Beats started their musical journey known as The Dean’s List when they dropped their first mixtape, The Drive In, in February 2011. They quickly gained popularity and attention, especially in the college scene, and dropped a follow up album, Generation X, in April 2012. Then [...]
A$AP Rocky Live at the House of Blues
When I bought my tickets to the A$AP Rocky concert, I never thought that I would end up in the back of his tour bus. I never could have dreamed his producers would let me listen to his upcoming, unreleased album. I couldn’t have fathomed that the man himself would sit down on a couch [...]
Flying Lotus: Until the Quiet Comes
By working with some of the biggest names in music, Flying Lotus (Steve Ellison) has emerged into the Urban music industry as a top producer. Collaborating with artists such as Earl Sweatshirt, Erykah Badu, and Hodgy Beats, FlyLo has brought his unique style of music into the main stream spotlight. On October first, he will [...]
Mixtape Mayhem: Detroit
Big Sean has big plans for 2012, with his second studio album slated to drop before the end of the year. It’s been over a year since his studio debut, Finally Famous, and despite a slew of features and involvement in G.O.O.D. Music’s Cruel Summer, Big Sean decided to warm fans up with a mixtape, [...]
Mixtape Mayhem: Dedication 4
The long-awaited Dedication 4 does a lot to build hype, but ultimately supports the belief that Lil’ Wayne has already passed the peak of his rap career. Strategically featuring rhymes on many well-known beats, the mixtape is already made superficially likable because of the popularity associated with original tracks such as 2Chainz’ “No Lie” and [...]
Roscoe Dash Angry With Kanye West
On Thursday, September 20th, Roscoe Dash turned to Twitter to get some things off his chest. Upon release of the Kanye West Presents Good Music Cruel Summer album, he was surprised to see his name not included in the credits. He states via his twitter account “everybody go get the G.O.O.D. album and listen to [...]
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Serenata de Amor Brings Cape Verde to Emerson
Serenata de Amor, a musical theater project spearheaded by visual media arts associate professor Claire Andrade-Watkins, was brought to Emerson this past year. The project is a tribute to the morna of Cape Verde and Brava set in the 1940s. Andrade-Watkins worked with a team of faculty and staff members from Emerson to bring Serenata [...]
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