| The King & “i”: Hip-Hop’s Savior Complex & Kendrick Lamar’s New Single | September 25, 2014 |
Is there any good in "i"
| MobbDeen: Kendrick Lamar’s Motivational Plan | September 23, 2014 |
King Kendrick's comeback single meets the last "Control" response.
| The End of Days: Ab-Soul’s New Album | July 8, 2014 |
Max Bell carried the cross so you could play Candy Crush 2012’s Control System was an inspired and unforeseen coup. Ab-Soul brought inquisition and introspection, paranoia and conspiracy theories by the oz. There were hits of DMT, witty wordplay, and pineal gland prodding. It was the Carson native’s claim to the title of ‘Best Behind […]
| Drake Suarez: If Rappers Were Footballers | June 20, 2014 |
Somehow the rap game, reminds Dweez of the beautiful game. Art by Ben Bjelajac. Drake featuring Drake. We’ve now seen all 32 teams play in this tournament. Google searches are 10x higher for the World Cup than they were for the NBA Finals this last week. The game done changed and here is a guide […]
| Sunday Morning Comic: Lookin’ Like a Fool | February 17, 2014 |
Brad Beatson knows it’s Monday. Sometimes, when I meet a woman who seems interested, I spout fiction as fact. I want to project where I think I’ll be rather than own up to where I’m at. I don’t think they want to hear about the drudgery of freelance work or the financial benefits of the dollar […]
| Passion of the Weiss Winter Mix Series #1: Brad Beatson | January 17, 2014 |
Brad Beatson on the beat. I dream a lot in the winter. When I’m confined to my apartment thanks to wind chill, the dreams tend to amplify. And so they anchor this mix, along with lines that make me reminisce, allow me to recover, or inspire me to plot my next move. These songs show […]
Deen will never refer to the CPT as Bompton. Let me let you in on a little secret; the main reason I write about anything related to Drake on this website isn’t because of his status in the game or any sustained interest in his music. Nope. The most amusing thing about writing about Drake […]
| Best Verse of 2013: Kendrick Lamar’s “Control” | December 19, 2013 |
Words by Jonah Bromwich. Art by Brad Beatson Smarm is everywhere. Take Big Sean on “Control (HOF),” smarming it up like a pro. And if you go back and pay attention to Big Sean’s lyrics, he is a professional smarmer. “I’m over niggas sayin’ they’re the hottest niggas Then run to the hottest niggas just […]
| Kendrick Lamar & Y.G. Hootie: Two Presidents | November 29, 2013 |
The harder the rapper that Kendrick Lamar is paired against, the more vicious he is. It’s not like he’s remotely soft. This is the man who told the world that he has a collage in his garage of everyone he’s despised since the moment he turned five. But the show and prove element that he […]
| Fredo Santana & Kendrick Lamar – “Jealous” | November 1, 2013 |
This is not the 2013 “Cartoons & Cereal,” but this is the closest thing to replicating that equation. Kendrick + brazen drug-addled shooter + bando-rattling beat. A response to everyone who was worried that K. Dot was veering exclusively into Eminem’s “SCREAM AT MY MEAN MOM” flow. Maybe it’s the fact that Fredo has no […]
