This is quickly becoming my favorite thing on this blog. Being that music is both a very broad subject but also very oversaturated form of journalism, I asked myself a serious question: "How can I continue to make this fun and engaging without becoming watered down or dare I say ' boring ' ?" By going to the one place I KNOW you guys haven't looked: the underground. I've had a very healthy mix of both mainstream and fairly smaller streaming platforms while sprinkling a few so

In June of 2025, I spent two weeks in Bradenton FL, just 20 minutes outside of Sarasota. While there, I had a chance to speak to a few of the locals, just trying to figure out what the "happening" places were and what there was to do for fun. There was one place that everyone told me I NEEDED to check out before I left and that was the Palma Sola Botanical Park. On my last day in my last hour before heading back to Alabama, I packed all my things, grabbed my camera, and heade

If you’ve been following me for some time, you know that I recently began my vinyl collecting journey. On this musical conquest, I’ve already acquired some outstanding hardware to add to my growing collection, but none quite as sentimental as this one. Notice that I did not say “valuable” because value has different meaning depending on who you ask and what it is you bring to the table. Everything I get my hands on holds a special place in my heart, be it a record my parents

Good evening all. It's been an eventful week of music. 21 Savage dropped to little fanfare, "ICEMAN" is still ice cold, and I was unable to find a copy of Stevie Wonder's "Songs in the Key of Life" and that made me very upset. I still had some pretty good finds, though, and a ton of new stuff for you as well. This one's gonna be a bit all over the place, so please do, bear with me. MARCO PLUS - TRX Freestyle MARCO PLUS has released some of the best music this year. In additio

Ah, yes. The much awaited 5th volume of the most well received, award winning online musical library. We're half way to double digits and I am incredibly excited about that. Announcement: we WILL be giving away a 1961 Buick Flamingo in entry 10 so do be on the lookout for that. Every click is an entry so like it up and keep on reading. In the meantime, let's get into the soundtrack of my life. H' & Them - Sunday (Take Me Home) Music that evokes emotion is the best kind of mus

Gonna try and keep this post brief as I have several other posts to make on the blog today, but I just HAD to address this. Hip hop has a lying problem. This isn't breaking news or a heavily guarded secret. It's a fact. Artists for as long as I've been able to talk have been falsifying their lives to make their personas seem bigger than they truly are. Whether it be Kid Buu claiming to be a clone or Kevin Gate's God-like admission that he had started a dead car battery with h

I wanna preface this by saying that I'm way late to the party, but this is something I've wanted to speak on since it first started, hence the words, "one final look" in the title. Second sidenote, Drake still has an ongoing court case, so I'd say I'm still well within the time window making this post. In addition to that, these guys been beefing since I was in middle school. I literally developed with this story. That being said, I don't mind if you don't. If you made it th

This album came out of nowhere. No promotion, no ads, nothing. Just a pre-save notification from Spotify just 24 hours before release. I wasn’t sure what to expect going into it, but I had an open mind given how much I’ve enjoyed Saba’s other projects. “C0FFE!” cover. This is dope. Speaking of other projects, my immediate reaction when diving into this is “I don’t think this album or ‘mixtape’ (depending on who you ask) is anything like his past releases.” The consensus amon

Let’s go back 1 year’s time. October 28th, 2024. It’s Monday morning. You roll out of bed, put on your pants, throw on a shirt, brush your teeth, and leave for work. It’s cold and there’s a light drizzle, so you blast the heat for most of the ride. You open your Spotify and see that Tyler, the Creator has released a new album. You eagerly click it, but opt to wait until you’re at work to give it a thorough listen. Finally, you arrive. You put the key in the door, walk in, and

This has been the most exciting 2 weeks of music I’ve had in nearly a year. New ROM, New Jordan Ward, AND several new albums announced. Things are so sweet, you almost forget that Brent Faiyaz announced his own album a month ago just to NOT release it. All is forgiven, though. Here’s what you may or may not have missed and some songs to fill that endless void in your soul. Mike Shabb - disco duck ii + outro Mike Shabb is quickly becoming the epitome of hip hop for Canada’s un

The rent is due, everything's high, and camaraderie is low, but I hope I can gain just a bit of your good faith back with this week's list of music. It goes without saying but you know the deal, this is my opinion and your opinion sucks, etc. etc. etc. I won't waste your time with the theatrics. Let's get into it. U SPITTIN' - Your Stepdad The stepdad glaze continues (pause). I try not to show personal bias on these lists or list the same artists repeatedl

It was ass. There is no replay value. Thanks for reading. Tune in next week for another FAR more exciting entry when I show you...

"Music saved my life" is such a played-out quote amongst fans and listeners but I don't feel many truly love and appreciate sound in the way that I do. Growing up with young parents who both grew up in the church, music was very prevalent in my life from an EARLY age. Whether it be waking up and hearing the crescendo of BET's "Lift Every Voice" on Sunday mornings or MTV2's morning music block every day before school, I've always been a lover of all things music and musical ar

Alfredo 2, Released on July 25th, 2025 The musical landscape as of late has felt so bland. Whether it be the lack of new music from my...

Alright. It's July 28th. Tyler, the Creator's new album is officially a week old and after listening to it 3 times now, I think I'm ready...

I’ve been putting this off for a minute now but I’m feeling especially homesick today so I feel it’s as best a time as any to FINALLY do...

“Solitude” Desolate. Empty. Gray. I’ve wanted to shoot something from my room for quite some time, but have never gotten around to it....

This week, my work took me to Melbourne, and no, not the one in Australia. You can only imagine my disappointment when I found out that...

May 5, 2019. The day our story begins. Following a lengthy stretch of releases, MIKE would go on to tour with Earl Sweatshirt and this...