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Your Passion Is Important
Let’s talk about something that doesn’t get discussed enough: school. Now, school is an important part of life. We all probably should go to school up until we’re 18. We learn the building blocks that we’ll need in life. We may not need trigonometry, but you better...
MT Reviews: Westside Gunn – Pray for Paris
Let’s talk about luxury. The lap of luxury has always had a big influence on hip hop in the past… well, since the 80s, but especially in the last decade. Luxury rap has become its own genre, and the pinnacle of that luxury always seems to be in Paris. Where there is a...
Why We Kneel
Eric Garner, Alton Sterling, Philando Castille, Tamir Rice, Sandra Bland, Trayvon Martin, Botham Jean. What do they all have in common? They were all shot down by the police in controversial (or unlawful) fashion. Black people, including myself, have gotten pissed at...
Session with Jeremiah Stokes
Hope y’all are STOKED right now! Sorry, I really enjoy puns! In this time of just distress, I still wanted to interview artists. Don’t worry, I still practiced social distancing while doing it. But once this is all over, I can’t wait to see people in person....
Influence: Lil Wayne
Weezy F, Baby. And the F is for inFluence. We are in the year 2020, and Lil Wayne dropped an album in January, giving him another chart-topping album. As a matter of fact, Wayne has had a Billboard #1 album in 4 decades and has had the 2nd most Billboard Top 40 hits,...
Top 5 Albums of the Decade #1: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasty
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West It’s crazy that the best album of the decade came from one of the least favorable years for music, but it’s Kanye, that’s what he does. Before anyone starts, this is not a discussion of his political antics, or antics as...
Ugly Competition
Competition: one of the building blocks of life. Think about it: how many situations were you put in because of a competitive spirit? How many games have you won because you hustled hard? It is something that is necessary in life, whether we like it or not. However,...
Soulja Boy: A Generational Influence
Before you laugh and click off and report me, hear me out. This is not talking about who the best rapper is, or who the most respected rapper is; this is discussing the influence of a boy who is a soldier. Picture this: it’s 2007. You’re driving in your parents...