One of my favorite underrated artists, BJ The Chicago Kid is back on the scene! After releasing his Grammy nominated debut album “In My Mind” back in 2016, he’s back with “The Opening Ceremony EP” featuring three new tracks “Going Once, Going Twice,” “Nothing Into Something” and “Rather Be With You” which he said, taking a page out of the old school EP release playbook will all be included on his upcoming second album. Now a days artists release EPs as something to satisfy th

I’m just going to start this off by saying…Nipsey Hussle officially has competition for album of the year in my opinion and I’m upset Slaughterhouse that collective that consists of Royce Da 5’9”, Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz and Crooked I will never be a group again…now that we got that out of the way…let’s talk “Book of Ryan.” After releasing his last album, “Layers” back in 2016 I didn’t think Royce could top himself…I was wrong. Initially slated to drop in 2016 also along with

In Hip-Hop today, we’re always comparing someone to another person. When it comes to groups there’s Migos, the Atlanta Trio comprising of Quavo, Offset and Takeoff and then there’s Rae Sremmurd, comprising of Swae Lee and his real life older brother Slim Jxmmi. Ever since producer Mike Will Made It unleashed the siblings four years ago with their hit single “No Flex Zone”, they’ve showed that if anyone has a reason to flex…it’s them, they’ve grown into stars and legitimate hi

In today’s music industry, being independent is the new popular thing many new artists say in order to please their core fan base. However, for more veteran artists it is more of a liberating thing to allow them to fully be in more control of their career and for one artist, Wale finally being independent has done just that. Maybach Music Group’s poetic genius and Ever Blue Moon head honcho first announced he was no longer signed to major label Atlantic Records back in March

When I heard Eric Bellinger, one of my favorite singer/songwriters right now in R&B was releasing his “debut” album I was excited after being a fan of his past projects that include “The Rebirth”, “Cuffing Season Pt. 1”, “Cuffing Season Pt. 2”, and “Eventually”. However, his debut album “Eazy Call” was call that dropped its signal a few times before it was all over. After penning some great hits and album cuts for top artists such as Usher, Chris Brown, Tyrese and Trey Songz

When I think of Harlem, two rappers come to mind for me…Diddy and Jim Jones…that’s right Jim Jones of Dipset, I know there are guys like Mase, Doug E Fresh, Biz Markie, A$AP Ferg and of course Dipset Head Honcho Cam’Ron that many may think of before him. However, for me besides Diddy he truly embodies the Hustler Spirit and Mentality that is Harlem, New York. When you think of Dipset, Jim may not be everyone’s favorite out of the collective (Juelz is mine), but has been the m