“Lecrae’s collaborative album with legendary Atlanta producer Zaytoven features a mind-numbing lack of variety” Lecrae is an enigma in the rap game today. Numbers wise, he’s a platinum-selling artist with multiple hit songs under his belt. His 2014 album “Anomaly” became the #1 album in the entire world for a week. He currently holds…
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This Week On Wax: Scorpion
By Luke Jackson “Drake’s moments of brilliance are yet again buried by tons of filler” Drake needs no introduction. Aubrey Graham’s status as an unstoppable sales juggernaut has been challenged multiple times by both legends and new artists, yet, he still stands today as the most influential and well-known artist not just within hip-hop,…
This Week On Wax Extra: A chronicle of basketball players trying to rap
By Luke Jackson Most people have heard the age-old adage “all rappers want to be ballers, and all ballers want to be rappers”. It seems that to these young and restless millionaires, there is a self-imposed semipermeable membrane between balling and bars. I mean, I won’t speak for y’all, but I know that I don’t…
This Week On Wax: Redemption
By Luke Jackson “Jay Rock showcases all of the skills that propelled him to his current status, but he still struggles to display any kind of uniqueness from his counterparts” Jay Rock’s career is in a peculiar state. He’s signed to one of the most well respected and critically acclaimed labels in the…
This Week On Wax: KIDS SEE GHOSTS
By Luke Jackson “Kanye’s latest micro-album captures the confidence of Ye and the vibes of Cudi in just 7 short tracks, but it’s inconsistencies show at times.” 2018 has been a wild ride for Kanye Omari West. On April 15th, when Kanye hopped back on Twitter and embarked on a polarizing stream of consciousness,…
Sneaks This Week: February 3rd Edition
By Peyton Gallaher 2 CENTS: Is the future of the sneaker industry in the hands of musicians? Ballers want to be rappers and rappers want to be ballers. Sports and music; two interconnected cultural aspects of life. Both music and sports are archaic in heritage, but are integral in determining what is considered relevant in…
The Year 2016 in Review: Music
by Sammy Smith The year 2016 was an interesting year for music. Although there were duds from some major artists, music lovers got to experiences many works of art as well. We lost some of the all-time greats (R.I.P. Prince, David Bowie, George Michael, Phife Dawg, etc.), but we also gained some new icons. As…
The Battle of GODS
by Austin Hegmon The year 2016 has been an extremely down year for hip-hop beef. So far, the feuds this year have either been high profile but unimportant (e.g. Kimye vs Taylor Swift) or extremely personal but lacking in star power and exposure (e.g. Theophilus London/A$AP Bari vs Ian Connor, Robb Bank$ vs Joey Fatts)….
ALBUM REVIEW: Major Key
by Cole Zellner Esteemed DJ, producer, and walking meme, DJ Khaled, is back with his latest album “Major Key” which dropped July 29th. The album, which featured 14 songs and lots of famous artists including Drake, Future, Jay Z, Kendrick Lamar, and Lil Wayne, is full of club bangers and even a few sentimental moments…
Kendrick’s Sermon
by Peyton Gallaher “My momma told me the moment I was invented I was different. Estranged baby, no I’m not ashamed.” Compton product and rapper Kendrick Lamar melodically opens the second verse of Untitled 06 with a riddle. A poet, Lamar understands that his lyrics are to be interpreted by the listener. He uses his…
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