“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…