The Sound

Like most of the rest of his career, the story behind Tyler, The Creator’s fourth and latest album, Cherry Bomb, is playing out on his own terms. In the current age of surprise digital album releases, liner notes and extensive crediting are sometimes lost in the shuffle. On its face Cherry Bomb is a solitary […]

For years now, Big Sean’s been teetering between a pop-savvy emcee, a guest-verse-killing rapper and an artist who hasn’t always delivered a full-length project that lived up to its hype. Dark Sky Paradise changes all of that. “I got a lot on my mind,” Sean raps to kick the album off on “Dark Sky (Skyscrapers).” […]

“It’s Pink Friday H*e!” It’s 5pm on a Sunday; while most are enjoying dinner at a table with family, tons of Barbs are lined up outside the 14th Street Best Buy in New York( I should know, my little sister was one of them!). All to purchase a copy of Nicki Minaj’s highly anticipated debut […]

Waka Flocka Flame’s first retail album Flockaveli is on the shelves today and critics and fans alike agree that although his rap’s aren’t Hov-like, there’s something about him that draws you in.