Like free lunches, Jonah Bromwich holds it down like steel. Back in 2009, Ghostface Killah casually let the secret to making good rap slip. In an interview with TSS, Pretty Tone let the world know that the key to making phat shit was “to get the beats, make sure they official, and say fly shit […]

Jonah Bromwich stays repping the DMV. Poor Wale. He has so many subjects to discuss. We knew this early on, and so did he. That’s why he made The Mixtape About Nothing, on which he briefly chewed on a variety of topics to the rousing applause of the blogosphere. And with his new album Ambition, […]

Jonah Bromwich may or may not have green hair and a jacket stabbed with safety pins. Punk is about attitude. More specifically, it’s about an attitude that makes conservatives (political or otherwise) uncomfortable. Wisconsin band Sleeping in the Aviary have always understood that attitude thoroughly and on their new album, You and Me, Ghost they […]

Jonah Bromwich will sell you two pills for $10 bucks. Kendrick diagnosed the sickness and now that I can recognize the symptoms, it’s clear that my generation’s illness is on full display. It’s even popping up in the names. The Doctor’s newest acolyte said it was A.D.H.D. and a couple of other self-aware subjects that […]

Jonah Bromwich once kidney punched Al Roker. Evidence is the kind of rapper who provokes compliments that kind of sound like insults. He’s a steady, working-man, unspectacular, blue-collar, scrupulous rhymer, with a trademark flow that never gets boring. That should sound better than it sounds because the consistency that Ev has shown over the last […]

Jonah Bromwich may or may not also endorse “Nacho Libre.” New artists aren’t supposed to have fully developed voices. But Nacho Picasso has one. His subject matter may be simple, but he’s got one the best eyes for detail west of New Orleans and had the wherewithal to conjoin, within his persona, the provocative, oddball […]

Jonah Bromwich is not boring to listen to. Critical darlings are only occasionally boring to listen to; however they are frequently boring to review. I’ll say it again: boring to review. St. Vincent’s new album Strange Mercy is never boring to listen to. In fact, it’s one of the most exciting albums that’s come out […]

Now ask Jonah Bromwich about DJ Kool. Washington DC has two nicknames. The first, as I was informed by my snide, street-smart-and-proud-of-it, seventh grade teacher, is “Chocolate City,” which refers, of course, to the fact that there are a lot of black people who live in DC. The second, which I only learned a couple […]

Jonah Bromwich’s name really needs to be added to the staff page. If you’re a certain kind of nerd, you’re going to like Exile’s new mixtape Intro to the Outro. If you’re the kind of nerd who wishes that Exile would do a project with a lyrical, possibly-underrated rapper who you realize that you only […]

Jonah Bromwich wears his hair like John Riggins. It’s hard to root for a losing team if you’re an optimist. Coming from Washington DC and being a football fan makes for an annual struggle. The Redskins play well in the preseason or they get a new coach. Things always seem to be looking up, and […]