| The Oscars’ Best Picture Nominees: Ranked and Reviewed | February 20, 2015 |
Ranked by Brad Beatson. Reviewed by Brad Beatson and Harold Stallworth
| How Hard Should One Flex?: Project Pat’s New Video | February 17, 2015 |
Harold Stallworth has never been nominated for a Grammy.
| Curren$y & Ski Beatz Get Lifted: “Briefcase” | February 11, 2015 |
Harold Stallworth has a style for every bump in your face. There’s somber darkness, and then there’s unsettling darkness. For an artist like Curren$y, always malleable to his producers’ creative vision, it spells the difference between sounding like an enlightened stoner or a gumshoe detective. He generally traffics in the former, but his latest single, […]
| Large on the Street Scene: Bam Vito “Money and Violence” | February 9, 2015 |
Harold Stallworth respects his jaw. “Money and Violence,” a provocative new web series set in a tough Haitian enclave of New York City, is as addictive as it is unpolished. Much like amateur pornography, the show’s appeal lies in its abrasion, in its ability to present glaring flaws as charming novelties. It’s raw in the […]
Harold Stallworth occasionally writes under the pseudonym Ben Kingsley. Def Jam’s pussyfooted approach to Gunplay’s post-2011 career has been disappointing at best, negligent at worst. His bio page on the label’s official website has been dormant since last summer, and even fails to mention that he’s since changed his rap moniker to Don Logan, presumably […]
Harold Stallworth is stepping out the studebaker with Anita Baker. When you hear the phrase “keeping it gangsta’,” what immediately comes to mind? If your answer consists of eight letters — F-A-B-O-L-O-U-S — then this track just might not be your cup of tea. But the small but vocal minority of Agallah enthusiasts will rejoice […]
| Product Placement: Review of Prodigy’s “Product of the 80s” | January 13, 2015 |
>Harold Stallworth comes equipped for warfare. When Product of the 80s was released, its marquee contributor, Prodigy, was locked inside New York’s Mid-State Correctional Facility serving a three-year stretch for criminal gun possession. This was 2008, just six months after the release of the second installment of his H.N.I.C. franchise, which was prematurely billed as […]
| Winter Mix: Harold Stallworth | January 7, 2015 |
H.L. is first in the Passion of the Weiss re-up gang to sate your winter mix fix
| Apology Accepted: Boots Riley Flexes Literary Chops with New Screenplay | December 31, 2014 |
Harold Stallworth feels like a black republican. Boots Riley, the afro sporting, blackfist wielding frontman for The Coup, has always defied the notion that politically-charged rap requires a certain level of compromise—a willingness to serve the medicine with a generous side of corn syrup. In their heyday, which lasted through the better part of the […]
| Feels like Christmas Officially: Wale “Miracle on U Street” | December 23, 2014 |
Harold Stallworth ain’t the one for the dibbin’ and dabbin’. The U Street Corridor is probably the most party-driven stretch of Wale’s adopted hometown of Washington D.C. It’s a vibrant hub for nightlife, ripe with craft beer and musicianship, hookah and second childhood. Transplants adore the yuppified bar-hop scene; natives roll their eyes in disgust […]
