| You Know My Style: Young Scooter “Jug Season” | February 5, 2015 |
In Dan Adu-Gyamfi’s mind, “New York Boobs” are synonymous with “Jug Season” Young Scooter first came into the game as Future’s sidekick. And similar to say, the Outlawz, he messed up most of the songs he was featured on because it was obvious that the talent between the two wasn’t close: he didn’t have the […]
| Back to Basics: Future’s Monster | November 7, 2014 |
Dan Adu-Gyamfi wants some more. 2014 was supposed to be the year Future reached superstardom. His second album, Honest, dropped in April to critical acclaim but the hits and sales compared to Pluto were lacking. Meanwhile, as his stock in the mainstream fell and the lane he created four years ago was officially taken over by […]
| Chief Keef: Back from the Dead & Behind the Boards | November 5, 2014 |
Dan Adu-Gyamfi is now on Twitter. On Halloween, the favorite holiday of all goons, Chiraq native Chief Keef dropped the sequel to the project that made him a star and helped propel the drill movement. Back from the Dead 2 finds Sosa slowly returning to form after dropping two horrendous mixtapes last year. In the 2008 […]
| Reporting Live From the S.W.A.T.: Big Rube’s Greatest Hits | April 15, 2014 |
Dan Adu-Gyamfi eats gumbo for breakfast While addressing Big Rube’s involvement on his sophomore album Honest, Future told Pitchfork “Big Rube was on my first album and some of my mixtapes. His words are so powerful. I want to speak every word he says into existence. I wanna be a part of that! I wanna […]
| My Ghetto Report Card: How to Evaluate Rappers | April 10, 2014 |
Dan Adu-Gyamfi scored 1.1 on his SAT The greatest debate amongst rap fans is who the greatest rapper of all time. Most of the time you’ll realize people mention their favorite artist instead of who they truly consider to be the G.O.A.T. Theatrics ensue as a faux cypher commences with participants doing their best impersonation […]
| How the Sad Robot Became The Dominant Sound in Rap | February 20, 2014 |
Essay by Dan Adu-Gyamfi, art by Brad Beatson and captions by Son Raw. T-Pain’s use of Auto-Tune influenced many to follow their singing dreams even if their vocal chords refused to go along. A new rap subgenre was born: “Sad Robot Music.” The phrase was coined by site founder, Jeff Weiss, and rapper, Nocando, on […]
