Bonus points afforded to “New Atlanta” for the forcible conscription of Jermaine “Funkdafied” Dupri from whatever gold-plated bunker he’s been hiding in. Points subtracted for avoiding updating the “Welcome to Atlanta” list of popping clubs on any given night. There are people still going to Stroker’s on Lean on Wednesday nights and walking away wildly […]
| 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 […]
| MobbDeen: Promised Land — Rich Homie Quan’s Quantum Leap” | December 3, 2013 |
Deen looks like he robbed a bank. I’m either hearing a quantum leap in Rich Homie Quan’s product on his latest tape or I’m just on holiday mode. But I suspect that I Promise I Will Never Stop Going In may actually let Quan live up to the title of project. And I’m being completely honest, I […]
| Video: Rich Homie Quan – “Type of Way” | April 29, 2013 |
There are a lot of things that you can hate on about Atlanta’s Rich Homie Quan. He might be the third-best auto-tune croak rapper to follow in the wake of Future. Gates and Young Thug are currently ahead. Quan is probably leading Ca$h Out. I know that there is nothing really very original about “Some […]
