Vince Staples explains that while on a major, he was limited in how musically adventurous he could be because they signed him to make hip-hop. This is a hurdle Black acts routinely face when they want to move beyond rap and R&B into pop, rock, or alt.
@exxhibitj@Robfrfr not even close to the truth… “I had to hustle, my back to the wall, ashy knuckles, pockets filled with a lot of lint, not a cent, gotta vent, lotta innocent lives lost on the project bench” that opening line alone….
2026 as far as music from my goats has been insanely disappointing.
You know who hasn’t disappointed me? Sideshow, Qire Snow, Locl, Zill Zeppelin, 2oo7, RIPXL, Ernesto Birmingham, Happy Haugen
And that’s about it.
Been a while I was intending to go back to this one here, y'all. 🤷🏿♂️
And since Thelonious Martin produced this entire tape, it's only right for me to take notes of these gems that came out a while ago.
Anyway, let's (re)play. 💽↩️⏯️