Domo Genesis, like many great rappers, took some time to grow into himself. He spent his early career learning face-first in public, alongside one of the most over-hyped young crews of that entire decade. He got a lot of great…

This beat is fucking terrible. That assessment is not performative obscenity, but a necessary adjective. Whoever DJ Profluent is, they have serious connections and questionable taste. Getting a lineup like this over such a corny, distracting piano fragment is perhaps…

Big Dese has to be one of the single funniest motherfuckers that Boston has ever given the world. I have very seldom made it through anything from him without at least one genuine laugh. On “Meteor,” that pudgy bastard got…

This joint unites a trio of Boston’s finest, and one of them is Chow Films, aka Chairman Chow. A multi-talented freak of nature, they’ve been behind most of the best music videos out of The 617 for a long damn…

I first heard Flee Lord in 2019, opening up for the full Griselda lineup when The Almighty Tour came through the Middle East. Opening is a tough gig anywhere, but especially in Boston. It’s just an inherently antagonistic crowd. Plus,…

We must pause to acknowledge that Ill Clinton is a great name, and has been for a long time. In two senses, in fact. It is both inherently funny and associated with a certain level of clientele & quality control.…

Nacky Chan has been a reliable co-sign over the years, generous with his resources and always on point with his taste. Chyna Baejing is another Lynn local who made her mark in ’23 with FORTY INCHEZ AND A MULE, a…

Mobb Deep or Outkast? These are the kind of retard questions that dominate The Discourse over this past & painful decade. Any real head is building out brackets in the opposite direction, exploring, not re-ranking the same hundred names, again.…

As rap names go, “MARQUISE! F.K.A OG SWAGGERDICK” is an entire feature film. There is a lot of backstory communicated in one single stroke there. As song titles go, “BAOW!” is highly accurate labeling. As Grubby Pawz beats go, this…

PFG, What Does It Mean? Prettyface Gangsta, it turns out, billed as a “new voice emerging from Fayetteville, NC.” (It’s good to see publicists finally moving on from that ol’ “rising force in the music industry” bullshit.) Being a hungry…