Category: Slander

One of the greatest side-effects of having sweet reference monitors in my home office is being able to bump music like this approximately as God intended. Yes, scripture proscribes many hundreds more watts of pure crossover power and at least two subwoofers in the trunk, but I abide with what I got. Yakiyn is a…

After a decade straight of continually lacing New England artists with memorable heaters, seeing “Grubby Pawz” is all it takes for me to check something out in 2026. This time, pressing play was a curveball to the face. My initial reaction to starting this video was to check if I had some other audio playing…

Algorithmic fishbowls make it harder every year to actually discover new music. Recommendation engines only offer up more of the same sad slop. In fact, Youtube remains so baffled by my spectrum of interests it mostly offers me videos I’ve already seen; an implosion into total defeat. I have to put in real work to…

After a month straight of daily reviews, it’s safe to say Real Yeti Rap is back in business once again. That business has seen better days! Music criticism, especially the kind made by humans, is a dwindling field and getting smaller every year, too. This is necessary, this is good. The legend of Cameron Crowe…

Last week, I wrote that living legend The RZA has “lent their co-sign to a lot of questionable nobodies over the years.” This week, I am writing about Myalansky. It’s interesting how much highly authentic cocaine rap came out of the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, right? You’d almost have to wonder if the US…

I have never once heard G Herbo half-ass anything. A technically gifted rapper and a brilliant, conversational writer, any & all arguments that G Herbo is slept on are inherently valid. Except the one about how “If He Was From New York…” because that’s just not plausible anymore. Gotham used to crown kings, but the…

You may not agree with me that Bruiser Wolf is one of the best new rappers of the past decade, but you have to concede he’s one of the funniest. His run since his (perfect) debut Dope Game Stupid has been a continuously escalating catalog of heaters. He can turn any beat into an anthem,…

With the TR-808 making a comeback, it makes sense we’d see new music surface from Egyptian Lover, too. I’m talking hardware, not music trends: Roland has actually dropped a brand new “TR-1000” to mark the 40th anniversary of their iconic gear, affordably priced at two and a half stacks. The 808 sound, of course, has…

For a long time there, Godfather Don was an elusive creature of legend. Robbie Ettelman’s work at Unkut trying to piece the mystery together and finally interview him was blog journalism at the highest level. It was also a testament to how little online access, clout and commentary matter: it’s not like dude was ever…

After a long hiatus due to a vocal injury, one of Rochester’s finest is back with a vengance. Not some Hollywood-ass Van Damme vengance, either, I mean something far slower and crueler. This is Old Boy vengance, this is I Saw The Devil vengance. I Got Samples 3 completes a trilogy that dates back to…