Posts By frank_bE
Killer Mike – R.A.P. Music
Killer Mike – R.A.P. Music Williams Street: 2012 Let’s get this out the way: Bomb Squad, Ice Cube, and masterpiece. These words were used ad nauseum to describe R.A.P. Music (a.k.a. Rebellious African People’s Music) as the leaks began to shake…
Billy Woods – History Will Absolve Me
Billy Woods – History Will Absolve Me Backwoodz Studioz: 2012 There is no need to get into Billy Woods’ back story as an underground rapper. His website does a fine job of that. His newest release History Will Absolve Me…
THEESatisfaction – Awe Naturale
THEESatisfaction – Awe Naturale Sub Pop: 2012 Over my couple of years writing here at Potholes I’ve been pretty clear about my affinity for R&B that is alternative, on that progressive soul, boho booty bump, or rooted to the gut…
Stalley – Savage Journey To The American Dream
Stalley – Savage Journey to the American Dream Maybach Music Group: 2012 After meddling for a couple of years near the carcass of backpack rap by spitting over Madlib instrumentals, Stalley made a name for himself in 2011. He enlisted…
Quelle Chris – “Live Alone Die Alone” [Video]
Quelle’s first video for his latest EP begins with a rap classic playing in the background and a chopped-n-screwed snippet of a ’90s cult classic. The camera than shifts to Quelle and his boys smoking L’s while nodding to the…
Quelle Chris & Dibia$e – 2Dirt4TV [EP Stream]
If rap were food, Quelle Chris would be a plate of fried vegetables with a cup of soda and a shot of Hennessy. On this latest six-track/$5 EP he links up with Low End Theory’s Llama affiliate Dibia$e for a…
Tyga – Careless World: Rise of the Last King
Tyga – Careless World: Rise Of The Last King Young Money: 2012
Joey BADA$$ & Capitol Steez – “Survival Tactics” [Video]
The Likkle Youth of Brooklyn are steppin up to confront all the New York rap is dead talk. These 17-year-olds by the name of Joey BADA$$ and Capitol STEEZ rep the Progressive Era crew; here they rock over a forgotten…
Milli Mars – “Ring The Alarm” [Video]
To say folks are sleeping / late to the music of Milli Mars is an under statement. Last October he dropped YMID for a free. It’s a macabre album of cocksure street narratives placed over energy drink trash-compactor gangsta funk.…
