What I've Been Listening to: July 2020
July 31, 2020, 10:24 PM hip-hop, Listening PermalinkEverything just comes together so well on RTJ4 by Run the Jewels. I've been a Run the Jewels fan for quite a few years now. First, Killer Mike and EL-P are exceptional musicians. It's been true of the other Run the Jewels albums and of each's solo work. That said, I feel like RTJ is more than the sum of its parts. The rappers complement and play off one another to reach a higher level. One gets the
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What I've Been Listening to: June 2020
June 30, 2020, 02:32 PM hip-hop, Listening PermalinkI enjoy some hip-hop music, but I'm far from having my thumb on the pulse of the genre. I wasn't aware of Mac Miller until the news of his untimely death hit the headlines in 2018. Still, I didn't encounter much of his music, at least that I knew of, and didn't go seek it out. But there I was taking an extra lap around the neighborhood in my car, with the SXM coffeehouse radio station on, hoping