Tag Archives: hip-hop

I proudly present the songs of Pop Mythology and its wonderful collaborators from FAWM (Feb. Album Writing Month) 2015. Live long and prosper.

Here are my favorite songs from Week 3 of FAWM and guess what? I'm on my own list!

When Lizabett Russo's voice is taken out of its usual folksy context and situated in an atmospheric hip-hop production as it is here, it highlights a certain chanteuse-like quality of her voice even more, and the result is seductive and intriguing.

It’s been said enough, so I’ll keep it short. I just want to say it, though. Modern hip-pop is stupid. As in dumb. Unintelligent. Simple, as in Forrest Gump.

I will not argue for the following artists. I don’t need to: they speak for themselves. But I defy any person who considers himself a hip-hop aficionado - or any fan of rhythm, music and lyrics - to listen to the albums mentioned here and say they don’t contain the same levels – if not more - of complexity, depth and creativity as any mainstream artist like Kanye West or Lil Wayne.

Jay-Z’s 'Magna Carta Holy Grail' is the exact opposite of a sellout album; it sounds like every other Jay-Z album. It may as well have come out in 2003. Samsung didn’t make Jay-Z sacrifice his integrity anymore than those previous endorsement deals did. No, Jay-Z sold out years ago.