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The latest emcee to emerge from
9th Wonder’s
Jamla Records roster, former NCAA baller
GQ sounds as if he’s going to be setting off with some serious offence if the lyrical talents displayed on
Death Threats and Love Notes: The Prequel are anything to go by. Preceding the final version of his
Death Threats and Love Notes series [the second volume should drop later this year], everything from the project's title, lyrical content and cover artwork [depicting
Eldridge Cleaver and his wife] has been carefully selected to give listeners a better understanding of the California rhymer's subject intricacies.
The Idea of Beautiful. You could write an entire essay on such an intriguing matter. Snow Hill, North Carolina native Rapsody did write an essay on the topic but did it in the musical form. In her debut LP, Rap decided to take all that she learned from her previous three projects in which she explored different avenues and combine into a rare introspective effort. Rapsody’s ode to cultural assent and narration of her own heartbreak transforms The Idea of Beautiful from complex portrayal to personal abstraction and human-dignifying advancement.