Noemi Vazquez Rap/Hip-Hop Journalist After a five-year album hiatus, ScHoolboy Q finally released his awaited studio album, Blue Lips, in which he presents the listeners with a majestic variety of instrumentals to the deepest of raps. To be real, this is one of those hip-hop albums that got to me as far as the instrumentals from beautiful neo-jazz to punk rock sounds on “Pop” with Rico Nasty. Within the lyrics, […]
By Kristopher Tondre Music Journalist I’ve been an avid listener of ScHoolboy Q since I began following the Top Dawg conglomerate and got my hands on a copy of his Habits & Contradictions album back in 2012. With the release of his major debut album two years later, Oxymoron, I went and saw ScHoolboy Q perform live as part of the accompanying tour used to promote the project. Now, with the […]
By Kristopher Tondre Music Journalist Rappers and the film industry have had a long standing relationship since the early days of hip-hop and its portrayal on the silver screen. There’s been documentaries (Style Wars, My Vinyl Weighs a Ton and Rhyme & Reason), movies about growing up in the culture of it (Brown Sugar and Hustle & Flow) and films loosely based on rappers themselves (Get Rich or Die Tryin’ and […]
By The KTSW Music Department Come one, come all! Fun Fun Fun Fest hits Austin, Texas' Auditorium Shores November 6th-8th and the KTSW Music department has created a Spotify playlist of your musical essentials for the festival. Our playlist contains 45 of our favorite tracks from artists that you've heard on our airwaves. From Schoolboy Q to Toro y Moi and Title Fight, this playlist will be sure to get […]
by Alexx Ward Music Reviewer Click on the images to hear the songs!
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