Broke Beats: Blue Daisy –“Mermaids EP”
“Mermaids EP” is what you hear when you play “Stairway to Heaven” backwards. Dripping with venom and stinking of brimstone, Blue Daisy’s latest EP is devious shit. But it ain’t all that bad in the...
View ArticleReality TV Hopeful Gets Third Boob Surgically Implanted
Fame has been given a new price tag, as Florida woman Jasmine Tridevil has gone full “Total Recall,” getting a third breast implanted on her chest in hopes of scoring a reality TV show. Tridevil claims...
View ArticleBroke Beats: Archibald SLIM –‘He’s Drunk!’
Atlanta got hot off trill rap artists like Ludacris, T.I., and, more recently, 2 Chainz. It’s also a city that has a proud club tradition heralded by DJ Smurf and Lil’ Jon, among many many others. It...
View ArticleBroke Beats: Rich Gang –“The Tour Part 1″
Radio rap isn’t much more than a guilty pleasure for me nowadays. There once was a time when I purchased “Like Father, Like Son” from iTunes, but those days are long gone. Releases from Rick Ross,...
View ArticleBroke Beats: Gunplay –“Gunplay”
Rick Ross mentee Gunplay has been on the fringe of rap stardom for a couple of years now, and as we await his upcoming album “Living Legend,” the Florida gangsta rapper returns to remind us why he’s...
View ArticleBroke Beats: Allen Poe –“How Gardens Grow”
So-called “conscious” hip-hop has fallen off in recent years, and that’s because it rapidly becomes a cliche. It’s basically the slam poetry of rap music – and that sort of relentless #staywoke...
View ArticleThe Hub in Hollywood: Buying and Selling Boston Accents in Film and TV
The Boston accent is a unique challenge for actors. Done right, it can add a definitive regional believability to a character. Done wrong, it'll suck all the credibility out of your work. Here, we look...
View ArticleBroke Beats: Nolto & Dren – ‘Noltferatu & Drencula’
DeJ Loaf – Drake’s latest cosign out of Detroit – was unequivocally the biggest thing in free rap music this week, and by now, you should’ve seen, downloaded, and played her new tape Sell Soul. But, we...
View ArticleBroke Beats: Spacesuits –‘Spacesuits LP’
Following last week’s black-and-orange bonanza from Sasketchewan, Broke Beats returns to the North Country for a posse LP that lays deep in the cut, reviving visions of a metal-fingered underground...
View ArticleBroke Beats: Matt Monday –‘Before the Filth’
Four-time Best of Charleston rapper Matt Monday’s “Before the Filth” is the first release under the new moniker. Formerly known as Righchus, the South Carolina young’un has matured beyond the...
View ArticleBroke Beats: NuFeel –“The Year of Potential II”
New Jersey rapper NuFeel has had a good year indeed. His February EP “The Year of Potential” was a hit DatPiff release that saw many posi vibes come to the soulful emcee. But that album was really just...
View ArticleBroke Beats: D-Sisive – “The Great Mr. Nobody [one]“
A mixture of deliberate hiatuses, moniker changes, and general apathy for the Canadian rap scene have kept Toronto’s D-Sisve well below the radar, despite the fact that the wry lyricist has been plying...
View ArticleBroke Beats: Thelonious Martin –“Wünderkid”
Curren$y, Ab-Soul, Mac Miller – all these names should be familiar to anyone with a passing fancy in hip-hop. A much less recognizable name is Thelonious Martin, the 22-year-old rapper/producer who...
View ArticleBroke Beats: JMSN –“JMSN (The Blue Album)”
Usher once said that JMSN was his “favorite new act.” But, if you’re like me, you don’t give a fuck what Usher has to say. The fact is that anyone with any kind of taste should dig JMSN, and if you...
View Article14 Albums You Won’t Believe Came Out in 2014
A wide swath of irrelevant artists tried to use 2014 as their re-launch pad for their careers. Here, we look at 14 examples of comeback releases that missed every conceivable radar.
View ArticleBroke Beats: Best of 2014
As we're wrapping up the year, it only feels right to revisit the top 10 freebies from 2014.
View ArticleBroke Beats: Paris Jones –‘December EP’
Yes, it’s January, and New Year’s is all about looking forward instead of looking back, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t open 2015 by drawing attention to the extremely dedicated work Paris Jones did in...
View ArticleDon’t Just Drink Around Your Cat, Drink With Your Cat With New Wine for Felines
Social recluses and codependents of all stripes, rejoice! The Japanese, who famously invented the hugging pillow and the cuddle cafe, have innovated yet another product that will allow people with a...
View ArticleBroke Beats: Mr. MFN eXquire –‘Live from the Danger Room’
This is the second time we’ve featured Brooklyn street rapper Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire on Broke Beats, but his last go-around wasn’t nearly the introduction the man deserves. Now, eXquire starts of 2015...
View ArticleBroke Beats: Wreckonize –‘Sunny Winter’
Not much worth mentioning was given free this past week. The week was headlined by Blue Sky Black Death, who unveiled their new project with Nacho Picasso, and Warm Brew, who streamed their kooky vibes...
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