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VON KASEY’S SOUND OF THE DAY: MISSY ELLIOTT :SUPA DUPA FLY(1997)
Editorial credit: Nikola Spasenoski / Shutterstock.com DESCRIPTION: Listening to artist find themselves throughout the course of their career is absolutely one of my favorite things to do in music. However, with “Supa Dupa Fly” it’s obvious that Missy Elliot has been Missy Elliott from the very beginning. This project is truly underrated and should be…… read more »
KISS TOP TEN ALBUMS OF THE YEAR #1: TYLER THE CREATOR (CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST)
Photo Credit: Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com Many rappers explore the bounds of what can be considered Hip Hop, especially today. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that on its face but many people who “analyze” music take that exploration and claim that said artist has evolved past rap and become some type of true artist.…… read more »
KISS TOP TEN ALBUMS OF THE YEAR #2: MACH HOMMY (Pray For Haiti)
Courtesy of Griselda Records When your home needs you, where will you be? When everything you hold dear starts to move towards disarray what can you do? These thoughts seems to have been weighing on the mind of Griselda Record’s newest star Mach Hommy, when he began crafting his incomparable 2021 album “Pray For Haiti”.…… read more »
KISS TOP TEN ALBUMS OF THE YEAR #3: LITTLE SIMZ (Sometimes I Might Be Introvert)
Photo Credit: Ben Houdijk / Shutterstock.com Who are you in your head? It’s a harder question to answer then you might expect or may be willing to admit. For the London born MC, Little Simz it’s a question that seems to have permeated the majority of her 2021 masterwork of an album “Sometimes I Might…… read more »
KISS TOP TEN ALBUMS OF THE YEAR #4: ISAIAH RASHAD (The House Is Burning)
Photo Editorial Credit: Warner Records The last time Isaiah Rashad dropped an album in the late summer of 2016, the world was a much different place. With his latest project “The House is Burning” Chattanooga’s finest has proved that he hasn’t missed a single step and might understand this new world better than all of…… read more »
KISS TOP TEN ALBUMS OF THE YEAR #5: NAS (KING’S DISEASE 2)
Photo Credit: Sam Aronov / Shutterstock.com It’s been 30 years since the iconic verse from a then 17 year old named Nas, on the legendary track “Live at the Barbeque”. In those years since Nas has created one of the most varied and impressive bodies of work in all of music. His first release “Illmatic”…… read more »
KISS TOP TEN ALBUMS OF THE YEAR #6: H.E.R (Back of My Mind)
Photo Credit: Featureflash Photo Agency / Shutterstock.com There has been a lot of conversation in the past few years about the “death of R&B”, stemming a from a perceived lack of great albums/artist in the genre or a muddling of the actual meaning of R&B. And if R&B is in-fact on it’s last leg, no…… read more »
KISS TOP TEN ALBUMS OF THE YEAR #7: WALE (Folarin II)
Photo Credit: Randy Miramontez / Shutterstock.com Most of the time when a project is named after a previous one, you don’t often see a connection between the two and it is mainly due to laziness or a marketing ploy to capitalize off a success project. This is not the case with “Folarin 2”, it’s to…… read more »
KISS TOP TEN ALBUMS OF THE YEAR #8: WIZKID (MADE IN LAGOS :DELUXE)
Photo Credit: Michael Tubi / Shutterstock.com Before you say it, yes, I know the original version of this album came out last year here’s the thing, I do not care. I wouldn’t care if this album was released 5 years ago, pretending that this album wasn’t one of the top projects of this year would be…… read more »