Singer/songwriter Nikkiya has gained quite the name for herself thanks to last years release of her "Speakher" album. And although the album featured appearances from the likes of MC Lyte and Yelawolf, the singer still managed to put on quite the dope debut. See more...
I can't say "White Jesus" was slept on, but it was....let's got with napped on....so Rittz is kicking off the year with a re-release of "White Jesus" he's dubbing "Revival", which will feature the best of the original plus some brand new joints. (Essentially the "Trunk Muzik 0-60" model, except "Revival" will be free.) Listen and download...
I know a lot of people didn't listen to me when I said that Nikkiya's new album "SpeakHER" was doper than some uncut Malaysian White Tiger, but maybe now that the experimental songstress has grabbed the most powerful man in indie music Tech N9ne and the best rapper alive (with giant red hair) Rittz for a remix to "When I Was High" y'all will finally listen.
Generally speaking, if I dig the song, I like the artist(s) involved and I think I can write something interesting about it, it's going up. That's exactly what happened when I first heard STS, Jon Hope and Nikkiya's new joint "Writing's on the Wall'. It's a dope song and they're all dope artists. It's really not more complicated than that. Listen and download...
Emilio Rojas has always been one of the most intense and gifted lyricist we'd head in a minute, but he often sacrificed dope music in the name of dope rhymes. Impressively, the young NYC emcee's not only managed to continue to put out tracks that are just flat our more listenable than his early work, but he's done it without sacrificing any of his credibility on the mic. Case in point, "On My Own". Listen and download...
I had a little bit of a strange experience with Nikkiya's new album "SPEAKHER". Last night I was determined to get caught up on any new music I'd missed so I flipped over to the mothership and started listening to "SPEAKHER" with close to zero expectations. "Damn," I thought, "I don't know who she is but this woman can make some damn good music." Listen and download...
With so many Mary Jane loving Wiz Khalifa's in the rap game it's nice to hear someone who isn't glorifying the use of the drug and singer/songwriter Nikkiya does just that on "When I Was High." Rather than boast about getting a giddy high Nikkiya instead warns, "life seemed so damn good when I was high." Listen and download...
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