Atmosphere’s ‘So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously’ Expands Their Palette
Ant and Slug of Atmosphere craft an album that expands the duo’s palette, explores the intersections of opposites, and makes portraits out of poetry.
Quentin B Huff
Quentin Huff is an attorney, writer, and visual artist who lives in North Carolina. Quentin's writing has appeared in: Casa Poema, Pemmican Press, Switched-On Gutenberg, Defenestration, Poems Niederngasse, and The Ringing Ear (Cave Canem's anthology of contemporary African American poetry rooted in the South). He is a lover of novels, his family, and all things Prince.
Oddisee’s Odyssey Is Odd on ‘To What End’
The beauty of To What End is that it sits at the summit of Oddisee’s output, a rapper and producer at the height of his powers.
The Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2011
2011 was a year of great diversity, in which rap fans were faced with enough variety to find whatever flavor of hip-hop they wanted.
The 15 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2020
In a year beset by the most horrid and unusual circumstances, leave it to the hip-hop community to challenge our beliefs and voice our activism. The best records of the year served as rallying cries and made us reconsider the very genre itself.
Sneaks’ ‘Happy Birthday’ Begs Us to Reconsider Musical Definitions
Sneaks' Happy Birthday is a worthwhile release for its insistence upon being categorized as music without a category.
Georgia Anne Muldrow’s New Jyoti LP ‘Mama, You Can Bet!’ Is a Revelation
Jyoti's Mama, You Can Bet! is a revelation -- of time, of rhythm, of sound. It takes the free-ranging jazz sensibilities of Georgia Anne Muldrow's previous outings under the Jyoti moniker and gives them a next-level boost.
Estelle: True Romance
The British singer-songwriter returns with a wide range of styles to conquer our imaginations. The result? A partial victory.
Janet Devlin: Running with Scissors
An Irish singer-songwriter learns how the shine of her voice can transform angst into maturity.