I’m almost afraid to publish this, since I know I’ll get all kinds of grief about it. Before you comment on what a dope I am for omitting Graduation/Fishscale/Speakerboxxx/etc., please read the title of this post again. Only independent releases were considered. But this did include street albums and mixtapes. Another point: I debated whether [...]

This is a review of a rap record.  No, not really.  But kinda.  It’s that more-spoken-than-sang kinda country-blues that makes every song sound old, established, rootsy and timeless.  And you’d never expect this kind of music from a guy who looks like Grant Peeples. He’s got love songs, lost and forlorn in the traditional country [...]

Okay, so it’s fun at first, but we’re still trying to get the smell off the damn copier.