Tag: Music Review

• Bas: From Dreamville’s Protégé to Cultural Powerhouse

  

  I first discovered Bas back when J. Cole was starting to put him on the radar. I remember seeing his mixtape Quarter Water Raised Me Vol. 2 floating around online, and it clicked because Cole had just dropped “Cousins” on SoundCloud in 2013 — a track featuring Bas that also doubled as promotion for the…

  Daniel Cantu

  September 18, 2025

  Blog, Music Review, Uncategorized

  Bas, Bas album review, Bas interview, Black music culture, Conscious hip-hop, contemporary hip hop, cultural powerhouse, Dreamville, Dreamville artist, hip hop blog, hip hop news, independent hip hop, Indie hip hop, Indie soul, J. Cole, music, music editorial, music features, Music Review, Music reviews 2025, new rap releases, new-music, rap artist spotlight, rap culture, rap storytelling, review, reviews, rising rappers, Soulful storytelling

• Lydia Persuad

  

  Review by Daniel Cantu “A standout artist of the modern age where R&B music of today is paying homage to the past while embracing the future.“ I stumbled upon Lydia Persuad on an afternoon while on a flight coming back from Las Vegas from a friends bachelor party. After a long 4 day weekend of…

  Daniel Cantu

  July 22, 2025

  Blog, Music Review

  Lydia Persuad, music, Music Review, new-music, review, reviews, rock