Question in the Form of an Answer: Homeboy Sandman interviewed by Jonah...
I was first introduced to Homeboy Sandman through a quote he gave to Format Magazine about three years ago, which made it obvious that I would have to check out the guy’s music. The quote is...
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There can be a lot of disconnect between rappers and the critics that review their work. Frequently these (nebbishy, academic) critics, at least the ones I relate to, are content to let rappers...
View ArticleKev Brown Goes Hard
Jonah Bromwich’s driver’s license still reps the DMV too. Oddisee had a great year last year but there’s another DMV producer with a similar analogue, dusty boom-bap sound that gets perennially slept...
View ArticleA Few Worries About Kanye West and the Dag Savage Single
Jonah Bromwich is not keeping up with the Kardashians. It’s weird—I feel like we just lost that mainstream/underground dichotomy of just a few years back. Total parity existed for a minute there....
View ArticleKendrick Lamar, Emeli Sandé and the Art of Winning
Jonah Bromwich knows who the original Teflon Don is I’m both happy and sad that it’s come to this. It’s awesome that Kendrick won. He put in the work, he made good, uncompromising music and he was...
View ArticleThe Durag Dynasty Has Emerged
Jonah Bromwich rocks a TsuRag This new Durag Dynasty cut (the group encompasses Planet Asia, Tristate and Killer Ben) is about as California as rap singles come. There’s a psychedelic cowboy beat...
View ArticleEdith Beake, Always in Love
Jonah Bromwich is building stories. Ignore the whiff of Annie Lennox that initially rises off this new single from Chicago brother-sister duo Edith Beake. Once the song gets underway, it reveals...
View ArticleJustin Timberlake, Beyoncé and Aging Pop Star 101
Jonah Bromwich will not be anyone’s “blueberry lollipop,” just so you know. I’m not at the point where I can get specific with numerals when rating The 20/20 Experience, but I feel comfortable saying...
View ArticleHudmo Gets Snippy
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View ArticleThe Passing Fancies of Jonwayne
Jonah Bromwich has the Neptune blues In his own singularly unappealing way, Joey Bada$$ expressed an important idea about DOOM. In his interview with Narudwar, Joey pointed out that the man with metal...
View ArticlePost-Teen “Wolf”: Tyler the Creator’s Third Album
Jonah Bromwich is anti-OF-thinkpiece I followed the original conversation about Odd Future from a distance. I was too young to shake my head with the herd of conservative progressives and too old to...
View ArticleChicago Go Hard: Lil Durk’s Recent Output
Jonah Bromwich is the sausage king of Chicago. When it comes to music hyper-fandom, there are generalists and there are specialists. If you’re a generalist in the internet age, pretending to any kind...
View ArticleJonwayne’s Notes to Himself
Jonah Bromwich wants to see the dirt. Is there room for Jonwayne? That’s the question he’s asking himself, as the ghost of his better self flagellates him for oversleeping, for looking like a buffoon,...
View ArticleYeezus Pieces: Jonah Bromwich
Over the next few days, we’ll be rolling out a roundtable on Yeezus. Jonah Bromwich is up first. One of the biggest issues separating music critics from fans is the critics’ constant demand for...
View ArticleMemories Don’t Live Like Robots Do: Darkside Remix Daft Punk
Jonah Bromwich is a jaarhead. An awkward metaphor for you: Random Access Memories is like a chair made out of oak, crafted by those with knowledge of the ancient and highly esoteric craft of...
View ArticleGoGoing & Gone: Does Wale Redeem Himself on “The Gifted?”
Jonah Bromwich is personally invested. That Wale has sold out is indisputable. He was a prime example of the first wave of blog rappers (Kid Cudi, J. Cole, B.O.B. etc). and one of the first post-Kanye...
View ArticleBand on the Run: MGMT Continue to Confront Perception
Jonah Bromwich taught A$AP Ferg how to put in work. The conventional wisdom: MGMT made a minor indie masterpiece with Oracular Spectacular. Then they weren’t man enough to handle the resulting success...
View ArticleJetflix – A Day in the Life of Curren$y
Jonah Bromwich has seen it all, wide-frame. Many rappers have switched their subject matter to the mundane. Rather than boasting about being a Rawsian fake gangster, they make up for a lack of subject...
View ArticleSurface to Air Missive: Southern Psychedelic Rock From Leaving Records and...
Jonah Bromwich hopes Neil Young will remember. ‘ Here are two jams from Surface to Air Missive. Formerly of the one-man funk outfit Dream Love (and six other groups and projects before that),...
View ArticleTamales & Trojan Horses: Tyler, the Creator’s “Tamale” Video
Jonah Bromwich is the write game Telemachus. Tyler the Creator’s new video is wildly entertaining in the style of the old Eminem spots for songs like “Without Me,” and “Real Slim Shady.” It would be...
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