Danny Brown - Copycats (feat. Underscores)

Foster Lancaster - F (Compilation Album) (R.I. Review)

Foster Lancaster’s F Compilation feels like a love letter to the grind of creation itself — the kind of record that doesn’t chase trends but builds its own quiet space in the chaos. Every track glows with a handcrafted touch: shimmering synths that rise like morning light, bass lines that pulse with a DIY heartbeat, and vocals that don’t posture, they confess. Lancaster stitches pop sensibility to indie soul the way only an artist who’s lived both worlds can — blending nostalgia with forward motion, vulnerability with control. You can feel the care in the mix, the warmth in the imperfections, the way his melodies seem to speak with you, not at you. It’s music that wants to understand, not just impress.

Where so many projects aim for viral moments, F Compilation earns something rarer: connection. Songs like “Standing Here” and “IRL” don’t explode — they bloom slowly, revealing new colors on each listen. There’s an honesty to the sequencing, a patient rhythm that rewards you for staying present. By the time the final chords fade, you don’t feel like you’ve streamed an album; you feel like you’ve shared a conversation. It’s an understated triumph — not loud, not flashy, but full of soul, sincerity, and the kind of grounded optimism that reminds you why independent music still matters.

Asap Ferg - Ferg Strong

Connor Price - Mula (feat. Big Sean)

Actual Equality?

In life, everyone has something good about them. When people try to accentuate those qualities, it quickly turns into something negative. "Should people prolific on the inside need to be prolific on the outside and vice versa"? 

People say equality all the time, but they don't really think about how empty that word is in today's society. In God's eyes we are all equal. All appearances, intelligences, and financial statuses are equal, but is anyone really teaching that in 2025 or very boldly the opposite? Is there even an evolutionary argument for equality? 

Mechanical acceptance divides even with equality, and there's mechanical inequalities without prejudices. Do you believe all people are equal or are you simply trying to change how we're assessing them?

Norman Sann - Let It Begin

Danny Brown - Starburst

Focal Point

Being the center of attention has its advantages. It provides a functional protection from secretive people and it patents your ideas as fast as you create them. 

The problem is right now, power is everything. Hip hop is being weighed by its effect on the culture. 

The positive side of making culture appeal is fine. The problem is every positive reason to love the culture is twisted to augment social filters. And because no one is visible to be accountable, the artists are taking blame for everything.

Tyler, the Creator - Sugar On My Tongue (On Stage)

Joey Bada$$ - SUPAFLEE

Wynne - Big Stepper

Trapbaby Dollas - Really That