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Kelsea Martinez Says Speak Up, Not Shut Up

What if the loudest thing in the room is the pain nobody knows how to talk about?...

Sorce Manifesto’s “Mrs. Misery”: Boom Bap for the Rearview Mirror

Ever run into an old friend and realize the person you used to be is the real stranger in the room? There’s a particular kind of history that doesn’t...

Brogawd’s “Civilians Buildin’”: Boom Bap With a Blueprint

What happens when the underground stops talking about the work and starts laying bricks? Rochester, New York, meets Paris on “Civilians Buildin’,” the...

Kanye’s “Streetcar” Gets a New Passenger

What happens when a familiar Kanye West song gets handed to a new voice, a new beat, and a different corner of the internet? There’s a particular kind of nerve in...

METAPHYSICAL’s â€œTricky Times” Is a Wake-Up Call 

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METAPHYSICAL’s “Hemp Poet” Is a Smoke-Filled Reintroduction to Conscious Hip-Hop

What happens when the haze clears and the person holding the mic has something to say? Some rappers want to sell you a fantasy. Others want to tell you a story. And then...

Maffmatix x Charlton Banks â€” â€œDead”: When Hip-Hop Looks Death in the Face

What happens when Halloween stops being about the things that go bump in the night and starts asking what it actually means to be gone? Death is the ultimate...

The Good, The Bad, and The Folded | EP.6

Welcome to **The Good, The Bad, and The Folded**, on the Folded Waffle network! 🧇🔥 Seven underground music releases. Seven different approaches to the...

TheRealSkitso’s “Mercy” Brings Buffalo Grit to a Heavyweight Hip-Hop Link-Up

What happens when Buffalo’s independent grind meets Yonkers street wisdom, Brownsville’s full-force aggression, and West Coast funk? Somebody better turn the...

Matty Ice 1990’s “I Got Everything I Need” Is a Different Kind of Flex

When life has put you through the wringer, is having everything really about what you own—or what you’ve managed to survive? In a rap landscape where the...