if you subtract all the most prominent stars all going to jail for the most random things ever, the current path of spend and pretend is completely and utterly unsustainable.

…Banks is not ashamed to be from New Freaking York unlike 90% of the rappers in the tri state. This is the album New York should be proud of…

Recording is not for dummies this isn’t one of those hey I can do that too type of things, either you are born with the ear sharp enough to notice the subtleties of music or you don’t.

The bootleggers meme is nonsense for a few reasons, first there have and will always be bootleggers. In 1992 you could go on Jamaica Ave in New York City and buy unreleased albums from rappers weeks in advance they were everywhere.

Never has anybody in the magical land of hip hop been in such a curious position. After years of #1 hits and basically unmatched power and money has a rapper been so vulnerable.