MixTape Review: EarthTone – New Balance
It’s no secret that EarthTone is one of my favorite gay rappers. I’ve referred to him as the G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All Time) gay rapper in a previous post and selected his video for the track Fuck Is You as the best of the Top…
Jay Z vs. Nas: Which Emcee Has The Better Post-“Ether” Discography?
Just because an artist is more popular, that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re a “better” artist. I think a shining example of this was the reaction to the 2014 Grammy Awards when Beck beat out Beyonce for album of the year. The fans of super-mega-popular Beyonce…
Take A Visual Listen – Stromae, Azealia & Lamar
Stromae – Carmen I have definitely neglected to feature the talented French mega star Stromae before now…my bad. He has released an animated video for his classically inspired track Carmen. The video focuses on social media-self-centeredness and consumerism. I’m sure we all see the examples…
Music Review – Drake’s If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
Either you’re a Drake fan or you’re not. It seems like most of the reviews I’m reading online for Drake’s If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late are from fans or well-known publications brown nosing as to not burn bridges in lieu of a future…
WATCH – Goodbye Tomorrow’s “Jay-Z”
The mysterious artist Goodbye Tomorrow recently released a video to his new song Jay-Z. The track is already nice but the creativity of the video suggests that GT may be in the vein of Talib Kweli, Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar as it pertains to…
Childish Gambino, Pit Bull, Wiz Khalifa & More Read Mean Tweets
Jimmy Kimmel’s latest edition of Mean Tweets is fucking hilarious. This is the second Music Edition and he offers us a really good line up of A-List artists. Childish Gambino’s tweet is something a couple of us have shared on this website before. Most of…
Take A Visual Listen
Cypher Ave presents some dope and interesting videos from some familiar and not so familiar hip-hop and R & B artists. Enjoy and make sure to give us your opinions and feedback. We’re Stans for Flying Lotus. The music and cerebral creativity from this kat…
WATCH: Childish Gambino’s Eerily Weird “SOBER” Video Further Demonstrates Why We Stan For Him
Childish Gambino has released these insane visuals for his cut “Sober.” If this is an indication for the outside-the-box creativity we can expect from the television series, I’m in.
Cypher Avenue’s Top 20 LGBT Hip Hop and R&B Videos of 2014
Admittedly, the visuals in some of the videos featured on this list are very similar. Yeah we get it and can assume based on some of the resources these artist had at the time, they could only shoot scenes of various hood locations from around…
Kendrick Lamar’s Colbert Performance MUST BE Acknowledged
As a Nas pseudo stan, I hate the fact that some other rapper is competing for the rap throne that’s in my mind. Though I will remain steadfast in my loyalties to the Queens Bridge King, Lamar will have to be the undisputed Crown Prince….
Mini Music Reviews: D’Angelo, J. Cole and Ghostface Killah
I’m no fancy music critic, just a regular dude, who is a consumer and I like what I like. Of course a review is the reviewer’s personal opinion and we all know opinions vary. So understand that I’m not trying to bash the artist you…
WATCH: Please Go Home
In my “sowing my wild oats” days, I may have had a one night stand or three. However there has been an occasion when said one night stand was still around the following morning. OMG, why are you still here? Well there’s a song for…
Loving Myself as a Gay Man in Hip Hop
Written by Todd Dahn. Originally published at Raprehab.com For more than half my life, I’ve lived in constant fear that my secret of being a gay man, who was a lifelong member of the Hip Hop community, would be exposed. The heaviness that ensued while…
Listen To Music By: Driss
I had no idea that actor Idris Elba has been making music and DJ’ing for a couple of years (yes I’m late) under the name Driss. After I smirked in disbelief, the first video of his that I watched was for the track Private Garden….
WATCH: Phylle “I Love Him” (Full Length Video)
Here’s the full length music video to Larry “Phylle” Carter’s gay wedding anthem, “I Love Him.” The video is somewhat NSFW as it features a semi-nude shower erotic scene, so be forewarned.
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