MUSIC VIDEO SHOT OF THE DAY: Stic.Man – Pain is Temporary
While this technically isn’t a music video, we’re sharing it anyway. Readers who are over 30 years old should be familiar with the iconic “Revolutionary But Gangster” rap duo know as Dead Prez. Well as we’ve previously mentioned Stic.Man has gone solo and adopted…
MUSIC VIDEO SHOT OF THE DAY: Wretch 32 – Forgiveness
Occasionally we find music videos that we feel the urge to share with fellow weirdos like ourselves. So now that we a platform to do just that, expect to see a (semi) daily dose of under-the-radar music to add to your iTunes library. When I…
FRANK OCEAN: Laughing At Us
The power of the Hot-Damn Internet, I tell you. Okay this is kinda surreal but merely days after my essay, You Claim Frank Ocean But He Ain’t Claiming You made the rounds on the Internet (website pageview diarrhea, son), Frank Ocean blogged the photo…
You Claim Frank Ocean But He Ain’t Claiming You
You claim Frank Ocean but he ain’t claiming you. Real Talk. All those ReTweets you give him but when was the last time he ReTweeted you? Or even any other Gay person? Has he even followed you back? Is he following ANY openly gay person…
WATCH: Derrick L. Briggs Discusses Missing Masculinity in Media
Derrick L. Briggs has just posted a new Vlog via his ADTV YouTube Channel discussing the issue of Unbalanced Imagery of Black Gay Men in the Media. If you’re a follower of Cypher Avenue then you know this is a topic we touch on often….
MUSIC VIDEO SHOT OF THE DAY: P.O.S. – Fuck Your Stuff
Last year, when I first heard this song “Fuck Your Stuff”, the first single from P.O.S.’s latest album “We Don’t Even Live Here”, I wished that it could somehow be the Cypher Avenue theme song. When Minnesota rapper Stefon Alexander opens up the track and…
MUSIC VIDEO SHOT OF THE DAY: Kid Cudi – Just What I Am
Occasionally we find music videos that we feel the urge to share with fellow weirdos like ourselves. So now that we a a platform to do just that, expect to see a (semi) daily dose of under-the-radar music to add to your iTunes library. To…
CYPHER AVE INTERVIEWS: Rap Artist Kaoz
Rap artist Kaoz’ anticipated album is now officially available for purchase as a digital release for the low price of $5 through his website, kaoz.bandcamp.com. For those not in the know, we’ve highlighted the artist several times in the pages of Cypher Avenue. Nick…
CYPHER AVENUE’S BEST OF 2012 AWARDS
As we begin our first full week of 2013, we also celebrate all that we thought was awesome throughout 2012. This was a pretty fucking great year, I must say. We witnessed a crazy Presidential election, the beginning and end of The LA Complex…
WATCH: Kaoz “High As Ever” Music Video
Right before the new year, one of favorite openly gay rap artists, Kaoz, has dropped what may be his only music video since January 2012. The song, “High Az Eva”, is from his new two volume experimental project EnterSextions. We’ve been waiting to get…
Towleroad’s 50 Most Powerful Coming Outs of 2012
The Gay News Blog Towleroad has recently published a comprehensive list of The 50 Most Powerful Coming Outs of 2012. Many of the individuals listed, we had never heard of so much props goes out the their team for putting in the time and research….
NEW MUSIC: Lasto – “So Good (Preview)” and “What We Do (Freestyle)”
In anticipation of his upcoming mixtape, Rap Artist Lasto released this sneak preview of what we can expect. As usual, he flexes his lyrical dexterity to the fullest on both “So Good” (a snippet from a new song) and “What We Do” (a…
CYPHER AVENUE REVIEWS: Nas “Life Is Good”
{rating} You’ll be hard pressed to find a better album to come out this year than Nas’ “Life Is Good.” We’re only halfway through 2012 but I’ll go out on a limb and say this will be the best Hip Hop album…
Why I Was Right About FRANK OCEAN
I took a lot of flack for my previous coverage of the whole Frank Ocean coming Out party. Even from my fellow Discreet City contributor Octavius Williams. Everyone either felt that I was flat out wrong in my opinion that there was a “Down Low”…
Album Review – Childish Gambino: ROYALTY
{rating} Amidst the Frank Ocean media blitz, Donald Glover (AKA Childish Gambino) free mix tape download ROYALTY was almost lost but was only kinda pushed to the background. The mix tape has been receiving critical acclaim all across the music blogosphere. This is Gambino’s latest release…