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New Audio by William Ruben Helms

JOVM has been a (mostly) one-man operation that I’ve run out of my Corona, Queens, NYC apartment and out of various Starbucks in and around Queens for its nine-plus year history. Unsurprisingly, I’m usually multi-tasking while going through countless emails featuring tracks, mixtapes, videos —  and as a result I wind up stumbling upon a wild variety of interesting things. In this case, I stumbled upon the “48 hr Pu$$yMIX 1.0” mixtape by the mysterious emcee, Memphis-based Elle. (I’m presuming she’s based in Memphis because of all the love shown to the city. But who knows? I can’t find a thing about her.)

Although it was released earlier this year, the mixtapes features some of the most self-assured, swaggering bars and wildly inventive rhyming I’ve heard in some time over tweeter and woofer rocking, feverish productions. Simply put — this this is fire.

 

 

 

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

New Audio: The Subtly Old-Timey Country of Blackheart Honeymoon’s “Mountains Speak”

Currently comprised of Ian Prebo (vocals, acoustic guitar), Wesley Amundsen (bass) Steve Andrea (guitar) Adrienne Marie Pollock (vocals, keys) Dusty Hayes (drums, vocals), the Seattle, WA-based quintet, Blackheart Honeymoon can trace their origins to when founding members […]

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Over the past 10-15 years, soul music has seen a remarkable resurgence with a number of contemporary acts across the States and the world have adopted the sound – but instead of pure revivalism, have […]

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Freddie Gibbs may arguably be one of contemporary hip-hop’s most unheralded emcees but he also is one of my favorite emcees. Sure, Gibbs’ work talk about the street life but with a stark, unvarnished honesty. And unlike […]

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As a genre, hip hop much like any other genre, has always had artists who have not only advanced the art form by pushing the boundaries of what it should sound like, and how its […]

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On a rather hot summer night, I first decided to stop at the new Starbucks on Broadway and Queens Blvd to work on the Coney Island Mermaid Parade post, as well as to conserve a […]

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Stones Throw Records have quickly become one of my favorite labels – they have an incredibly diverse roster of artists, whom I like and respect, and the label seems to let their artists follow their […]

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Chicago-based rap group Project Mayhem are a pretty interesting group. Each rapper has a distinct voice and flow, all while telling realistic, situational tales of street life. “Amazing/Celebration” is the latest video from the group […]