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Ice Cube - Man Up / Lench Mob Records (2025)

Ice Cube – Man Up (Album Review)

Jason RhodeJason RhodeDecember 5, 2025

A seasoned veteran of Hip Hop, Ice Cube has been in the game since 1986. Approaching 40 years since he started with his first group, C.I.A. (Cru’ in Action), before joining N.W.A. with Dr. Dre and the late Eazy-E in 1987, he has built a ... Read More

Rakim – The RE-UP (Album Review)

Jason RhodeJason RhodeDecember 3, 2025

At this stage, a Hip Hop icon, Rakim, began his career out on Long Island, New York, in the mid-1980s, teaming up with DJ Eric B. to form the duo Eric B. & Rakim. Their first single, “Eric B. Is President,” dropped in ‘86, followed ... Read More

Wolf Alice - The Clearing / Sony Music (2025)

Wolf Alice – The Clearing (Album Review)

Jason RhodeJason RhodeDecember 3, 2025

Originally a Folk-leaning acoustic duo of Ellie Rowsell and Joff Oddie, Wolf Alice formed in London, England, some 15 years ago. The result of a shift toward electric and heavier sounds, Wolf Alice brought in Drummer Joel Amey and Bassist Theo Ellis in 2012, and ... Read More

Jon B. - Waiting on You / Vibezelect (2025)

Jon B. – Waiting on You (Album Review)

Jason RhodeJason RhodeOctober 24, 2025

Known to the world as Jon B., but born Jonathan David Buck, he is the son of a music professor father and a concert pianist mother. Additionally, with siblings who played string instruments, he experienced early immersion that shaped his soulful style and genre-blending instincts. ... Read More

Dangerous Minds / Buena Vista Pictures Distribution (1995)

Dangerous Minds – Looking Back 30 Years Later

Jason RhodeJason RhodeSeptember 28, 2025

In the late summer of 1995, many geared up to head to the theaters to catch the buzzworthy new film Dangerous Minds. A film with Michelle Pfeiffer as the lead, the anticipation was plausible before Dangerous Minds’ release on August 15, 1995, thanks to Coolio’s ... Read More

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes/ 20th Century Studios (2024)

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (Movie Review)

Jason RhodeJason RhodeOctober 2, 2024

The original Planet of the Apes franchise began with the 1968 film Planet of the Apes in which astronaut George Taylor (Charlton Heston) crash lands on a planet ruled by apes and befriends two chimpanzees who help him discover the truth. This was followed by ... Read More

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Ice Cube – Man Up (Album Review)

Wolf Alice – The Clearing (Album Review)

Jon B. – Waiting on You (Album Review)

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (Movie Review)

Ice Cube – Man Up (Album Review)

Wolf Alice – The Clearing (Album Review)

Jon B. – Waiting on You (Album Review)

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (Movie Review)

This Month in Horror Movie History – Terror Train (1980)

This Month in Horror Movie History – The Prophecy (1995)

This Month in Horror Movie History – The Abyss (1989)

Developing Artist Showcase – Red Voodoo

Developing Artist Showcase – Glitterfox

Developing Artist Showcase – Deadcode

Interview – Ms. Toi

Interview – Craig R. Baxley

Interview – Drop & Ben Nominet of Sybreed

Police Academy 3: Back in Training – Still Laughing 40 Years Later

Blackwater Holylight – Not Here Not Gone (Album Review)

Harry Styles – Aperture (Single Review)

Favorite Horror Movies Revealed: Mackenzie Donaldson

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