As we begin a new year with the government still shut down, American politicians still apologizing for white supremacy, and inner cities still embroiled in turmoil, the Age of Crisis carries on. And there's nothing better to complement my blog post than the Age of Crisis playlist. While I had hoped to have every track … Continue reading In Steady Curation: Hip-Hop in the Age of Crisis Playlist
In Steady Curation: Past is Present
In the whirlwind of grad school, I often found solace in scrolling through my SoundCloud feed and cranking the volume. I fended off the stress of assignments, transcended the chaos of my surroundings, and escaped the exhaustion of the intellectual vortex. Now that I've shattered those chains, I've been trying to show a little love … Continue reading In Steady Curation: Past is Present
In Steady Curation: From Texas, With Love
Since moving to the Lone Star Republic, life has been busy. Really busy. It's fair to say that I underestimated the intensity of graduate school and have only recently been calming from my whirlwind of learning. My intellectual trial-by-fire and the drastic change of schedule jolted me from my routines, many of which included this blog. … Continue reading In Steady Curation: From Texas, With Love
In Steady Curation Returns
There have been some absolutely insane hip-hop gems that have dropped in the last few months. On a walk home a few months ago, "Black Friday", a Kendrick/J.Cole collabo hit my headphones and I knew that any In Steady Curation would need to begin with that track. From there, it just gets better as you'll … Continue reading In Steady Curation Returns
In Steady Curation: Summer 2015
I fully admit it: I am downright shitty at keeping this damn blog updated. I could provide a litany of excuses, but I think the most important one is that my computer died about three weeks ago (which is a fact). I've been doing double duty trying to maintain both professional and personal digital perusing on … Continue reading In Steady Curation: Summer 2015
In Steady Curation: Spring 2015
Happy belated birthday United States! We're celebrating here at In Steady Rotation with the exciting news that the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team has taken home the Gold for the World Cup! Apart from this surprise development, July 4th always is the final departure from spring and acknowledge that the summer is in full effect. We encourage … Continue reading In Steady Curation: Spring 2015
In Steady Rotation Gets Live
The last few months have been a whirlwind of extensive traveling, workshops and networking, and other spontaneous adventures. In the interest of continuing to answer all prospective experiential inquiries in the affirmative, I ended up seeing some pretty dope hip-hop performances from February through May. The highlight was most certainly the Trinity International Hip-Hop Festival in Hartford, … Continue reading In Steady Rotation Gets Live
In Steady Curation: Winter 2015
It has been a scorching hot minute since I've put together a curated list of head-nodding hip-hop music. And for that, I apologize. But thank god for SoundCloud! I liked and reposted every track that had my noggin shaking up and down like the hip-hop nerd that I've always been. And shake it did! The freezing cold months … Continue reading In Steady Curation: Winter 2015
In Steady Curation: October 2014
October seemed like a surprising breakout month for our beautiful city of Boston. Tracks from Avenue, Michael Christmas, and Black El managed to shove their way into my Soundcloud feed, and Rhode Island, the little engine that could, chugged out a few solid bangers from mixtapes soon to be released in November. Aside from … Continue reading In Steady Curation: October 2014
In Steady Curation: September 2014
Whoa there's a lot of awesome tracks to be had on the September playlist, from a stellar new joint by the always reflective Mick Jenkins to even better standouts from artists like Grande Marshall and Little Simz. One of my surprise finds included "Golden State of Mind" by Fashawn with Dom Kennedy, that didn't … Continue reading In Steady Curation: September 2014
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