TasteMaker Tuesdays


21
Sep 10

TasteMaker Tuesdays: J.A. – Murder-1 Freestyle

So I got this email from one of my cooler Twitter peeps and I’m going to be honest…..as I hit play, I was hoping it wasn’t going to be something I would have to pretend to like. Lo and behold, this kid is kinda nice. Michigan emcee J.A. is releasing several freestyles as part of his “Saturday Morning Line-Up” series. He will be dropping joints every Saturday leading up to his upcoming debut album, Hello Saturday. Check it out as he ‘goes in’ (I hate that phrase) over J. Cole’s “Premeditated Murder” and let us know what you think.


31
Aug 10

TasteMakerTuesdays: Signif – The Transition

<a href="http://signif.bandcamp.com/track/the-transition">The Transition by SigNif</a>

Yep, its Tuesday….you know what that means. A feature from an artist you should know. And I actually feel like a dufus (yea, I said dufus) for just finding out about Signif seeing that I’ve been following her on twitter since Reagan was in office. When I asked her why I didn’t know about her rhyming before today, she simply and humbly replied:

So there you have it, check out Signif. She’s dope and from Milwaukee and is humble as all upcoming artists should be (Mr. KingKun please take notes).

Signif’s Bandcamp page
Bonus video


17
Aug 10

TasteMaker Tuesdays: Tiara Thomas – Forever Acoustic (Drake Cover)

Ok, so technically I’m not sure if I can really count this as a tastemaker Tuesday since it is usually about undiscovered talent. Tiara isn’t really undiscovered as she was just on Wale’s recent redemption mixtape, More About Nothing, on a song titled ‘The Cloud’.

But what you may not know is that Tiara rhymes too. She’s like 2/3 of The Fugees…..err I mean she’s like The Fugees wrapped up into one artist (sorry Pras). I’m willing to bet my next paycheck that Tiara will be making some noise in the industry soon to come.

p.s. Tiara, please stay away from Aftermath and Dr. Dre….thanks.

Tiara’s YouTube