Author: Demetrios
Where Lo-fi Hip-Hop and Trap Have Begun to Intersect
Follow @DopeGoAnywhere For a hip-hop subgenre that for years was so unabashedly dusty – even avant garde at times – a surprising pattern has emerged in the lo-fi scene. Slums…
AnywhereTheDopeGo Best Albums of Mid Year 2024 – Staff Picks
Follow @DopeGoAnywhere Demetrios’ List – It’s obviously been a crazy start to the year for hip-hop. It seems the culture is beating Twitter’s allegations that it’s a dying genre. A…
Once You Hear Blade Icewood, You’ll Never Listen to Detroit Trap the Same
Follow @DopeGoAnywhere Detroit trap is arguably the hottest thing in rap since the new decade began. Often with upbeat production, skittery Bay-influenced flows, and over the top punchlines, it’s given…
Concert Review: Atmosphere – Tour De Friends (Cincinnati, 4/26/24)
Follow @DopeGoAnywhere The Midwest, and Cincinnati in particular, is special to Atmosphere – and Atmosphere is important to us. That’s why it’s no surprise that their Tour De Friends show…
Concert Review: Bad Bunny – Most Wanted Tour (Louisville, 4/22/24)
Follow @DopeGoAnywhere On April 22, thousands descended upon the University of Louisville’s KFC Yum! Center to catch a (somewhat rare, for this region) glimpse of the unparalleled star that is…
The Lexicons of Hip-Hop Cult Followings
Follow @DopeGoAnywhere One of the coolest aspects of any music culture is the way a secret code develops among its loyal fans. There was a time when everybody was wearing…
Mickey Diamond 2023 Recap Playlist
Follow @DopeGoAnywhere Detroit MC and Umbrella Collective figurehead Mickey Diamond was as busy as ever in 2023. Since breaking out in 2021, he’s been dropping a steady stream of shorter…
AJ Suede 2023 Recap Playlist
Follow @DopeGoAnywhere The ascent of AJ Suede over the past few years has been a fun journey to follow. The Seattle MC simply can’t be pinned down due to his…
Bruiser Wolf – My Story Got Stories (Review)
Follow @DopeGoAnywhere The arrival of Bruiser Wolf’s second album My Story Got Stories has been long awaited – not just because Bruiser came out swinging with a rookie of the…
AnywhereTheDopeGo Best Albums of 2023 – Staff Picks
Follow @DopeGoAnywhere Demetrios’ List – The constant nagging topic this year has been that hip-hop has “fallen off”, even on its 50th anniversary. While it might not have been the…
Turich Benjy and the Newfound Cincinnati Cloud Rap Scene
Follow @DopeGoAnywhere While Cincinnati has had its’ share of notable hip-hop artists breakout over the years, it’s a shame that it never developed a clear scene the way you might…
CEO Trayle, Warhol.SS, and Regionalism in Modern Hip-Hop
Follow @DopeGoAnywhere It’s funny that over the last 30 plus years of hip-hop, an artist’s hometown is still equated to their subgenre. The overblown East Coast / West Coast beef…
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