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KEVIN GATES

Album: ‘By Any Means 2’

By Noah Hawke September 29, 2017

★★★★☆ There are few musicians who can claim to have put out a full-length mixtape from prison — and even fewer who can say that it is among their finest works. But Baton Rouge, La. rapper...

JUICY J

Album: ‘Highly Intoxicated’

By Noah Hawke September 22, 2017

★★★☆☆ Juicy J dropped his new mixtape “Highly Intoxicated” on Monday as an exclusive release on DatPiff, a free online mixtape distribution platform that specializes in hip-hop and...

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Concert Review: MHD

By Alexandra Brunjes September 19, 2017

At just 22 years old, French rapper Mohamed Sylla, better known by his stage name, MHD, is already making his mark on the international music scene. The rising star performed at U Street Music Hall...

MADEINTYO

Album: ‘True’s World’

By Noah Hawke September 15, 2017

★★★☆☆ Just over a year ago, Malcolm Davis, better known as MadeinTYO, emerged from relative anonymity in the mainstream music scene with his hit single, “Uber Everywhere.” Within months,...

ATLANTIC RECORDS

Album Review: ‘Luv is Rage 2’

By Noah Hawke September 8, 2017

Noah Hawke is a Hoya Staff Writer. ★★★★☆ Riding on the success of his greatest hit and song of the summer, “XO Tour Llif3,” hip-hop artist Lil Uzi Vert has finally dropped his highly...

RCA RECORDS

Album: ‘Cozy Tapes Vol. 2: Too Cozy’

By Mac Dressman September 8, 2017

Mac Dressman is a Hoya Staff Writer. ★★☆☆☆ The title of A$AP Mob’s latest album may be telling — it is as if the group got “too cozy” after the success of its latest album,...

U STREET MUSIC HALL FACEBOOK

Go-Go Going Nowhere

By Noah Hawke and Mac Dressman September 1, 2017

Frenetic drum beats, cheering and chanting pour out onto U Street. The sounds emanate from the insides of theaters, clubs and performance halls, where masses of Washington, D.C. music fans sing and...

Album Review: ‘Painting Pictures’

By Noah Hawke June 5, 2017

★★☆☆☆ Born in 1997, Dieuson Octave — better known by his stage name, Kodak Black — is younger than many Georgetown students. Although still new to the rap industry, the rapper has...

Album Review: ‘Humanz’

By Liam O'Donnell June 4, 2017

★★★☆☆ When the British virtual band Gorillaz began recording its fifth studio album, “Humanz,” in 2016, its creators, Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, invited collaborators to join...

Album Review: ‘DAMN.’

By Tom Garzillo April 30, 2017

★★★★★ At the end of “Ab-Soul’s Outro,” the penultimate track on Kendrick Lamar’s 2011 debut album “Section.80,” the Compton, Calif. rapper emphatically declared, “I’m not...

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Artists Take A Stand in 2016-17

By Meena Raman and Dani Guerrero April 21, 2017

Art, as a form of public speech, is inherently political and engages with existing thoughts and ideologies. After a remarkably eventful year in the political and social spheres, art and culture have naturally...

MIGOS

Concert Review: Migos

By Liam O'Donnell March 24, 2017

“Migos is bigger than the Beatles.” What started as a satirical comparison has become a near serious debate. Sparked by the inescapable single “Bad and Boujee,” which topped the Billboard charts...

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