Jack Harlow, ‘Sundown’ | Track Review
There’s a hot, rising rapper from Kentucky and his name is Jack Harlow. He may not look the part of a rapper, but he proves he’s ‘got bars’ on “Sundown.”
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There’s a hot, rising rapper from Kentucky and his name is Jack Harlow. He may not look the part of a rapper, but he proves he’s ‘got bars’ on “Sundown.”
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Rising LA-based pop artist Anthony Russo continues to build a name for himself with his latest short, sweet, and slick, urban-pop single, “I Jusswon.”
Evergreen, Colorado-bred, Los Angeles, California-based singer/songwriter Anthony Starble sounds angelic on his emotional, radiant ballad, “Paperweight.”
Fort Collins, CO indie rock band Race to Neptune impresses on their adventurous, distorted, and at times, retro-sounding EP, ‘Abandon Fashion.’
Rising Los Angeles electro-pop artist and social change advocate Holander shows tremendous potential on her short, but hella sweet single, “Smoke.”
In a week where not much is going down on the Billboard 200 or the Billboard Hot 100 Charts, Drake continues to ‘own the summer.’
Embattled R&B icon R. Kelly comes over as totally inept on his self-centered, utterly disgraceful, 19-minute ‘admission’ track, “I Admit.”
NYC-based indie pop artist Nina Luna compels on her self-described ‘sultry, bittersweet, slow-jam for the dog days of summer,’ “Keep Me.”