My favorite verses from each Brockhampton member + Power Ranger Comparisons

Brockhampton, the boy band taking the internet by storm! 

Brockhampton has quickly become one of my favorite hip hop collectives boy bands ever. Their breakout albums "Saturation", "Saturation 2" (and now "Saturation 3") have garnered considerable attention and for good reason too. It's catchy, it's addictive and their background story is very interesting.

Movie Review #1 - Justice League (2017)

Today I will be reviewing the 2017 movie "Justice League" in my very first movie review on this blog!

Yeah, I review movies too sometimes, wanna fight about it? Hip Hop & Other Things, I keep reminding y'all.

A TL;DR of this review: Justice League deserved more justice. 

Why do I say that? Well...

LET'S START FROM THE BEGINNING...

It was the day after Thanksgiving (11/24/17) and my friend really wanted to go see Justice League...

Concert Review #2 - Enrique Iglesias & Pitbull @ The Forum on 10/27/17

My experience at the Enrique Iglesias & Pitbull concert!

"DALÉ!"... I'm very disappointed Pitbull didn't yell that 100 times in to the microphone as he danced and sweated in his $1000 suit (I'm just estimating, I'm sure Pitbull's suits son muy caros)


LET'S START FROM THE BEGINNING...

I'm probably the last person on earth that ever thought they would go see Pitbull, much less Enrique Iglesias AND Pitbull live in concert at the Inglewood Forum.

But after a few drinks after a funeral, decisions were made, and lo and behold (I notice I like saying that) my father and I ended up with four free tickets to an Enrique Iglesias and Pitbull concert...

4 Songs I've been playing this month: October 2017

The 4 songs I'm currently bumping in my vehicular automobile!

Okay, yes, I stole this idea from Youtuber Shawn Cee, but I am going to give him credit. I was "inspired" to do this by his series "5 songs I'm listening to". I doubt he'll see this post, but in the rare chance he does. 'Sup Shawn. Anyway, check out his Youtube channel here.

Basically, I wanted to talk about some songs that I'm currently feeling at the moment. Whether it'd be new or old, I feel like my tastes are wide and expansive enough that it'd be interesting to discuss them, plus, it's a short form way of writing about music, which I love to do.

Lately, I've been constantly playing these 4 songs in my car, or in my headphones. I notice I tend to have a small rotation of songs I consistently keep playing week to week.

Let's start with the newest song on here (which is Ski Mask's song) and work backwards to the oldest song on here...

(Throwback) Concert Review #1 - Kendrick Lamar's DAMN. tour

My DAMN. tour review

After seeing Travis Scott's lackluster performance, Kendrick came in and saved the day, thank goodness he was the headliner.

Basically, I went to go see Kendrick Lamar, & Travis Scott on the DAMN. tour (missed DRAM, but I didn't really care) on Tuesday, August 8th, 2017 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

Here's a picture of my ticket...

VVV, Vol. 3 (R&B Edition) - SZA, Syd, Bryson Tiller & Sabrina Claudio

The first R&B projects that I'll be reviewing in this very special edition of Very Velocious Verdicts!

I named this blog "Hip Hop and Other Things" for a reason. Variety is the spice of life, and even I, an avid hip hop fan, can get "burnt out" or "tired" of the genre from time to time.

Which is why I'm switching it up and reviewing R&B projects that have come out this year. A couple projects that are well known (SZA, Bryson Tiller) and a couple that are not so well known as the aforementioned well known projects (Syd, Sabrina Claudio).

As far as R&B as a whole goes. I do have my episodes where I listen to exclusively R&B for like a week or so. Obviously, I'm more experienced in listening to hip hop BUT music is music, and a lot of the times, R&B and Hip Hop intersect so much the line between the 2 genres become one giant smear. 

But I've talked for long enough, let's get to reviewing these R&B projects in the very non hip hop edition of VVV!

Let's start with SZA...

My Top 10 Hip Hop Songs of 2017 (So Far) + Honorable Mentions

It's time for My top 10 hip hop songs of 2017 (so far)

Time FLIES By

It's already MIDYEAR List Season. Yes, 2017 is already halfway dead and gone. And as we approach the 2nd half of the year, I want to reflect on what the year has given me so far in Hip Hop Music and more. These are my top 10 songs of 2017 (so far).

As always...we must start with the honorable mentions (there are 2) for this mid year list.

HONORABLE MENTION #1...