thebrainyfiasco talks music

KOD, an acronym for “Kids on Drugs,” “King Overdose” and “Kill our Demons.” The album is a stylistic shift for J. Cole. For a purpose that is. It consists of trap flows and trap based production with lyricism focused on drug culture that has enamored the rap world and the kids partaking in it.  He […]

When Kanye dropped The Life of Pablo, it received a polarized reaction, maybe not as polarizing as when he dropped Yeezus, but polarizing either way. The album has messy compositions, raw production with gospel influences and random disjointed sounds, which does not necessarily seem like a good thing, but it is. At least for me […]

“Potato Salad” featuring A$AP Rocky, was released earlier this year. A single with a name that you would expect from Tyler, the Creator. If you listened to his earlier albums you would expect it to be a nonsensical rather loud, rather harsh sounding song. But with the musical shift that Tyler went through with his […]

When Childish Gambino dropped Awaken, My Love! on December 2nd, 2016, no one knew what was in store. The world just expected a rap album done in proper Gambino fashion, something a little different but more or less “rap.” But what he chose to release was a funk, psychedelic soul infused album with R&B elements, […]

The College Dropout, is the debut studio album by Kanye West. Released in 2004, it was something different, it had gospel elements and R&B samples, it introduced us to the world of Kanyes “chipmunk soul” production style and on the album he spoke about religion, sexuality, race relations, there was social commentary and topics of […]

Frank Ocean is a prime example of an artist’s artist. He stays true to his work, be it music, art, videos, poems and so on. Not only does he do that but his music is just amazing. A mix of eclectic R&B and soul, infused with pop structures and hip hop inspired with him creating […]

In my opinion, the record that forever changed how I felt about mixtapes and Mac Miller is Faces, a mixtape he dropped in 2014. I always enjoyed his music but never really placed him high on my favorite rapper list. But then Faces dropped and it was just so good. It’s an amazing piece of art and is […]

A dark eeriness exists in every one of us, a sense of longing that maybe not all of us think of at every waking moment, yet still exists. As it does for J. Cole. The introspective bard of hip-hop is known to shy away from controversy and the public eye while still being braggadocios and […]