THE #GEEKSWAG AWARDS [Best Hip-Hop of 2016]: Soundtrack 4 Tha Geekz.

1. Aesop Rock - The Impossible Kid - In addition to the brunt of Aesop Rock’s stilted, often second-person conversations (“you’re dreaming of Arcadia, you’re feeling like a baby tooth/ Awaiting panacea, channeling your inner Beowulf”) the rapper seems to be having a lot more fun behind the boards, too. Tracks like “Kirby”, “Waters Tower” …

SCHOOLBOY Q / CUT CHEMIST / BLU & NOTTZ / UGLY HEROES [#GeekSwag Reviews]: Yah! Yah! Yah!

There isn’t much to say about the new ScHoolBoy Q album, Blank Face LP. Now, that’s not to say that the album isn’t dope as hell. There just isn’t much about it that is new or shocking. It feels like the same story is being told. Not even a different part of the same story; …

#NerdSwag [Reviews]: ScHoolboy Q / Prince Po & Oh No / Nino Bless

Yow! Welcome to another episode of #NerdSwag, hip-hop reviews from the "geek" perspective -- oftentimes a very "thug/geek" perspective. Confused? Good. Then you'll love our first album, which blends the very best/worst of "trap music" and witty indie-nerd lyricism. Oxymoron is a crazy record, and certainly sets the stage for our bizarre selections of the …