That New New (New York) Rap
(I painted this over the weekend.) It’s me, Iswayski. This time around we’re going to dive into some New York rap. In general, hip hop is in a good place right now. Whether you’re looking for some...
View ArticleAzonto Keeps The Beats Bangin
(GIF via Art Becomes You) Got some more Iswayski for ya! Today’s focus is Azonto beats. The Ghana dance that’s been wildly popular for the past few years continues to result in a lot of good music....
View ArticleGood Bread’s Nadus Talks Jersey Club, EDM, and Trap
This will be the first in a regular series of interviews with the artists from my Good Bread compilation that Dutty Artz released a couple months back. We start with Nadus, a young producer from...
View ArticleJ Beats Is Good Bread: Cape Verdean Music From Brockton
J Beats is a Cape Verdean artist living in Brockton, Mass. The first songs of his that I came across, including “Strawberry,” struck me for having so much in common to the beat music coming out of LA....
View ArticleFaces Of Good Bread: Knox The Band
Knox is a sister-brother duo from Massachusetts. When I first came across their music I was covering the scene in Bushwick for a local rag, and they were staying in the neighborhood. All their music...
View ArticleLivewire is Good Bread!
“We used to cut school and just listen to music all day,” says Livewire of his youth in Grenada. Although the small Caribbean island has a strong musical heritage of its own, he was heavily inspired by...
View ArticleFaces Of Good Bread: Boody
The homie Boody is a Manhattan native who’s worked with a number of Dutty Artz favs like Scheme from Old Money, Le1f, and more. With Scheme, he ran the club oriented Palms Out Sounds record label and...
View ArticleGood Bread’s Nadus Talks Jersey Club, EDM, and Trap
This will be the first in a regular series of interviews with the artists from my Good Bread compilation that Dutty Artz released a couple months back. We start with Nadus, a young producer from...
View ArticleJ Beats Is Good Bread: Cape Verdean Music From Brockton
J Beats is a Cape Verdean artist living in Brockton, Mass. The first songs of his that I came across, including “Strawberry,” struck me for having so much in common to the beat music coming out of...
View ArticleFaces Of Good Bread: Knox The Band
Knox is a sister-brother duo from Massachusetts. When I first came across their music I was covering the scene in Bushwick for a local rag, and they were staying in the neighborhood. All their music...
View ArticleLivewire is Good Bread!
“We used to cut school and just listen to music all day,” says Livewire of his youth in Grenada. Although the small Caribbean island has a strong musical heritage of its own, he was heavily inspired...
View ArticleFaces Of Good Bread: Boody
The homie Boody is a Manhattan native who’s worked with a number of Dutty Artz favs like Scheme from Old Money, Le1f, and more. With Scheme, he ran the club oriented Palms Out Sounds record label and...
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