Lav's Music Corner

CZARFACE is the collaborative hip hop project of Boston duo 7L and Esoteric alongside New York MC and Wu-Tang member Inspectah Deck. The group had a few records under their belt already before originally collaborating with hip hop legend MF DOOM on 2018's Czarafce Meets Metal Face . Since then they released a handful of other projects including a critically successful team up with fwllow Wu-Tang alum Ghostface Killah in 2019. Super What?  is the first time we have heard new MF DOOM music since it was announced at the tail end of last year that he had passed away, and its unclear how much material he left behind.  Review By Lav: While I've always been a fan of CZARFACE, most of the hype I had going into this record was for hearing MF DOOM again. I have all the respect in the world for DOOM's talent and was incredibly broken up by his passing. On top of my admiration for his work I also enjoyed his previous collaboration with the CZARFACE boys. There was no reason for me to t...

Raekwon AKA The Chef is a New York rapper and founding member of legendary hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan. He delivered some of the most exciting and iconic performances in the groups history and since then has found critical success with his Only Built 4 Cuban Linx  pair of records. His most recent solo record was 2017's The Wild  and he made few appearances on the most recent Wu-Tang EP's and records. Review By Lavender: Who isn't excited for more music from The Chef. Even though his last record The Wild  wasn't perfect he proved on numerous tracks that he still had it and to this day is one of the most exciting Wu-Tang members to catch as a feature. Unfortunately The Appetition  is short but very rarely sweet. The opening and closing songs both fall short of the reputation The Chef himself has earned. Solid Gold  comes off as just kind of lazy in almost all parts. The hook is well sung but not at all well written and while Raekwon's performance is a...

After a slow one last week we kick it into high gear with 7 new releases across all genres and quality expectations. Let's get into it. 7. "Ogilala" William Patrick Corgan Better known as Billy Corgan the frontman of once great rock band Smashing Pumpkins, the music has certainly gone downhill as the line up of musicians surrounding Corgan constantly changed over the years. Though he's far from heyday he also hasn't crashed yet and even though some of his most recent work is just plain boring, it's not outright bad, here's to hoping he can turn it around for a late career comeback effect, but I wouldn't hold my breath. 6. "Carry Fire" Robert Plant Here we are again, this time Plant of the great Led Zeppelin is dropping his 11th album as a solo artist. Coming off a solo career high point in 2014 with Lullaby... And The Ceasless Roar it's an uphill battle to expect Plant will come back with a classic. The singles have been managab...