Peter Berry

2 weeks ago | stereogum.com | Peter Berry

For all his vaguely quirky medieval imagery, Zukenee’s music is grounded in the more recent past. Hailing from Atlanta, the rapper who calls himself a Slayer — an alias and aesthetic that probably triples as a lifestyle or even quadruples as a philosophy — would’ve been either an idea or a mischievous lil’ squirt when I heard Trap Muzik, Trap House, or Trap Or Die for the first time.

1 month ago | stereogum.com | Peter Berry

skip to main content (In the most decisive, unironic voice possible): It takes a certain level of intelligence to understand Playboi Carti. To me — ahem, a seasoned music critic you should never doubt because I’m always right — his talent’s always been as clear as his flawless skin.

2 months ago | stereogum.com | Peter Berry

If you ask any rapper, basically ever, they’re underrated. No one gave them their props for inventing that style everybody uses. They paved the way for your favorite rapper to do that shit they do now, and also, they’re your favorite rapper’s favorite rapper. And they’ve got the biggest dick, which really isn’t talked about enough.

Dec 4, 2024 | udiscovermusic.com | Peter Berry

You can’t understand the fire and brimstone of DMX’s most famous songs unless you also take into account his moments of quiet grace. On each of his first six albums, DMX released prayers that were as lucid as they were jarring – diametric opposites to the bullet-riddled euphoria elsewhere. Abandoning his typically pummelling instrumentals, DMX would wade into the eternity of the microphone with a naked vulnerability, pleading to the sky for guidance.

Nov 24, 2024 | au.lifestyle.yahoo.com | Peter Berry

Peter A. Berry24 November 2024 at 12:57 pm·6-min readMidway through his snarling Drake diss, “Not Like Us,” Kendrick Lamar issued a succinct, but forceful personal mandate: “Sometimes you gotta pop out and show n—as.” It was both a plan of action and a self-fulfilling mandate.