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Adeboye Adeoye

Adeboye Adeoye is a student at the University of Georgia studying Economics, Sociology, and Music Business. As an avid playlist maker, he always looks for connections and themes across albums and genres. He listens primarily to Hip Hop but enjoys R&B, Neo-Soul, Pop, Afrobeats, Indie, and more beyond that as well.

Review: MAVI: ‘Let the Sun Talk’

Posted on May 27, 2023May 28, 2023 by Adeboye Adeoye

An undergraduate student at Howard University at the time, Charlotte-born rapper MAVI released his 2019 album Let the Sun Talk just a week after his twentieth birthday. He is considered by many to make abstract hip-hop. It’s a hard-to-define sub-genre but some shared qualities amongst its artists, songs, and projects are pushing sonic boundaries, emphasizing…

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Show Review: Earthday Everyday 2023

Posted on May 23, 2023May 23, 2023 by Adeboye Adeoye

On April 22, Afterglo held its second annual Earthday Everyday music festival at Live Wire Athens. It was a busy day in Athens, coinciding with Normaltown Music Festival, Highlight Athens, and Athens Twilight Criterium. Starting at 2 p.m., a multi-genre lineup of artists took to the outside stages, with attention turning to the inside stage…

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Review: UGA MBUS Students: 2023 Spring Releases

Posted on April 18, 2023April 18, 2023 by Adeboye Adeoye

As a part of the University of Georgia’s Music Business Certificate Program, I am lucky enough to be classmates with a host of musicians and performers. So here, I want to highlight a few recent releases from my talented classmates. Bea Porges is a singer-songwriter with a penchant for layered, relatable lyrics. Backed by fellow…

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Review: Common: “Be”

Posted on April 11, 2023May 27, 2023 by Adeboye Adeoye

Be. It’s a simple message, a direct command. And, it also happens to be the title of Chicago rapper Common‘s 2005 album: Be. Common explained the title of his album in a 2005 interview, stating: The album is entitled BE because the hardest thing to do is to be yourself, although many think it’s the easiest it’s…

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Review: Musiq Soulchild & Hit-Boy: ‘Victims and Villains’

Posted on March 22, 2023March 24, 2023 by Adeboye Adeoye

Following a six-year hiatus from releasing his own music, Musiq Soulchild returned to the scene in early March 2023. Victims and Villains is a collab album with producer Hit-Boy. This new album comes nearly 23 years after the release of his debut studio album Aijuswanaseing (I just wanna sing), but he still continues his E.E….

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Review: Blu & Exile: ‘Below the Heavens’

Posted on February 22, 2023February 23, 2023 by Adeboye Adeoye

Below The Heavens is a phrase that immediately strikes one when they read it. Coincidentally, it is the title of the 2007 debut album of Los Angeles rapper-producer duo Blu & Exile. Looking back at Hip Hop in the 2000s, we can place most popular rappers into one of two lanes. Flashy and “hardened” MCs…

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Review: Little Simz: ‘NO THANK YOU’

Posted on February 8, 2023February 2, 2023 by Adeboye Adeoye

Little Simz closed out 2022 with the release of her fifth studio album NO THANK YOU. Announced just one week before its release, the 50-minute album was subsequently accompanied by a ten-minute short film. Simz, an English rapper born to Nigerian parents, is an independent artist who released her first album in 2013. Now, at…

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