Best of 2011 in local hip-hop and R&B: Gerrick D. Kennedy
While I too was moved by Adele’s visceral heartbreak, the indulgence of Kanye and Jay’s “… in Paris” and obsessed over Beyonce’s frenetic “Countdown,” I became more intrigued by a crop of L.A.-based artists and their genre-pushing, urban grooves.
L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — While I too was moved by Adele’s visceral heartbreak, the indulgence of Kanye and Jay’s “… in Paris” and obsessed over Beyonce’s frenetic “Countdown,” I b... more info