Jeffrey Rousseau

Earlier this week Matthew “2 Mello” Hopkins released his latest album; Memories of Tokyo-To. It’s a love letter to Jet Set Radio and the musical impact it had on Mello. With his y…

Today, one of my favorite producers Matthew “2 Mello” Hopkins released his latest project; Memories of Tokyo-To: An Ode To Jet Set Radio. The album is in dedication to Jet Set Radio (JS…

To expand our listening universe, I believe it’s crucial to hear everything(try to) available. So to that end, I realized I’ve mostly and mainly spoke about male artists in my blog̵…

Welcome to the second portion of Maestras of Music Volume 1. For the curious, you’ll find part 1 here and part three here. When formatting this piece, I was thinking. This feature alone (it&#…

Welcome to the final part of this feature (part one here and part two here) I hope you’ve enjoyed/appreciated the music so far. In this feature, I mentioned how the listening public tends to …

After the release of his second EP of 2017, Great Guy DX, I felt the time was right to know Jowin better. For those whom don’t Jowin is a musical artist and creative in every sense of the wor…

This past December 7-10, Art Basel descended Miami, Florida. In case you don’t know, it’s one of the premiere art exhibitions in the world. Also, the only location in the US it takes pl…

When you think of Seattle a few things pop into mind. Ok, there’s wet winters and dry summer. There’s also the Space Needle. Aside from the weather the seaport city has had some key inf…

Today. Lions Ambition released a music video for their song Nimbus from their EP Portrait of a Muse. Directed by Reid Graham. Before we get into that, I’d like to introduce you to Lion’…

I’ve hardly come across artists that have been more upfront about their aesthetics then Maverick da Roninn. All things geek culture is what he embraces and celebrates. Nearly all of his music…

Music, as you know can be anything & literally everything. Artists take the opportunity to share their thoughts on the world — or serve as an extension of their beliefs. No subject is eve…

So a few posts ago I sat down to analyze radio.wavs volume 3. Today, I continue to shine a light on the unique collection of artists. The collation released vol.4 on 4/20/17. Note: The album art is…

With how prevailing music is you can have conversations with anyone about it. Now that may go so far as maybe popular music or trends only. However my place on the internet isn’t built for th…

What spurs an album to reach nearly 40 tracks? The talent? Motivation to do great? The drive to represent? Maybe this is scratching the surface of what inspired the creation Radio.wavs Volume 3. Ra…

You ever listen to an album and get the strong sense of how long it took to create? I know, that’s a weird question to ask. Still though, maybe 2 years? More? These were the questions that ca…

Welcome to the final installment of the Better Rhymes 2017 Vol. 1 collection. So far I’ve presented soul/funk/pop songs to you, and then hip hop/rap. So what’s left? Well the most impor…

Welcome to second part of Better Rhymes 2017 Volume 1 playlist. Part 1 was essentially soulful music to vibe to. Now for part 2, this will be wholly hiphop oriented. The artists featured here will …

Now that its half way through March were a few months into 2017. Now for personal or not so personal reasons things might be going well for you, might be lame or its just going. So music again offe…

As music continues to keep evolving artists can no longer fit into a certain label or genre. These days it’s more apt to say someone works with in a series of sounds. Labeling is too restrict…

Welcome to the continuation of my listening of influential artists I’ve discovered in 2016. Originally the post numbered more than 3000 words. For readers that asking a lot so I decided to ma…