#danny barely featured whoops

[such-expensive-mistakes]

At this point in her life, Lois has a pretty high threshold for weird. She has an alien-slash-superhero for a husband, a half alien for a son, and her husband's clone for a... family of some sort. Honestly, she still doesn't quite know where she stands with Kon.

That's not the point. The point is this: Lois is walking home, mentally composing the beginning to her current story, when she sees a glowing green portal open up. It's late afternoon on a weekday, but this neighborhood is nearly deserted, and the few other people on the street turn and hurry in the other direction-- an entirely sensible reaction, especially in a city that has seen as much alien bullshit as Metropolis

Lois, however, has never been particularly sensible. She runs straight towards the green portal.

A figure stumbles out, just as she reaches the portal. The portal blinks out of existence and the figure collapses.

On instinct, Lois reaches out and catches the figure. They look like a teenage boy, with white hair and wearing what looks like a superhero costume of some kind. He's light, by human standards at least, though Lois has no idea if he's even human to begin with.

She carefully lowers the boy to the ground next to her and pulls out her cellphone.

"Clark," she says. "I think you need to come see this."

------

At this point in their lives, no one even tries to argue with Lois about whether she should be on the Watchtower. It's a little disappointing; she could use a good argument to distract herself.

Instead, she's standing in the medbay, looking through a reinforced window at the kid she found. She's not allowed in the room with him, in case he's dangerous, but she can't quite bring herself to leave.

She's never been able to ignore a mystery.

It's only because she's still watching that she sees it happen: a flash of light, and suddenly he's just a dark haired teenager in a slightly dirty hoodie.

The doctors in the room with him flurry about, presumably trying to figure out how this fits into what little they've figured out about his physiology.

She's not sure how much longer she stands there, watching. Long enough that her desire to stick around and find out more has begun to war with the practical side of herself that reminds her of all of her other responsibilities. She has work tomorrow, and Jon has school and there's no way he's done his homework without someone reminding him, and--

"Lois?"

She startles, surprised, and turns to see Clark, his face lined with worry.

"Doctor Lewis wants to talk to us," he says.

Lois lets Clark lead the way; she doesn't usually find herself on the Watchtower unless it's an emergency, and doesn't know her way around as well as he does. He leads her into a small office, where a tiny brunette woman is frowning at a tablet.

"I don't know how much help I'll be," Lois says. "I didn't even get the chance to talk to him."

Doctor Lewis's face does something complicated. Then she says, "I don't know how to say this, so I'm just going to say it. We ran some blood tests on the boy-- standard procedure in this kind of situation, you know, find out if he's human or something else we have record of--" Lewis cuts herself off and briefly closes her eyes. "We got a hit off of his DNA."

"Another clone?" Clark asks, frowning.

"No," Doctor Lewis says. "He's a perfect match for Dan-El."

Clark makes a sound like he's been punched-- except Clark is invulnerable; a punch would have hurt less than this. Lois-- she doesn't know what she's feeling.

"How sure are you?" she demands.

"Ninety-nine percent," the doctor says. "I can't guarantee he's the one that originated in this universe, but--"

Lois doesn't wait to hear what else she has to say. She turns in her heel and strides back toward the medbay. She's faintly aware of a few heroes and other personnel she pushes out of her way, but they don't really register. They don't matter. Nothing matters, except this: her oldest son is alive.

-----

They don't talk about Daniel.

There's nothing to talk about.

It's not the healthiest way to handle grief, Lois knows, but it's the only way they could manage. The few months after he was taken, she and Clark barely talked. Their few conversations turned into arguments turned into tears and recriminations. Clark blamed himself for not being able to save Daniel, and on her worst days, Lois did too.

For a while, it seemed like they were careening toward divorce. Clark took a leave of absence from the Planet, moved back in with his parents for a while, threw himself into being Superman. Lois, similarly, threw herself into her investigative work.

There was no moment where things were suddenly better. No dramatic reconciliation. Just quiet conversations, and the slow passage of time, and the gaping wound of their loss began scarring over.

Lois and Clark moved into a new apartment. They packed up Daniel's things and put them away.

Jon is born, and that wound heals a little more, but sometimes-- sometimes Lois looks at him and wonders what Daniel would have been like at his age, whether he and Jon would have gotten along.

Kon's existence tears that wound open again. He's only a little older than Daniel would have been, and it's not-- it's not fair, silly as that sounds. But he didn't ask to be made-- doesn't even know Daniel ever existed, as far as Lois knows-- and eventually she and Clark can both look at him without seeing the ghosts of what could have been.

And now, Lois stands in the Watchtower, pressing her hands against the glass, staring at her son who has come back from the dead.

Superman and Lois had a son before Jon. One that was ripped away from them far too soon in a scheme devised by Braniac. They tried desperately to get him back but by the time they had tracked Braniac down, their baby had already been sent away to somewhere unknown. This loss was devastating. So much in fact that they couldn't even bear to look at a picture of him or utter his name, convinced their son was lost forever.

Danny must flee his dimension as it's no longer safe for him. That's when Clockwork tells him it is time to return to his home world. Wait, what?

[kokoa-la]

Prompt from @help-i-need-a-cool-username

Jason has once again snuck into Gotham University. Now, before any assumptions are made onto why the crime lord would break into a college, the reason is because he likes the library. That's it. The public library is trashed and small, barely taken care of, but Gotham U's? It's beautiful. Multiple floors, organized and in sections, taken care of, alphabetical order, it's magnificent. The chairs were a reason alone to sneak in, but the students here added an extra charm. 

He had gone to the very back of the library on the second floor. This area was  pretty well hidden and enclosed. He would come here to read without anyone questioning him, even hiding the books he wasn’t finished with yet to continue on later. Jason wasn’t expecting someone to be so close to his spot though. A few tables across stood a student, thin, tall, with pitch black hair, baggy cargo jeans, and a white t-shirt. The other hadn’t noticed him yet, so he remained quiet and just watched. He was in front of a large white board on wheels, seemingly taken from the rooms he saw down the hall. 

“That doesn’t work, goddammit.”

On the white board was lines upon lines of equations- at least he thought they were equations, with most of them being letters and symbols rather than numbers. It made the vigilante’s brain hurt. The student - assumed STEM major - just kept mumbling to himself.

“Stupid physics, won’t allow interdimensional travel”

What? Jason may have been out of school since 15, but he knew no courses were asking for the answer to traveling between dimensions. It seemed the student had a habit of talking to himself when worked up or focused, possibly why he isolated himself from the rest of the library. 

“If your parents could do it, why can’t you? Think Danny, think!”

That sentence wasn’t concerning at all, but at least Jason learned the boy’s name. Danny seemed to have a strange background, what did he mean by ‘if your parents could do it’? Had his parents managed to travel between dimensions? The other was chewing on the cap of the white board marker, his other hand resting on his hip as he swayed back and forth.

“Oh! Oh! Oh! That! The thing! That thingy!”

Jason could practically see the lightbulb go on above Danny’s head. Just then the other erased a solid portion of the whiteboard and dropped to his knees, ouch. He started frantically scribbling, fast and messy, barely cohesive. Though, Jason was sure that if it was Tim sitting where he was instead, the boy could probably understand everything on that board. He’d stick to English literature, thank you very much. 

“That’s it! Oh my ancients! I got it!”

Danny practically jumped in the air, punching the air in triumph. Jason almost felt proud of him, this complete stranger he’s been watching, wow he was being creepy, huh? Danny shot both of his arms straight up, the marker gripped tightly in his right hand fist. 

“I did it!”

He looked so happy, so excited. He began to buzz, even spinning, before stopping mid loop and turning around slowly. Shit, Jason had been caught. To be fair, Danny hadn’t exactly turned around the whole time, meaning Jason was just watching his back the whole time as he worked through his… problem? It’s such a shame, Jason was thoroughly entertained by this random kid. 

“Uhhh, hi? How long have you been there?”

Oh shit, Jason had to talk now, didn’t he?

“Not very long, but long enough to know you were trying to solve interdimensional travel before apparently succeeding.” 

The color drained from Danny’s face. Whoops?

“Uhm, no I didn’t.”

Now that he got a closer look, the student looked like someone Bruce would adopt. Black hair, clear blue eyes, tan skin, sharp features, the whole nine yards. He was actually fairly attractive, maybe even cute. 

“Really? I could have sworn that you said ‘stupid physics won’t allow interdimensional travel’”

“I have no clue what you’re talking about.”

“Yeah sure, and I’m a student here.”

“Wait, you’re not a student here?”

“That’d only be true if you were lying.”

“Well I’m not so-”

“Uh huh, sure you’re not.”

“Look dude-”

“Jason.”

“Look Jason, there’s no way that I could solve interdimensional travel, the multiverse doesn’t exist.”

“Look Danny-”

“How do you know my name?”

“I won’t tell a single soul if you explain how you did it to me”

Curiosity won his gambit. Would he regret what he was about to say? Perhaps.

“Maybe over a coffee?”

He knew it was worth it when the marker hit the floor and Danny moved his hand to cover his red face. Well, it wasn’t the first time he’s done something he regrets, maybe this time it’d be a cute STEM major who knows the secrets to the multiverse. 

[rad-review-of-gigs]

Michele Stodart

St. Pancras Old Church, London, 30/11/23

Michele Stodart has a CV in the rock world second to none. Bassist and vocalist in the The Magic Numbers, festival curator and promoter, actress in Danny Boyle and Richard Curtis’ Yesterday and musical director at the UK Americana Awards.

But there’s nothing aloof about her. Here she is baring her soul at the intimate St Pancras Old Church ‘inviting in the darkness’ as she says, by way of explaining the title of Invitation, her third and first album in seven years. The theory being that it is in the ‘listening and learning that we can transform’. It’s fitting that Stodart extirpates some of her demons in a church named after the Roman Christian martyr, whose name in Greek means the one that holds everything.

She says it’s important to surround yourself with people who ’lift you up’, the implication being this principle guided the composition of her backing band, which features singer songwriter David Ford on guitar, Andy Bruce on piano, Holly Carter on pedal steel and Emma Holbrook on drums

The first set is a run through of the album that culminates in Drowning, expiating quietly, like a last breath at its end. There are the tranquil, comtemplative, healing melodies of Undone and Come Dance With Me and the strolling blues of These Bones. The highlight, as it is on vinyl, is the desperately poignant Tell Me.

The songs, whether acoustic, piano or violin-led do indeed feel transformational and often slow burn to a crescendo. After the interval Stodart introduces new compositions including collaborations with Ford and special guest and singer-songwriter Kathryn Williams, who quips “I was enjoying this amazing gig now you’ve spolied it!” for a song called Lucky Ones. Brother Romeo, lead singer of the Numbers, is in the audience, and whoops flit appreciatively around the chapel like swallows on a serene, intermittently playful, night.

The full photo gallery, where you can buy prints, can be seen here.

Words: Adrian Cross; Photos: Richard Gray

[horizons-gorwelion]

Horizons at Swansea Fringe Festival /  Gorwelion yn Ngŵyl Ymylol Abertawe

Horizons is delighted to be working with Swansea Fringe Festival in its inaugural year, 2017.  We’ll be showcasing a multitude of Welsh talent from all around Wales and, of course, bands who hail from the city of Swansea!

Pleser i Gorwelion yw cydweithio â Gŵyl Ymylol Abertawe yn ei blwyddyn gyntaf, 2017.  Byddwn yn rhoi llwyfan i lu o dalentau o bob rhan o Gymru ac, wrth gwrs, bandiau sy’n hanu o ddinas Abertawe!

Adwaith

“Adwaith win hands down as the coolest new band from Wales; they are new, fresh, young female musical talent, that’s why I’m so excited”, Bethan Elfyn (BBC Radio Wales).  

”‘Haul’ has got to be contender of single of the year……just wonderful" Adam Walton, BBC Introducing, BBC Radio Wales

Mae Adwaith wedi bodoli erioed. Mae wedi bod yno ers y chwedegau, yn llwch llachar Roxy ac yn anhrefn fendigedig pync a'r cynnyrch a ddaeth yn ei sgil. Gan fod y sêr cywir wedi dod at ei gilydd ar linell, mae Adwaith wedi ymffurfio'n gorfforol ar ffurf Gwenllian Anthony (Gitâr fas, Mandolin), Hollie Singer (Llais, Gitâr) a Heledd Owen (Drymiau).

Roughion

Roughion strive to create electronic beats with a Welsh tint. Creating everything from Garage to Trip Hop and Drum and Bass to House. This hasn’t gone unnoticed as they recently have been signed to the Welsh label Libertino Records. Their high energy live performance is something that should not be missed and will definitely make you shake and dance.

Nod Roughion yw creu curiadau electronig ag arlliw Cymreig, gan greu pob math o stwff o ‘Garage’ i ‘Trip Hop’ ac o ‘Drum ’n’ Bass’ i ‘House’. Mae hyn yn amlwg wedi denu sylw gan eu bod nhw’n ddiweddar wedi arwyddo â label Cymreig Recordiau Libertino. Ddylai neb golli eu perfformiad byw egnïol, sy’n siŵr o wneud i chi siglo a dawnsio.

Trampolene

Swansea city rockers TRAMPOLENE, who continue to deliver electrical shockers with their unique combination of garage rock, kitchen-sink poetry and acoustic heartbreakers, proudly crashed into the charts last year in UK, France, Netherlands, Lithuania & Ukraine. They toured continuously throughout 2015 and 2016 with stand out support slots with The Libertines, Buzzcocks, Peter Doherty, Reverend & The Makers, The Enemy, Pretty Vicious, Catfish & The Bottlemen and Carl Barat & The Jackals, along with performances at Glastonbury, Leeds, Y Not, Kendall Calling and Latitude Festivals last summer.

Rocwyr o Abertawe yw TRAMPOLENE, sy’n cyflwyno gwefrau trydanol parhaus trwy eu cyfuniad unigryw o roc garej, barddoniaeth tun lludw a chaneuon torcalon acwstig, gan ffrwydro i’r siartiau y llynedd ym Mhrydain, Ffrainc, yr Iseldiroedd, Lithwania ac Wcráin. Buont ar daith drwy gydol 2015 a 2016 gan gefnogi, ymysg eraill, The Libertines, Buzzcocks, Peter Doherty, Reverend & The Makers, The Enemy, Pretty Vicious, Catfish & The Bottlemen a Carl Barat & The Jackals, ynghyd â pherfformio yng ngwyliau Glastonbury, Leeds, Y Not, Kendall Calling a Latitude yr haf diwethaf.

Cadno

CADNO is a 5 piece band from Cardiff. After the success of their debut single ‘Ludagretz’ in 2016, they’ve continued to create unique pop melodies that mix soft psychedelic sounds with elements of folk music and riffs that sit somewhere between 60’s pop and contemporary indie rock and have recently released their debut self-titled EP on Jigcal Records.

Band 5 person o Gaerdydd yw CADNO. Ar ol llwyddiant eu sengl cyntaf ‘Ludagretz’ yn 2016, parhaon i greu alawon pop unigryw sy’n cymysgu synau psychedelia meddal, elfennau gwerinol a riffs sydd rhywle rhwng pop y 60’au ac indie rock cyfoes trwy rhyddhau eu EP cyntaf ar label Jigcal.

Afro Cluster

Cardiff based Afro Cluster are renowned for their unique and exciting blend of Afro funk and Hip-Hop.

Utilizing cuts, a full horn section and rhythm section as well the MC stylings of Skunkadelic, they’ve been frequently described as having a colossal sound and an explosive live show.

After 2016’s critically acclaimed EP 'We Don Land’, the band is currently writing their debut album for release in the near future. Keep your eyes and ears peeled!

King Goon

King Goon formed in 2011 in Swansea. Originally operating as a soundman-terrifying 8-piece, the line-up has slimmed down over the years to a less-imposing-but-nonetheless-still-rowdy 5-piece, with three singers wailing up front and a wall of bouncy noise clattering and whooping away behind.

The simple idea behind King Goon is “Music to dance to. Not stupid”; a concept which – in all its reductive glory – has served them well over the years. You’ll hear elements of ska, hip-hop, punk, soul, indie, rock, reggae, dance and unashamed power-pop, all propelled by a bass-heavy, funky groove and soaked in glorious vocal harmonies.

Ffurfiwyd King Goon yn 2011 yn Abertawe, yn wreiddiol fel band 8 aelod digon i ddychryn unrhyw ddyn sain. Mae’r criw wedi lleihau dros y blynyddoedd i fand o bump, sy’n llai dychrynllyd, ond eto’n dal i greu digon o sŵn, gyda thri canwr yn nadu’n wyllt o flaen wal o sŵn bywiog sy’n clindarddach a bonllefain y tu ôl iddynt.

Y syniad syml y tu ôl i King Goon yw “Cerddoriaeth i ddawnsio iddi. Ddim yn ddwl”; cysyniad sydd – yn ei holl ogoniant cryno – wedi gwasanaethu’r band yn dda ar hyd y blynyddoedd. Fe glywch chi elfennau o ska, hip-hop, pync, soul, indie, roc, reggae, dawns a power-pop diedifar, i gyd wedi’u gyrru ymlaen gan groove  ffynci a thrwm ar y bas, ac wedi’u trwytho mewn harmonïau lleisiol gogoneddus.

Rachel K Collier

A unique talent for intelligent electronic production and head-turning vocals place artist Rachel K Collier in a league of her own. Combining complex beat programming, technical arrangement and meaningful lyric writing –her one-of a-kind sound is hard to define.” Ibiza Voice (Oct 2016). Following up on previous single “Paper Tiger”, supported by BBC R1, BBC Introducing and more, Welsh artist and one-woman production machine Collier delivered ultramodern metallic electro-pop with latest release “Rust” in July and is now in full flow with her energetic live set. Collier will be playing across Europe and the UK throughout the latter half of 2017.

Mae dawn unigryw i gynhyrchu cerddoriaeth electronig ddeallus, a llais trawiadol, yn gosod yr artist Rachel K Collier mewn cynghrair ar wahân. Wrth gyfuno rhaglennu curiadau cymhleth, trefniannau technegol arbennig a geiriau ystyrlon, mae ei sain unigryw’n anodd ei ddiffinio, yn ôl Ibiza Voice (Hyd. 2016). Yn dilyn ei sengl blaenorol ‘Paper Tiger’, a gefnogwyd gan BBC R1, BBC Introducing a mwy, cyflwynodd y Gymraes a’r gynhyrchwraig neilltuol dafell o bop electro metalaidd uwchfodernaidd gyda’i recordiad diweddaraf ‘Rust’ ym mis Gorffennaf, a bellach mae hi wrthi fel lladd nadroedd gyda’i set byw egnïol. Bydd Rachel K. Collier yn chwarae ledled Ewrop a Phrydain drwy ail hanner 2017.

Safari Gold

Cardiff based quartet 'Safari Gold’ have hit out with their brand of diverse pop and have begun to turn heads with their tracks ‘Howl’ and ‘Tide’ (Showcased on Indie Shuffle and The Line Of Best Fit). Friends since childhood, the 4 piece features brothers Morgan and Lewys as well as Danny and Sion. Working from their home studio, since releasing ‘Howl’ and ‘Tide’ and 'Breakout’ online, the band have been working on an album and plan to unveil their debut in 2017.

Mae’r pedwarawd o Gaerdydd ‘Safari Gold’ wedi creu argraff gyda’u pop amrywiol nodweddiadol ac wedi dechrau troi pennau gyda’u traciau ‘Howl’ a ‘Tide’ (a gyflwynwyd ar Indie Shuffle a The Line Of Best Fit). Yn ffrindiau bore oes, mae’r band yn cynnwys dau frawd, Morgan a Lewys, ynghyd â Danny a Sion. Gan weithio o’u stiwdio gartref, ers rhyddhau ‘Howl’ a ‘Tide’ a ‘Breakout’ ar-lein, maen nhw wedi bod yn gweithio ar eu halbwm cyntaf, gan obeithio ei ryddhau yn 2017.

Samoans

The band formed in 2008 and spent the next few years releasing a series of singles and EP’s on Barely Regal and Kissability and touring extensively, including appearances on the BBC Introducing stage at Reading and Leeds festivals.

2014 saw tour support slots with No Devotion (ex-Lostprophets/Thursday) and Kids In Glass Houses and the release of their Welsh Music Prize nominated debut album Rescue, marking a shift in the bands sound, towards more introspective direction.

Ffurfiodd y band yn 2008 a threuliodd y blynyddoedd nesaf yn rhyddhau cyfres o senglau ac EPs ar Barely Regal a Kissability a theithio’n helaeth, gan gynnwys ymddangosiadau ar lwyfan BBC Introducing yng ngwyliau Reading a Leeds.

Yn 2014 buont ar daith yn cefnogi No Devotion (cyn aelodau lostprophets/Thursday) a Kids In Glass Houses, a rhyddhawyd eu halbwm cyntaf Rescue a enwebwyd ar gyfer y Wobr Gerddoriaeth Gymreig, gan symud sain y band i gyfeiriad mwy mewnddrychol.

The Pitchforks

The Pitchforks are a three piece indie rock band from the heart of the South Wales Valleys. Friends since primary school, the band was created in 2012 and they have been playing for the last three years. This year they are spending time writing and recording material for their first EP. With the release of their first song they were selected by WalesOnline for the Best New Music from Wales list.

Triawd roc indi o galon cymoedd y De yw The Pitchforks. Yn ffrindiau ers ysgol gynradd, crëwyd y band yn 2012 ac maen nhw wrthi ers tair blynedd bellach. Eleni maen nhw’n treulio amser yn sgrifennu a recordio deunydd ar gyfer eu EP cyntaf. Wedi rhyddhau eu cân gyntaf, cawsant eu dewis gan WalesOnline ar gyfer rhestr y Gerddoriaeth Newydd Orau o Gymru.

The Riff

The Riff are a British Indie/alternative band from Swansea, SouthWales. The Bands debut single Jezebel was released in May 2016 and featured on BBC radio shorlty after its releasing earning the band 'BBC Introducing’s artist of the Week.’ Since then the band who take inspiration and influence from the likes of The Who, The Jam, Oasis, Stone Roses and Stereophonics have supported the likes of Bruce Foxtons From The Jam, The Lambrettas, Barry Sutton (La’s) Tom Hingley (Inspiral Carpets) The Sherlocks and played on the same bill as bands such as The Beat and former Catfish and the Bottlemen Guitarist Billy Bibby.

Band indie/amgen o Abertawe yw The Riff. Rhyddhawyd eu sengl cyntaf Jezebel ym mis Mai 2016 ac yn fuan wedyn roedd i’w glywed ar radio’r BBC dan bennawd artist yr wythnos ‘BBC Introducing’. Ers hynny mae’r band, sy’n cymryd ysbrydoliaeth a dylanwad gan fandiau fel The Who, The Jam, Oasis, Stone Roses a Stereophonics, wedi cefnogi artistiaid fel From The Jam (Bruce Foxton), The Lambrettas, Barry Sutton (La’s), Tom Hingley (Inspiral Carpets) a The Sherlocks ac wedi chwarae yn yr un digwyddiadau â bandiau fel The Beat a chyn gitarydd Catfish and the Bottlemen, Billy Bibby.

[najimixajimu]

2017 Rap I Love so Far

Below is a list of tracks that have released in 2017 that I have enjoyed and a little understanding of why I enjoy these tracks and why you should check them for yourself.

1.5 XO Tour Lif3 – Lil Uzi Vert

I love this song. You really feel the bass hitting in this song, another thing about this beat that I think goes unacknowledged is the small “check” like sound layered right above the bass in the beat. Lil Uzi’s singing is actually decent in the song. It’s very easy to just lose yourself in the spacey vibes this beat produces.

If anything hurts this song, it’s more likely the content of this song. The chorus of this song talks about a woman who is hurt or himself and it deviates from that as it goes on and barely backs it up through the rest. In the first verse he speaks on it a little with lines like, “My Brittany got mad, I'm barely her man now.” Then directly follows with “Everybody got the same swag now.”

https://soundcloud.com/liluzivert/15-xo-tour-llif3

Kill Jay-Z – Jay Z

I think this is probably my favorite or second favorite track from this album. I have been debating whether I enjoy this, 4:44 or Marcy Me more. I enjoy all of them for almost the same reasons. What makes this track for me is Jay Z. What makes me love this track is Jay’s ability to make seem like he is not only talking to/about someone else but to himself as well. I also do not think this track is what many people believe it to be. Lastly, I love the subtle shot at Future, it’s as if it just snuck into a line of waiting people and no one noticed it at first. “In the Future, other niggas playin' football with your son”

Equalizer – Denzel Curry

I think recently I have just been infatuated with the Florida scene and that leads to Denzel Curry’s recent Ep drop 13. It’s almost as if they have their own metal rap or industrial rap, it’s not death grips though.

I like the way this track just starts it’s self almost as if it’s a riots starting especially with the first few lines Denzel says, “Equalizer, synthesizer, Ultimately, I will brutalize ya, I got the shit that could take out New York, I do not fuck with the population” I also really love the heavy bass it just puts that energy in your back. I would just check out this entire project tbh. I am indifferent about the Ronny J feature I’d probably just like a second verse from Curry.

https://soundcloud.com/denzelcurryph/denzel-curry-equalizer-demo-produced-by-ronny-j

Lil Purrp – Different Color Molly

This is another rapper from the Florida scene doing good things right now. The vibe of this song is what makes me like it so much. Lil Purrp isn’t really saying much in this song it’s clearly a flexing song with lines like, “Look at the diamond they dance (what)” but it’s way more on the mellow side of flexing it’s not really heavy and in your face. The chorus almost sounds like something Travis Scott would produce and let me tell you I am a La Flame Fiend (we will get to that soon.) It’s a nice listen check it out.

https://soundcloud.com/smokepurpp/different-color-molly

 A Man and Green & Purple ft Playboi Carti – Travis scott

Now I am a Travis Scott fiend. I can definitely say he is my favorite artist out right now. I just love his energy and beats and sometimes he even has great stuff to say in these tracks. Unfortunately, this is one of those times where I do not feel like he is saying much: A man is about him just being a man with a double entendre of the phrase A man to be used as Amen. Green & Purple is similar in which the first verse he is speaking about a Girl and helping her out with several things or getting her to do several things, the second verse I am unable to decipher. The Playboi Carti feature is dam near perfect he doesn’t say much either. I love these songs very much because they are dark and it’s just what I need, they aren’t as dark as an Antidote or Goosebumps but I will take it and am awaiting Travis’ next project patiently.

https://soundcloud.com/travisscott-2/a-man

https://soundcloud.com/travisscott-2/green-purple

 Slide ft Frank Ocean and Migos – Calvin Harris

I was super skeptical when I heard that there was a Calvin Harris track with Frank Ocean and Migos on it. MIGOS? The Migos whom are known for making heavy and dark trap music but they fit on this track perfectly, I would even argue they just as good on the track as Frank Ocean. I will say that there are parts in Frank Ocean’s verse that I do not enjoy his singing.

I think Offset is the shining star of this song though, I love the way he enters the song “whoop whoop whoop, OFFSET!” I also wish Takeoff got a verse on this song (another song where he is left off, and yes you look left off Bad and Boujee.) It’s just a really nice funky/R&B groove layered with rapping. From this album also check out the Don’t Quit and Cash Out track especially Cash Out wew lad such fire.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ee4QjCEHHc

XXX – Kendrick Lamar

I am simply in love with this track. Just a magnificent track if you ask me, there are some issues with it though. First off I love how Kendrick just sets up the rest of this track with the first few bars in the first verse. Identifying the mindset of black men and then all of a sudden it ramps up with him telling the story of how his friend found out they killed his son because of “insufficient funds” then asks Kendrick for advice. Ooooo weeeee this track is just amazing in the first half the second half is where it kind of dies off I am indifferent of the U2 feature I can currently think of anyone better to fill that role it does seem a little forced. I also wish he would have just kept going harder for just as long as it dies down.  

http://stereoday.com/kendrick-lamar-xxx-feat-u2/

Submission ft Danny Brown and Kelela – Gorillaz

The Interlude right before this track and this track are set up perfectly. I also love the wacky sounds that come out of this beat it is very techno like. It’s a sound that I would love to hear more of with the correct rappers on it and for this track I think Danny Brown was great. I do think his voice though overtakes this track he is very boisterous when he comes on, Kelela vibes well in her part then almost makes me wonder if you had a voice that was just as boisterous’ as Danny Browns like a Beyoncé on the track would It be even better. I will say that the guitar strums in the middle of the chorus are annoying along with the fading beat as soon as Danny browns verse starts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTVebUPyQqg

Met Gala ft Offset – Gucci Mane

OOOOOooooo WEEEEEeeeee this track is a flex song of the summer for me, Not going to lie my jaw dropped when I first heard this. First off salute to Offset for absolutely killing this track for about 2 minutes’ straight, the chorus and verse are amazing for the purpose the serve. Second, salute to you MetroBoomin sit this beat is crazy and beautiful, that bass wew lawd. Unlike Lil Purrp’s Different Color Molly Gucci mane and Offset want you to know they are flex kings and better than you from the beginning to end, top to bottom, left to right. With lines Offset give that compare Pac and Biggie to himself and Gucci, “Me and the Wop, Biggie and Pac (Wop), But we so different, we keepin' the Glock (bow).”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTh2A7GavZQ

 Honorable Mentions:

Magnolia – Playboi Carti

4 Am ft Travis Scott – 2 Chainz

745 – Vince Staples

Rain Come Down – Vince Staples

Love Galore ft Travis Scott – SZA

Doves in the Wind – SZA

Weekend – SZA

ELEMENT – Kendrick Lamar

DNA – Kendrick Lamar (The video for this is cray too)

OMG ft Pusha T – Vic Mensa

[phanfeed-ao3]

the evil one

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2srNU5G

by allycantwrite

“Danny!” A voice pierced through the blurry light of his vision. “You’ve finally decided to join me!“

Dan blinked the watery fog out of his eyes and sluggishly looked up to address the voice. He was just barely able to make out the black outline of a figure in front of him, coming closer. Dan blinked again, this time opening his eyes to a pair of dark chocolate brown eyes and a devilishly dimpled smile. Dan didn’t know how to react to the intrusion of the boy’s face, instead deciding to take in his features - and couldn’t help noticing that the boy looked very much like Dan himself.

The boy looked into Dan’s eyes, as if he was trying to find something in there, but couldn’t. Then he smirked with a sardonic lilt on his tongue, "do you remember me, Dan?”

Words: 1346, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Phandom/The Fantastic Foursome (YouTube RPF)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Major Character Death

Categories: M/M

Characters: Dan Howell, Phil Lester

Relationships: Dan Howell/Phil Lester

Additional Tags: Kidnapping, whoops lol, also mild torture i guess, Mentions of Stalking

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2srNU5G

[ao3feedphan]

the evil one

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2srNU5G

by allycantwrite

“Danny!” A voice pierced through the blurry light of his vision. “You’ve finally decided to join me!“

Dan blinked the watery fog out of his eyes and sluggishly looked up to address the voice. He was just barely able to make out the black outline of a figure in front of him, coming closer. Dan blinked again, this time opening his eyes to a pair of dark chocolate brown eyes and a devilishly dimpled smile. Dan didn’t know how to react to the intrusion of the boy’s face, instead deciding to take in his features - and couldn’t help noticing that the boy looked very much like Dan himself.

The boy looked into Dan’s eyes, as if he was trying to find something in there, but couldn’t. Then he smirked with a sardonic lilt on his tongue, "do you remember me, Dan?”

Words: 1346, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Phandom/The Fantastic Foursome (YouTube RPF)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Major Character Death

Categories: M/M

Characters: Dan Howell, Phil Lester

Relationships: Dan Howell/Phil Lester

Additional Tags: Kidnapping, whoops lol, also mild torture i guess, Mentions of Stalking

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2srNU5G

[phanfeed-ao3]

the evil one

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2srNU5G

by allycantwrite

“Danny!” A voice pierced through the blurry light of his vision. “You’ve finally decided to join me!“

Dan blinked the watery fog out of his eyes and sluggishly looked up to address the voice. He was just barely able to make out the black outline of a figure in front of him, coming closer. Dan blinked again, this time opening his eyes to a pair of dark chocolate brown eyes and a devilishly dimpled smile. Dan didn’t know how to react to the intrusion of the boy’s face, instead deciding to take in his features - and couldn’t help noticing that the boy looked very much like Dan himself.

The boy looked into Dan’s eyes, as if he was trying to find something in there, but couldn’t. Then he smirked with a sardonic lilt on his tongue, "do you remember me, Dan?”

Words: 1346, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Phandom/The Fantastic Foursome (YouTube RPF)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Major Character Death

Categories: M/M

Characters: Dan Howell, Phil Lester

Relationships: Dan Howell/Phil Lester

Additional Tags: Kidnapping, whoops lol, also mild torture i guess, Mentions of Stalking

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2srNU5G