I'm a few weeks overdue for writing about the new Viceversah and Aztech projects, which are unrelated in every way other than that they've both been aggravating my neighbors for a minute now. It's not the first time that these two have hit me off - they've both been sending over mixtapes since before the Bean rap scene got taken over by MCs in flip-flops.

It’s amazing how much hate mail I receive accusing me of ignoring local artists. Most hilarious is this ass on Facebook who recently bitched that I “write about the same people over and over.” He might have a solid point, if in the past year alone I didn’t pay significant attention to: Esoteric, Black Madeen, Bad Rabbits, Singapore Kane, Slaine, Boycott Blues, DJ Slim, JDO, M-Dot, Masspike Miles, D-Tension, The Berklee J Dilla Ensemble, Jaysaun, Will C, Amadeus, Rite Hook, WMS the Sultan, GWOP Gang, Wasted Talent, The Dunnas, Dawaun Parker, RADIx, Mr.