Like every other music writer out there, my drawers are stuffed with hella unfortunate XXL-sized t-shirts of every shitty rap group and street wear brand on earth. But for every dozen wack tees that collect dust (or worse) under my futon, I've got one or two go-to staples, more than a few of which come from the crew at PUZL.

It's almost time for RADIx to drop their anticipated team effort with PUZL (gear and graphics) and Statik Selektah (beats and cuts), Say Yes!. But before that happens, Seek and Quite Nyce are heading back to Europe for a quick tour romp, and no doubt shooting more videos to coincide with their big release.

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.