J Cole’s new album 4 Your Eyez Only
J Cole’s new album 4 Your Eyez Only BY ROBERT VICKENS – J Cole’s new album 4 Your Eyez Only is straight from the streets and full of soul. On the title track he raps to us over a somber beat with jazz overtures. His voice resonates like it’s coming out of a deep well, a well of strength hidden deep within the forest of pain. The production of this song tells a story in itself. The bass guitar and saxophone weave throughout the...
Anderson.Paak & the Free Nationals @ Hollywood Palladium
Anderson.Paak & the Free Nationals @ Hollywood Palladium Saturday, Dec. 10 | 10PM Hollywood Palladium | 6215 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90028 Anderson .Paak & the Free Nationals are coming to Hollywood w/ KING. Get funked up and rock out to some of the best music out there and Anderson .Paak was just nominated for a Grammy, so you know the turn up will be...
CONGRATULATION JUSTIN MUZACK!
CONGRATULATION JUSTIN MUZACK! Congratulations to our Host/Writer and artist Justin Muzack who recently signed a contract with Down Boy Records as an artist/ composer, we at Street Motivation Magazine are very proud of his new achievement. Just started with us only a short time ago and in that short time frame he’s put in as singer/song- writer Rihanna would say “Work, Work, Work, Work, Work, Work”. From...
Lupe Fiasco’s newest track Made in the USA featuring Bianca Sings
Lupe Fiasco’s newest track Made in the USA featuring Bianca Sings by: Robert Vickens Lupe Fiasco’s newest track Made in the USA featuring Bianca Sings was released on iTunes yesterday, and Street Motivation Magazine is here to tell you “it is an absolute banger!” Lupe introduces the song with a hard hitting verse inlaid with Glocks and rifle-fire. Through this hardcore rap he brings light to the fact that the guns and drugs may come...
“You’re Fired!” Protests Flare, Resistance to Trump Rages On by Robert Vickens
“You’re Fired!” Protests Flare, Resistance to Trump Rages On by Robert Vickens Protestors have been demonstrating across America for the entire week following the election of Donald Trump to the presidency. Anti-Trump hashtags such as #NotMyPresident have been trending on Twitter and Facebook. The internet is abuzz with videos of police using flash grenades and tear gas...
OVERDOSE AMERICA
OVERDOSE AMERICA By Robert Vickens How many years have passed since heroin and crack reigned supreme in the streets and ruined our neighborhoods? Enough for three or four generations to feel their effects. In the 60’s and 70’s flower children and black power revolutionaries enjoyed plenty of good grass, pure cocaine, and heavenly heroin – little did they know, riding that train came with a one-way ticket straight to hell. We lost...