A Review of An Obscure Hip Hop Artist

Luigi The First, or just Luigi as I like to call him, is an aspiring South African hip hop artist on SoundCloud. He is virtually unknown as the title suggests. Being the kinda/music fanatic creep I am, I found his music by chance. Over That was the first track I heard from him, unfortunately the …

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Olympian Challenger

Author: Astrid Arditi Title: Olympian Challenger (Book One) Genre: Young Adult/Mythology Hope Diaz is slowly and painfully losing her mother to dementia. The only parent she has ever known. A mysterious invitation to a competition hosted by the Olympian gods could be just the thing that turns her life around. The hero will be granted …

Illuminate me?

Romantic relationships are one of the most complex, multifaceted and significant relationships that we have with each other. There is infatuation, attraction, attachment, love, lust, sex and many other aspects whirled in the mix. This should provide ample ground for art of any form to cover, a lot of stuff to share, express and muse …

Aaru

Author: David Meredith Title: Aaru Genre: YA/Fantasy/Scf-fi   Rose Johnson is dying, she has leukemia and it has taken away her color and spark. She is weak, bedridden and gladly awaits for the inevitable. Her little sister Koren, is distraught, a gamut of treatments only seemed to have worsened her sister instead of bringing her …

Dead Poetic’s Vices

Dead Poetic’s Vices, released 2006, is in many ways not an exciting album. The music is run-of-the-mill, humdrum hard rock of the 00’s, there is nothing novel about it. It fits perfectly with what other average hard rock bands were doing at the time stylistically and technically. So why has the album stuck with me? …

I Think I Know Where You Live

Marilyn Manson hasn’t stopped producing shock rock music that intellectually stimulates, challenging our views, perceptions and beliefs. His music is still laden with literary depth. He might not be as popular, inspire the same hysteria as he did amongst conservatives and the general public when he first started, nonetheless his music still remains powerful, threaded …

Finding Pandora: Eternity (Review)

Author: E. Rachael Hardcastle Genre: Young Adult-Epic Fantasy Title: Finding Pandora: Eternity (Book Four)   Under the command of the mischievous Falkon Lou, the orc-werewolf army marches to the Recruit’s sanctuary. Their mission is to destroy every supernatural being who stands in their way. It is suspected that the Recruit is in possession of the …

Finding Pandora: Infinity (Review)

Author: E. Rachael Hardcastle Genre: Young Adult/High Fantasy Title: Finding Pandora, Infinity(Book 3)   In Finding Pandora: Infinity, we discover Arriette and her friends in the Recruit’s lair, surrounded by an Orc army under the command of a mischievous Everlast, an immortal supernatural being, whose aims aren’t exactly clear. But one thing is certain: whatever …

Auburn: Outcasts & Underdogs (Review)

Author: Valerie Thomas Genre: Auburn - Outcasts & Underdogs   Auburn: Outcasts and Underdogs follows a group of unpopular high school freshmen as they start a band and grow. The story is centered around and is narrated by Ashley Nimzovitch. We follow her as she battles with bullying, struggles with her identity, becomes a competent …

BLVCK Ink(Review)

  Authors: Diamza, Delve, GM Nova, Sapphire, Poetic Vixen, Chiemeka, Thandolwethu, Trvze, Vintage Write, Jay Kophy, Mayor Mimi, Maira Wolfe, Jade Novelist. Compilers: Jade Novelist & Maira Wolfe Genre: Poetry   South African poets Jade Novelist and Maira Wolfe team up again to bring us BLVCK INK, a compilation of poems from under dozen African …