Rather than a list of our objectively “best” albums of 2020, CentralSauce would like to present you with something more personal. These are the albums that kept each one of our writers hanging on to their sanity throughout a particularly difficult year.
Hot Sauce: Staff Picks
UPCOMING EVENT: Denzel Curry vs. JID in Miami (Red Bull Zeltron World Wide Tour)
Here’s a quick must-see for anyone in South Florida. Are y’all up to speed on this insanity known as the Red Bull Zeltron World Wide Tour? Named after Denzel Curry’s alter ego Zeltron, Red Bull Zeltron World Wide is a wrestling-inspired live music experience the likes of which you have never seen. Artists step into […]
“Gnossos” – The Story Behind Earl Sweatshirt’s Lost Album
Earl Sweatshirt has hinted at a new album arriving in 2019, but before we can properly receive any new offering we need to finish digesting what he’s already given. Here we unpack the complexity of Earl’s discography and life through his lost album: “Gnossos”. The irony of Earl Sweatshirt’s elusiveness has always confounded me. The […]
The Creation of “Flower Boy”: A Track-by-Track Visual Guide
This past summer, Tyler, the Creator unveiled a secret Instagram account that he’d been hiding for years. The account held hundreds of never-before-seen images and videos from the “Flower Boy” sessions, chronicling the album’s creation from its earliest stages. We went through the entire account, from top-to-bottom, to collect every single post that corresponds with […]
Power & Podcasts: How Joe Budden Became the Most Indispensable Voice in Hip-Hop
How did a one-hit wonder avoid fading into obscurity to become arguably the most important voice in hip-hop media today? We examine Joe Budden’s transition from rapper to mogul – and why his unexpected ascent is a victory for creators everywhere. The Joe Budden Podcast When my Lyft driver pulled up to the Regent Theater […]
Wyoming: Breaking Down Kanye West’s 42 Samples One-by-One
From the hook on Pusha T’s “Come Back Baby” to the quasi-unreleased Kurt Cobain demos on “Cudi Montage”, the five-chapter Wyoming series produced by Kanye West contains some of the most iconic samples of the year. We break them down one-by-one to gain a glimpse behind the creative process of one of the most talented […]
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