“Gotta be yourself / Can’t be nobody else.” That’s BLAX—a.k.a. Adebisi Agoro—in “Acknowledgement,” the opening track of his new latest LP, Angeline. It’s a fitting sentiment for the longtime Milwaukee emcee. Since co-founding and eventually leaving Fresh Cut Collective more than a decade ago, Agoro has moved to New York City, moved back to Milwaukee, and released numerous records under his BLAX and Armstrong Ransome monikers. But no matter the moniker, Agoro’s music belongs to him, and nobody else. Take the ebullient […]

Do you want to talk about folks who are in the rap game for the purity and the craftsmanship of the rap game? Well, Milwaukee is blessed to have BLAX (given name Adebisi Agoro), who is without question embedded in that conversation. When talking about his new record, Angeline (available now on all digital platforms), BLAX says, “Everything on the record is intentional.” That much is made manifest with even a cursory listen to the album. There is a loose […]