After 10+ years of writing about music, art, and creativity with passion and zero pay, we’re making an important shift. As of September 2025, we will no longer be offering free reviews or write-ups for media submissions. Instead, we have introduced The | PAID | Write-Up, a journalism-based creative asset review program that provides write-ups for a modest fee of $25 [+ tax] for artist features and creative coverage.

This change allows CopyWrite to continue providing honest, thoughtful, and constructive coverage — while finally giving value back to the writers and editors who have kept this platform alive all these years. More importantly, it opens the door for artists who may have previously fallen under the radar to access guaranteed high-quality editorial attention.

How It Works:

EMAIL COPYWRITE.MKE@GMAIL.COM | ATTN: THE PAID WRITE-UP
SUBMIT [1] CREATIVE WORK [EX. 1 SONG, 1 VIDEO | NO ALBUMS]
PAY $25 [+TAX] INVOICE
RECEIVE POSTING LINK CONFIRMATION ON COPYWRITEMAG.COM

WRITE-UPS MAY TAKE 2 TO 4 WEEKS TO POST

Every review will continue to be transparent, thoughtful, emphasizing locally based talent and “all things Urban”, just as our readers and artists have come to expect.

To all the artists who’ve shared their work with us over the years: thank you. You’ve helped us sharpen our pen, expand our perspective, and stay rooted in the creative community. We're proud of what we’ve built together, and hopeful about where it's heading next.

We appreciate your support as we move into this new chapter — one where independent arts journalism is valued, sustained, and open to more voices [& talent] than ever before.

Love & All Things Urban

/CW FAM

If you want to get my ears perked up, come in hot with an undertone of a nostalgic beat.

Not too heavy that you're biting, but just enough that it sounds like you know good music.

What’s the sample? Is that Big Pun, Still Not a Player?

Okay, EricWithTheGlockInHisSock, let's see what you got.

On The Radar Freestyle (Live Performance), is a high-quality fineness. With back-flipping bars that showcase new age sarcasm, straddling egotistical banter with low-grade misogyny [Ha!], it fits the bill as Lowend bop. However, this 25-year-old artist [singer-songwriter/rapper] is not riding the stereotypical sound wave. Instead, he is side-stepping the trending possibilities.

“B*tch unhand me!”

So, who has got EricWithTheGlockInHisSock stanched up? Probably not many.

If we go line by line, this is not a story to be followed but a posturing for those who may think it's sweet. Feed into the hype? Pshhhhh, let me offer you a spoon.

This one can be played with the windows down while you're riding on the block, with the sting of summer air [but know your lane]. This is also for the girls who want to shake it [but don’t listen to close mama’s or you might be offended], and if you're trappin’...[Okay, let me stop lol]. But here is what I’m still trying to analyze, who's really the target for this artist?

EricWithTheGlockInHisSoc, says in the song, “way I play my role, I can sho’ win a Grammy” & you know what, I’m thinking that's not a far-fetched goal. With a clear and catchy cadence, a solid beat selection, and clean production, he has already got much of the local comps beat. How does the sound transfer??? Is it still slappin? Or is it just catchy? Maybe this is just the insurgency of Hip-Hop. We will be diving into his upcoming project “Too Gifted To Be Paralyzed By Procrastination” to hear more.

I’m putting my money on EricWithTheGlockInHisSoc that if he can continue to build momentum, and choke up on how to balance witty & wild, he may have a formula to become the leader of the new school. . .

But hey, what do I know?!

Lexi S. Brunson | Editor-in-Chief