November is going to be an incredible month for moi. See y’all soon…
I’m glad that the random inspiration to write has never left me. Today we are going to revisit the “perfect music” series that I’ve been writing about since last year…
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the “Songs I’m listening to” series. This time, I will be writing some additional thoughts on the songs that I pick, instead of just the usual listing….
One day while we were both at home, my brother told me he had recently watched this YouTube video on productivity. And in the video, it was said that every idea has a “shelf life”…
Another month goes by. And another month goes by, that we get closer to my favorite article of the year. And let me tell you, this year’s list is going to be so fun to make…
This is undoubtedly the hardest article I’ve ever done. Sit down right now and think about your favorite songs… of all time. You can’t even remember what you had for lunch two days ago and you’re supposed to remember all of your favorite songs?…
It has officially been a month since I’ve been out of the country. I’m mentally ready to get back home and get back to writing more articles on here…
My favorite month of the year has arrived. I just turned 25 years old three days ago…
The first lines of, “One of Wun” by Gunna just speak to what he has been doing ever since he got out of prison…
Gunna review coming very soon. As of right now, I’m trying to go and take walks or long drives whenever it’s nice outside…
I woke up today with some motivation to write something. I didn’t know exactly what, but here we are. I actually forgot about the first article I did for this series, so I figured I’d come back to it…
You must’ve lost your whole mind if you thought I was going to put that man’s album cover as the picture for this article…
Bryson was not lying when he said “Years Go By”. Four years after the release of “Anniversary”, he has released his self-titled album…
So much music this month. So much more music to be released for these last seven months of the year. I cannot wait…
Another month goes by, the smile still on my face. Up the Reds…
Leap day up in this ting. Lock in, let’s have a great year people…
We are back. We have reached my favorite article of the year. The article where I dive deep into the music that I have listened to over the past 12 months. This is my fifth year in a row doing this article…
For the third year in a row, I will be ranking my 50 favorite songs of the year. I listen to a whole lot of music, so these are always hard to do…
My 200th post! What a ride it’s been. We going to keep the content coming this year, especially with more sports analysis and album reviews…
The year is coming to a close. You guys know what that means. It’s time for my favorite songs and albums of the year articles. I’ve already done the rankings, the articles will come at the end of the month. Love y’all…
On this Christmas Day, I’m going to bring all of us back to a very different time in our worlds. Let’s take it back to June 2017, specifically we’ll be going to the ninth of that month…
Hope everyone had a good thanksgiving holiday. Love y’all…
I saw this one video on TikTok talking about how you need to talk to your parents more as they get older. Talk to them about their life, their experiences and ask them how they are genuinely doing more often…
What makes a song perfect? The answer to that is generally subjective. Can there even be a song, or piece of music, that is really perfect?
Drake’s fourth full-length project in the span of two years was a highly anticipated listen. He dropped the album that fans had been begging for throughout his whole tour….
After five long years, Travis Scott finally gave the people what they all wanted. Another La Flame solo album. UTOPIA was being teased as early as 2019 and the mystique around the release and songs just built into the hype even more…
The fourth of five short stories by Ioannis “YSN” Kouiroukidis…
The third of five short stories by Ioannis “YSN” Kouiroukidis…
The second of five short stories by Ioannis “YSN” Kouiroukidis…
The first of five short stories by Ioannis “YSN” Kouiroukidis…
We move. Love you guys. See you soon for an album review…
Ladies and gentlemen, I am finally writing a full-length article of this series. The release of “UTOPIA” has finally given me the inspiration to actually write about the songs I’m playing in my car…
Life is moving very fast. Wish it would slow down just a bit. It’s okay though, I’m excited for what’s to come. See y’all soon…
Life is moving very fast. Wish it would slow down just a bit. It’s okay though, I’m excited for what’s to come. See y’all soon…
I’m going to be back one day. Just not today. Love you all….
I’m going to be back one day. Just not today. Love you all….
An artist that has captivated an entire generation… and then some. Christopher Breaux, known to the public as Frank Ocean, has spent most of his career in the shadows…
If you look at my website you’ll see how much I love doing this. Just read some of my articles. There are several ones that start off with me saying, “I just got the inspiration randomly to write this” and it was 2 or 3 in the morning…
The first time I ever heard Kiana Ledé on a song was actually on a Bryson Tiller Christmas project…
I know. I know it looks crazy that I, Ioannis Kouiroukidis of all people, listened through a whole Harry Styles album. Well, I did…
Here we are. We have made it to my favorite article of the year. The article where I dive deep into the music I have consumed over the last 12 months…
For the second year in a row, I will be ranking my top 50 songs of the year. It was a truly incredible year for music…
I will be back. A lot of stuff going on right now. Job stuff, life stuff and website stuff. All the stuff…
We’ve made it to 2023. Next month will be two years since I started this series on here…
Last one before the big one. I’m gonna give y’all the 10 songs real quick and then the next music article I post on this website will be my “Favorite albums of 2022” article…
It feels like forever since I’ve talked about any form of music on here. In fact, I left this article until the literal last day it was eligible…
We are moving into the fourth quarter of album drop season. Many big names are yet to drop as they try to take their place as the “Album of the Year”. Will Travis Scott ever drop Utopia? I guess we won’t know until we are pressing play to listen to it…
The year was 2015. It was before football practice in August and I was going into my junior year of high school. We were in the locker room and this song started playing super loud on the speakers. All I heard was…
At first this was going to be only 15 songs. Then, I went over to Drake’s profile on Apple Music and just looked at all the hits and came to the quick conclusion that this wasn’t going to be less than 30 songs…
I just woke up today with a desire to write an article. As you all know, my “favorite albums of the year” article keeps getting closer and closer to being released…
Hey everyone. This is a little different than my usual articles but I just had the inspiration to write this…
A lot has been happening since I wrote my last “songs I’m listening to” article on here. However, the series can never be stopped. Five more months and it’ll be two straight years of these articles. A true feat in YSN history…
In today’s music industry, artists have typically been able to be vulnerable and express what they are going through on tracks. People like Juice WRLD and xxxtentacion were two artists that were able to do that and captivate an entire generation…
April 20th, 2021. That’s the last time I wrote a throwback album review article on here. So I figured I’d give an album from the past another go…
Attention ladies and gentlemen, Rod Wave is dropping an album next Friday. This means one thing and one thing only, YSN is on high alert…
On Central Cee’s debut mixtape, “Wild West” the intro song is called, “6 for 6”. The first words said on the song are, “put in the work for years for this, this ain’t no coincidence”…
From an unexpected appearance on a Drake track, to having the whole crowd at Wireless screaming his lyrics, Giveon is reaping the benefits of his true talents…
There’s this TikTok trend going around right now that is the inspiration for this article. The sound goes like, “you’re never gonna like that song like I like the song…
Well, I don’t know how I am going to sit down and rank the albums that have dropped so far this year…
It’s so funny how history repeats itself. Rewind to nine months ago, where Drake dropped “Certified Lover Boy”. Eight months ago I published my review on here explaining something called the “Drake Cycle”…
Ladies and gentlemen, this right here is my 100th article on this website.
Let’s clap it up for that…
And now to explain my hiatus from posting anything for almost two months…
There are eight more days until we get a new Kendrick Lamar album. And there is a possibility of the project being a double album. Let us rejoice…
2021 was an incredible year for music. We had Drake and Kanye dropping albums less then a week apart, Meek Mill dropped after a three year wait and Lil Baby & Lil Durk dropped one of my favorite collaboration albums of all time…
Another one. I’ve been writing on here since July 2019, where I published my first ever article in a airbnb in Seville, Spain about NBA free agency…
I’m very sorry but this semester is horrible right now. I’m currently at the home stretch for graduating and I got too many things pilling up right now. However, there’s no way in hell I can ever let this series die…
It’s been a while, but here I am. Ladies and gentlemen we have officially hit one whole year on the “songs I’m listening to” series…
The year is 2022. And guess what? The monthly song articles are still coming…
The time has come. You know the tradition around here. My album rankings have finally arrived. For the third year in a row, I’ve compiled a list of 30 albums that I have listened to…
Surprise! In addition to my yearly “album of the year” article, I will now start doing my top 50 songs of the year starting now..
The streak shall never stop. This one right here isn’t going to be as in-depth simply due to the fact that my favorite article to write is coming soon. My “favorite albums of the year” article is coming right around the corner…
Man this year has flown by. Started doing this every month in February and haven’t looked back since…
In the music industry there are artists, or even albums, that go unnoticed despite their high quality of work. I guarantee you there is some 15-year-old in America discovering his or her ability to sing that will have a Billboard #1 album by 2024…
Meek Mill is back with his fifth studio album “Expensive Pain”. A title that fits the body of work, as Meek discusses the different problems one may go through with his status/wealth…
Let’s call this, the Drake cycle.
Step 1: Drake drops an album…
I haven’t worked this much ever in my life. However, a lot of my new responsibilities have to do with what I want to do in my career so at least I can be appreciative of that…
As Charlamagne tha God said, “I don’t think there’s anybody in the history of hip hop who has the culture in the palm of their hands like Kanye West”…
Life is moving fast once again. I just finished moving in to my new apartment at my college and setting up everything in my room…
I have just now gotten finished with watching England suffer a heartbreaking defeat in penalties to Italy. So this will definitely influence my song choices, expect some pain anthems to be across this page for sure…
The two hottest rappers in the world came together for a collaboration project, and it did not disappoint at all…
I’ve said this several times in previous articles I’ve written, my inspiration can come at the most random times…
Back again like I’m Von and Durk. As promised, an article of ten songs I’m listening to will be delivered every single month…
I have to keep my promise of the monthly article. It for sure keeps me motivated and focused in terms of my content…
Two articles in one night??? Yes, your eyes are not deceiving you…
A slight monthly update on what I’ve been listening to. As the world keeps on moving along I sit and ponder, what is really keeping this whole thing in motion…
Rodarius Marcell Green, a.k.a Rod Wave, is a 22 year-old singer/songwriter from St. Petersburg, Florida…
Thought I’d check in and give a little insight on what’s been coming out my phone speakers recently. Always a pleasure to give my feedback/thoughts of recent music or just music in general…
Random inspiration to write a random article at 2 a.m.? Why not…
The time has come. I’ve been so excited to write this article for a very long time now…
As we’ve been stuck in the house for at least 80% of the year, we as people have been forced to turn to activities that keep us either entertained/happy…
The last time we got a full-length Bryson Tiller album was May 26th, 2017…
As the days go by one by one during this horrific year, a constant has remained…
Thank God For Music
The day is May 13th, we’ve been in quarantine for two months now. It is getting to that point where I’ve lost all motivation for everything. HOWEVER, there are a few things keeping my mental in good spirits. One of them is the recent abundance of music…
Jarad Higgins, aka Juice Wrld, passed away only six days after his birthday on December 8th, 2019. He was on top of the world…
He was just getting started. Pop Smoke was on the path to an illustrious career of global recognition and super stardom…
My Favorite Albums of 2020 (So Far)
This quarantine just decided to truly mess up everyone’s lives. It’s currently 4:33am, I should definitely be asleep. Maybe when the birds start chirping I’ll know it’s a sign…
"Blame It On Baby" Review
After his incredible run in 2019 Jonathan Kirk (a.k.a DaBaby), returned with, “Blame It On Baby” for his first project of 2020…
Top 30 Albums of 2019
In five days we will have entered a new decade. As 2020 is fast approaching, it’s time to reflect on the music we have been either blessed or punished with. You know what time it is. It’s time to find out what my favorite albums of 2019 are. Let’s get it…
Meet the JACK BOYS
As their front runner Jacques Webster once said, “Leaders of the new school. They didn’t want to let us in, but they had to”. The up and coming rage reverends. Ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you, the “JACK BOYS”…
Roddy Ricch and His Quick Rise To Stardom
I first heard about Roddy Rich when Meek put him on his instagram story around May 2018….
Bryson Tiller Is Finally Releasing New Music
After almost a year of not releasing any music, Bryson Tiller is finally back. One of my favorite artists of all time, is dropping his new single tonight called, “Blame”…
The Unexpected (But Still Kind Of Expected) Album Of The Year Candidate
Do you guys just take a step back sometimes and realize that Chris Brown has been making incredible music since 2005. He has been a superstar since I was five years old…
Jaden Smith Is Dropping ERYS This Friday
Singer, songwriter, actor, and creative Jaden Smith is dropping his long-awaited project, “ERYS” this Friday…
Revenge Of The Dreamers III Release Date Announced!
The one and only Jermaine Lamar Cole took to twitter today to announce the highly anticipated project from his label Dreamville…