Sheldon Pearce Pearce has covered music for Goings On since 2020. To call T-Pain’s journey back to the center of pop culture a redemption arc might be underestimating his influence, even at his most marginalized, but in recent years the singer and rapper has become a case study in successful second impressions. Once the purveyor of a liquor-infused, Auto-Tuned R. & B.
Beautifully lit and laid out, this show is like a well-ordered dream, filled with care and tenderness.—Hilton Als Hip-Hop In 2013, the indie-rap lifers billy woods and Elucid joined forces to become Armand Hammer, a clear-eyed, thrilling guerrilla duo with a penchant for cutting through nonsense. Taking the name of a man dubbed “Lenin's chosen capitalist,” they trade complementary snarky, razor-sharp bars.