Hip-hop

Backxwash Only Dust Remains review

Backxwash : Only Dust Remains

In clarifying the medium, Ashanti Mutinta clarifies the message

clipping. dead channel sky review

clipping. : Dead Channel Sky

The eclectic industrial rap group serve up dystopian hip-hop with extra electronics

billy woods

billy woods announces new album Golliwog

Hear “Misery,” produced by Kenny Segal

Wu-Tang Clan final tour

Wu-Tang Clan announce final tour

Run the Jewels opens all dates

10 of the best houston rap albums

10 Essential Houston Rap Albums

A guide to some of the greatest hip-hop sounds from H-Town

De La Soul Buhloone Mindstate - hall of fame

De La Soul’s Buhloone Mindstate is a sound from a different era

David Jolicoeur, a founding member of the hip-hop group De La Soul, who performed under…

McKinley Dixon

McKinley Dixon announces new album, Magic, Alive!

Hear “Sugar Water,” featuring Quelle Chris and Anjimile

Ebo Taylor Jazz Is Dead review

Ebo Taylor, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad : Jazz Is Dead 022

In a 2024 conversation during Jazz Is Dead‘s L.A. Philharmonic residency, label co-founder and hip-hop…

Pink Siifu BLACK'!ANTIQUE review

Pink Siifu : BLACK’!ANTIQUE

A nearly 80-minute rap opus that spans from blistering noise to soulful jazz rap

Kendrick Lamar GNX review

Kendrick Lamar : GNX

Kendrick’s surprise-released new album is his most immediate and least conceptual, but that’s not a problem

MIKE

MIKE announces new album, Showbiz!

Hear “You’re the Only One Watching”

A Tribe Called Quest

A Tribe Called Quest’s legacy of individuality

A reflection on the hip-hop pioneers’ entry into the Rock Hall of Fame

Backstage documentary

Rock Docs Podcast: Nick’s Picks Vol. 4: Backstage

Nick McCann returns to discuss the documentary on the Hard Knock Life tour

Tyler the Creator Chromakopia review

Tyler, the Creator : Chromakopia

Tyler offers some of his most raw and personal material on his latest

Elucid interview

Elucid speaks the truth

We spoke to the New York rapper about ‘Revelator’, frustration, hope, and social media

Elucid revelator review

ELUCID – REVELATOR

The emcee and one half of Armand Hammer delivers a noisier and more intense album, but one that still has a pronounced humanity at its core