Drake Covers RESPECT. Vol. 3, Issue 3 – On Stands 5/29

Yessir! The Club Paradise tour kicks off tonight in Concord, CA. Issue on stands May 29th, featuring Juicy J, Schoolboy Q, Mike Miller, Chris McPherson, and more.

Drake Covers GQ

 
Drizzy gets his GQ on in the April issue of Gentleman’s Quarterly. Rappers smiling? What’s this world coming too? Why couldn’t this have come out while Common was taking shots at the young angel? Anyway, check out his boss on the cover of our quarterly on newsstands now if you haven’t already!

A$AP Rocky Covers Complex

This is just something you have to salute. Complex is constantly pushing the boundaries with their covers, and this is a prime example. Whether it’s a tribute to Warhol and Basquiat or not, this is DOPE. Oh, yeah. This is Rocky and Jeremy Scott’s (he’s the designer behind the winged Adidas kicks) first cover. Read [...]

MTV Crowns @ElliottWilson 2011′s “Hip-Hop Culture MVP”

Before hip-hop became immersed in the world of 140 characters, there was good old-fashioned print journalism. Elliott Wilson, current chief of RapRadar.com and RespectMagazine, is the face of hip-hop journalism and at this point its safe to call him a culture historian as well. He has contributed iconic cover stories and lent his editing expertise to pioneering [...]

RESPECT. Online Exclusive: “Compton’s Most Wanted” – An Interview with Kendrick Lamar

Words by Nick Harwood
Photos by  Ahmed Klink
To hear Kendrick Lamar tell it, he’s already made his Reasonable Doubt.
But Kendrick Lamar isn’t talking about the self-titled, I’m-here-now 15-song “FreEP” he dropped in the final hours of 2009 or last year’s impressive follow up,O(verly) D(edicated). And he’s not talking Section.80, his most recent effort, which hit the web like a [...]

RESPECT. Online Exclusive – “Who Gon Stop Me” – Lil B, in His Own Words

Love him. Hate him. You can’t ignore him. Lil B’s a poignant provocateur poised to take a dedicated cult following to greater heights. Sky’s the limit, Based God. 
Words by Elliott Wilson
Images by Trevor Traynor
This social-media assassin sure sounds friendly on the telephone.
Beaming in from the Bay Area on my phone line is Lil B The [...]

RESPECT. Online Exclusive – “Royal Flush” – Elliott Wilson on “Watch the Throne”

Jay-Z and Kanye have just made more history together, and hip-hop will never be the same again. From the projects to the penthouse, rap has a new home. Get your weight up—not your hate up.
There has never been an album like this. No. Truly. You never thought that hip-hop would take it this far.
Watch The [...]

Jay-Z’s “The Blueprint” Graces The Latest Source Cover

Our very own Elliott Wilson is still on his Jigga Man steez. For The Source‘s latest cover, they decided to commemorate the 10th year anniversary of Hov‘s The Blueprint album. YN holds down that feature for the hip-hop publication. Hopefully you all already picked up that new, new edition of RESPECT. on newsstands now. That [...]

RESPECT. Vol. 2, Issue 4 – #HovApproved

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RESPECT. YN on WTT. Frank Ocean. Lil B. Yelawolf. Kendrick Lamar. 2 Chainz. Alexander Richter. Diana Levine. Maino. 9.6.11. #HovApproved Ha!less than a minute ago via UberSocial for BlackBerry [...]

The Throne Covers RESPECT.’s Fall Issue 9.6.11

Jay and Kanye aren’t doin’ any press but I still got something to say about the album everyone is and should be talkin’ about. Issue on stands Sept. 6.
YN’s back!