Listening to Eric B & Rakim’s Paid In Full On Its 27th Birthday
For rap as an art form, the emergence of Rakim is comparable to the first color film, or the invention …
J. Cole’s Born Sinner: One Year Later
2013 was a high for hip-hop. Almost every major artist released an album; the masters (Jay Z, Eminem, Kanye West, …
Album Review: Ab-Soul – These Days
Ab-Soul is a rapper who recognizes his strengths. In a world with an entrenched competitive nature and an ever-changing roster of characters and …
Concert Review: Hot 107.9’s Birthday Bash 19
The bottom of the map may have had the hottest party of the Summer. Atlanta's Birthday Bash 19 was definitely …
Governors Ball: Chance The Rapper (Photos & Review)
The young man who’s quickly become the most promising hip-hop act in his age bracket found himself leaning over another …
Governors Ball: Run The Jewels (Photos & Review)
Run The Jewels hits hard. In other news: the Governors Ball sky is blue, and bears shit in the woods. …
Governors Ball: Ratking (Photos & Review)
For both the familiar and the initiated, Ratking was full of surprises. One surprise was the crowd: it was …
Concert Review: Hudson Mohawke Is Full of Surprises
Manhattan's Webster Hall swelled with anticipation last Wednesday as Hudson Mohawke stealthily approached the DJ booth, soaked in fog and …
SOUNDSET 2014: PHOTOS & REVIEW
Photography by Khammy Phanthavong Words by Ryan Reyes Over 30,000 eager hip hop fans descended on Canterbury Park in Shakopee, Minnesota for …
Album Review: Atmosphere – Southsiders
The last time we heard Atmosphere, they had made a sizable departure from the sound fans were used to hearing. …
Album Review: Iggy Azalea’s The New Classic
Ever since “Pussy,” Iggy Azalea’s infamous ode to the female sex organ, went viral on YouTube in 2011, fans and …
Album Review: Future – Honest
No one has controlled the sound of hip-hop over the last 3 years more than Future. The man born Nayvadius Wilburn has …
Album Review: Pharoahe Monch – PTSD
P.T.S.D. is complicated. Whether we are speaking of the harrowing mental illness or of Pharoahe Monch's fourth studio album, it …
Photo Recap: TY Dolla $ign, Travis $cott & Topaz Jones @ University of Pennsylvania
Shout out to the University of Pennsylvania for getting the Ivy League excited about underground hip-hop. Last month they invited Brooklyn rap …
Concert Review: G-Eazy’s These Things Happen Tour
As Spring Break gets underway, many concertgoers are clearing their calendars and preparing for some of the season's hottest tours …
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