Dewey Decibel is a corner store terrorist and connoisseur of fine cannabis Anthony Negrete aka Speak is an L.A. based rapper/writer/artist most known for penning Kreayshawn’s “Gucci Gucci.” He has come a long way, ghostwriting for different rappers and bands, as the piss drunk son of a Mexican father and Jewish mother, the modern day […]

Eamon Whalen watches Orphan Black with all of his favorite clones I introduced St. Paul’s The Standard as a rap crew, but their new song “Decisions” finds them more in the aesthetic vein of a boy-band. There’s actually hardly any rapping on it all. Less TDE, more Jodeci. Allan Kingdom showcases his elastic, continually adventurous […]

Eamon Whalen ony runs his mouth when the sun goes south To quote the good doctor, Muja Messiah is still not loving police. He’s still thinking about Tycel Nelson, Fong Lee, Courtney Williams and Terrance Franklin — four cases of young men of color killed at the hands of the Minneapolis police department. Questions of […]

Has-Lo is not a Boy Scout; he’ll air your ass out. 50 Cent is too successful. No one wants to champion that. People love the chase. The come up is the mirror to the chase. When the listener can live vicariously through your chase, the listener is excited like young love. When the artist achieves […]

Nebeu Shimeles does not have an empire of emotion. What’s your favorite Theophilus London verse? Haha, jk jk, nobody has an answer to that question because nobody is invested enough in that man’s art to isolate 16, 8, or even 4 bars that are worth repeating in a drunk text message conversation with the homies. […]

Jabbari Weekes is protected by a Mansard roof.  The mysterious Leikeli47, was once asked by a curious fan what occupation she’d have done if not for music. True to form she answered simply, “A professional Tinker Hatfield stan.” With shoe-laced odes to the Air Jordan’s famed designer scattered across her wall, this came as no […]

After serving almost a decade in prison, Alpoko Don came home to Greenville, South Carolina in May of 2012 and started banging on his porch with a pen and rapping to it.  He uploaded the videos to Youtube under the name Dondada and they quickly racked up millions of views. If you love drumming your […]

Will Johnsen is banging like ?uestlove. Fat Man Key has no shame. Unlike Gucci, he’ll tell you to your face that he’s fucking your bitch. In your downtown ATL penthouse no less. Or maybe he will take her to a park, feed her extra large sub sandwiches and pour champagne down her throat. He’ll sip […]

While admittedly leaning for most of these questions and answers, Starlito never lacked for words or charisma. He spoke like he raps: honest and effective. Sometimes clouded and complex, talking circular and not necessarily in succession of thought. We met in studios and a restaurant over the course of three days during A3C in Atlanta […]

Corey Libow always uses the diamond lane You already know the West is in a good place. DJ Mustard’s ratchet anthems are already banging out of car stereos for the rest of the summer. IamSU! and the HBK gang keep the Bay in flush supply. And of course there’s Kendrick, coronated by Dre and Snoop […]