Tosten Burks is eminently hirable. This is how you impress fresh out of jail. On house arrest after posting bail (and facing trial for charges of assault and assorted armed robbery), Gunplay marches on, releasing fire in preparation for his debut solo LP Medellin. Have T.I. or Lil Wayne rapped this well at any point […]

Tosten Burks rolls that cabbage like an egg roll. This is the collaboration no one was anxiously waiting for, but should have been. The shiny chrome Block Beattaz production and the effortless, measured, playful DaVinci arrogance give each other what both have been missing all along. For Huntsville’s go-to duo: a gruff, hardened voice to […]

Tosten Burks is about to ramble about Blu. Fresh off the release of his serenely, brutally vulnerable Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them, the Blu & Exile sequel that served as a reminder that Blu might still be the best rapper in the city, here’s a separate reminder that the overblunted […]

Tosten Burks prefers “Speakerboxx” to “The Love Below,” not that it matters. I shouldn’t feel an obligation to post Big Boi singles, but for some reason offering up this track from upcoming album, Victorious Lies and Dangerous Rumors feels morally satisfying. It’s not an underdog thing. Good music is good music, and less-than-good music is […]

Tosten Burks is weird. It’s about time drill rap got weird. Just when you thought the Chicago bubble was getting boring, here’s an artist indulging in the sound of the moment and equally bored with it. Hence, the banging, queasy paranoia that is Jaye’s “Gods.” Daniel Worthy’s high hats are less sure of themselves, skittering […]

Tosten Burks is solid as a lean elk. Still not convinced that the El-P and Killer Mike matrimony signaled the fall of cross-niche hip-hop barriers? How about the Aussie, Jonti, working with New York wiseman Homeboy Sandman. The Olympics really do bring us all together. Or maybe, all it takes is a Stones Throw to […]

Tosten Burks is back. At this point, nothing is hyperbole. A year since its release, Section.80 remains one of the blog era’s greatest triumphs, still profound, still staggeringly ambitious, still technically breathtaking. “A.D.H.D.” still stands as the song of a generation, not hurt at all by its blatant intention to be just that. This is […]

Tosten Burks is tost in the world. Posting this video because the song remains more interesting than anything Kanye’s done since. Maybe Watch the Throne and these recent G.O.O.D. Music album leaks have matched the gaudiness of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, but none of it has been inspired or emotionally engaging enough to feel […]

Tosten Burks has also been described as beautifully dirty. Let this dirty, beautiful, beautifully dirty video for Sunday School standout track “All” be a forceful reminder that if you’re not yet listening to Tree, you should be. While the Chicago rapper may be flying under the Gawker radar, he is making music with intensely more […]

Tosten Burks is the target demographic. Time for field results from 4/20. Those game-worn tracks that earned that grand honor of being played on repeat on such a holy day. May all your holiday activities have been full of Devin and Snoop, but dude, may all your future gatherings squeeze in these recent new smoke-stained […]