| For the Skies: On Pop Smoke’s Posthumous Album | October 1, 2020 |
Most posthumous albums are simply craven cash grabs. Is the dearly departed New York star's latest resigned to the same fate? Kevin Yeung investigates.
| Al Wooton Looks Back to Go Forward on Witness | July 31, 2020 |
Son Raw goes in on the UK electronic musician formerly known as Deadboy's latest banger.
Son Raw surveys the textures of the Equinoxx producer's two recent albums.
| Things Truly Happened in Kansas Smitty’s | July 22, 2020 |
The popular London bar has a house band influenced by Django Reinhardt and Ahmad Jamal. Chris Daly takes a look at their new album.
| On GoGo Penguin’s Self-Titled Opus | June 30, 2020 |
Chris Daly offers a few words on the Blue Note trio's fifth album.
Steven Louis surveys the Gary, Indiana legend's already rapturously received collaborative project with the all-time great beatmaker.
| NC-17 Dreams: El Michels Affair’s Adult Themes | May 18, 2020 |
Chris Daly adjusts the lens on the newest full-length from the New York funk artist.
| Grand Maestro of the Metro: On Wiki and the Sands of Time | December 10, 2019 |
Will Hagle goes in on the newest album from the New York spitter.
Steven Louis waxes poetic on the rap legend's excellent new album.
| The Most Villainous: Freddie Gibbs & Madlib Break the Piñata | March 18, 2014 |
Max Bell is not against rap or those thugs. Freddie Gibbs rose from scary Gary to Interscope refugee to widespread critical adoration. Some argue that the dexterous Gibbs can rap well over anything. Yet his last album, E.S.G.N. received mixed reviews. The album was solid, but it was also what you’d expect too. It didn’t help […]
