| Summer Mixtape: Small Pro | July 13, 2015 |
Mobb Deep, Busta Rhymes, Jay-Z, Elucid, M.E.D., Danny Brown, Tribe, and more!
| An Incomplete List of Timbaland’s Worst Decisions | May 26, 2015 |
Magoo? Really?
| Winter Mix: Brad Beatson | January 9, 2015 |
Oh shit, it's winter mix #2!
| Reconcile Yourself to the Retro Charms of “Movin Bass” | November 17, 2014 |
Abe Beame can follow or lead like Commander Picard I’d imagine somewhere out there a young purist spends his evenings screaming into the void, waiting for his (yes, definitely a dude) generation to come its senses, turn down, and recognize the greatness of Joey Badass, or Big K.R.I.T. or whoever. And it’s understandable. You can’t […]
| The 2nd Annual Illustrated Hip Hop Halloween | October 31, 2014 |
This year Halloween fell on a weekend.
| America’z Most Complete Artist: A Guide to DJ Quik | October 16, 2014 |
The only guide to the music of DJ Quik that you'll ever need.
Think Paul Thompson’s a joke? Har-dee-har Every now and then, there are glimpses of the old Jay Z. You hear the half-maniacal laugh, you can still smell the crack in his clothes. But underneath the Samsung deals and the half-hearted veganism lies a bleak, existential truth: Jiggaman got rich and took the doo-rag off. Shawn […]
| Summer Mixtape: Brad Beatson | July 4, 2014 |
Brad Beatson turns down only for freedom. In the summer, I’m looking to push play on a playlist and let it ride. It’s too beautiful out. And I know it’s inevitable that some drunken fingertips will hijack the music at some point to play what they want to. So this is my grand attempt at […]
Jimmy Ness pays Darren Collison Presidential parties, museum tours and marriage ensure we won’t be getting ‘98 Jigga bars anytime soon, but in 2014 “Seen It All” is as close as it gets. Jay-Z shunned Kanye’s wedding to the Kardashian dynasty last month, so there’s a chance Jeezy may become his new best friend. They’ve […]
| My Ghetto Report Card: How to Evaluate Rappers | April 10, 2014 |
Dan Adu-Gyamfi scored 1.1 on his SAT The greatest debate amongst rap fans is who the greatest rapper of all time. Most of the time you’ll realize people mention their favorite artist instead of who they truly consider to be the G.O.A.T. Theatrics ensue as a faux cypher commences with participants doing their best impersonation […]
