Benny the Butcher, who recently inked a deal with Def Jam, could be on the brink of going mainstream. But he's always been major. If a big l...
His backdrop is a mansion. His hypeman is a chauffeur. His warmup gear is a cardigan. And his catwalk is a boat — literally. Be it his e...
Ghosts can, at once, haunt and inspire; they can loom tragic and stir ideas. EarthGang's brilliant if uneven Ghetto Gods is heavily link...
The first guest voice you hear on God Don't Make Mistakes, Conway the Machine's long-awaited major label debut, speaks volumes about where t...
Wale's greatest artistic gift has always been his ability to make hard work sound effortless. The DMV emcee has a natural knack for riding w...
Accomplished and respected enough to kick up his feet and puff cigars till the Hall of Fame calls, Nasir Jones has instead slammed the creat...
Somewhere between the 10 p.m. coffees and 10 a.m. tequilas, Leon Bridges found a groove. Recorded during two years' worth of all-night jam s...
Georgia's three-headed monster of triple-time flows (and more showy ice than those girls from Frozen) delayed the long-awaited third and fin...
Swizz Beatz remembers the look on his friend Dark Man X's face when he received a gift from Bono. Not only had the U2 frontman blessed the m...
In the mini documentary that accompanies J. Cole's sixth studio album, the rapper openly ponders a creative crossroads. Having already p...
When a person dies, loved ones are often told to remember how they lived. Think of the times they were vibrant and carefree and in his eleme...
DJ Khaled albums are like Michael Bay movies, as many have noted over the years. Familiar and fun. Loud and glossy. Predictable in their rel...
One of the most important — yet least discussed — tools in a rapper's arsenal is beat selection. A decent wordsmith can elevate himself to g...
It feels supremely fitting that Kota the Friend would drop his latest platter at the outset of spring. Breezy and light, the fiercely indepe...
Nowadays, rapping about guns and drugs is like painting fruit bowls and wildflowers. If you're looking to stand out creatively while explori...
You wouldn't immediately recognize him on that spring afternoon in 2004. And if it weren't for his metallic disguise sitting on the table be...
A wise man once said, don't read your mentions. He said to ignore the comments section. He warned artists that it's dangerous to read your o...
Grownup underground rap music felt gloriously alive and unapologetically well in the crowded, multi-tiered confines of Toronto's east end Op...
"Tell me: Has anyone in here seen the second-newest Spider-Man movie?" This is how Post Malone hypes the first of two soldout crowds buz...
At this stage, they could hit cruise control and still win the night. The reputations and catalogues of Nasir Jones and Mary Jane Blige...
