How Did Playboi Carti’s ‘Music’ Score the Biggest Hip-Hop Debut of the Year?
This week's Five Burning Questions looks at the stellar performance of Playboi Carti's 'Music,' which seems to confirm his ...
The Best New Hip-Hop This Week
The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from Jack Harlow, Doja Cat, and Wale. First things first: ...
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For Elias Williams, the Hip-Hop Beat Machine Carries the Soul of Community
In “Straight Loops, Light & Soul,” a project evoking Roy DeCarava’s Harlem jazz pictures and the music of J Dilla, Williams ...
Hip-Hop for the Infinite Scroll
He’s the undisputed main character of hip-hop for listeners his age and younger, and Music, his first album since 2020, is ...
On 'Ambush,' rapper and a jungle artist Elijah Divine gets back to his hip-hop roots
AMBUSH,” Elijah Divine's most recent album, is eight tracks full of wordplay, straight-ahead delivery and pensive beats.
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Sirius Blvck and Scott Matelic on Daily Rituals of the Wild Heart
Hear an interview with rapper Sirius Blvck and hip-hop producer Scott Matelic. The duo issued their debut collaborative album ...
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From breakbeats to the dance floor: How hip-hop and house revolutionized music and culture
There was a time when artists representing two of America’s biggest homegrown musical genres wouldn’t get a look in at the ...
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The Most Exciting Beats in Underground Rap Can Be Traced Back to Chicago’s Heyday
The answer: He was listening to a lot of the Bomb Squad and De La Soul/Prince Paul beats. No matter what else happens in hip-hop, I’ll never ... combing through the music of the era so deeply ...