Clipse Archives

The best rap records of the past 20 years.

A year in records, from folk to jazz, rap to metal, rock to electronic, and beyond.

The best bangers and ballads, rippers and dirges of an exhausting year

The Virginia Beach legends re-up on their first new album in 16 years

Plus Pygmy Lush, The Swell Season, Ólafur Arnalds and Talos, Matt Jencik & Midwife, Flooding, Kokoroko, Molly Joyce and Joey Waronker & Pete Min

A chronicle of landmark firsts through 50 years of hip-hop

A 4th of July playlist spectacular.