Future Archives

From bangers to ballads, our favorite tracks from a complicated year

The 150 albums we love most from 2010-2019.

The blues as translated through contemporary trap.

An inaugural round-up of the best releases of the month.

Drake and Future both make their case for hip-hop’s current crossover star with new mixtapes.

It’s long past time to stop caring about the irrelevant institution.

Plus Kevin Gates, Tyler the Creator, A$AP Rocky.

Another roundup of the best releases in hip-hop this month.

The latest in a long string of releases for the Atlanta rapper is a more desperate, anguished variation of his approach.

Playing mixtape catch up.

Carly, Future and Bruuuuuuce.

There’s only a couple weeks left in 2015, and we’re ready to call it. As…

The beats and rhymes of 2015.

Best of the year vs. personal favorites.

A look forward to Drake and Future’s new collab, and notable new mixtapes of September 2015.

A couple of new, great summer tracks lead our monthly mixtape column.

The first in a new series of mixtape-focused hip-hop columns.