In a 2024 conversation during Jazz Is Dead‘s L.A. Philharmonic residency, label co-founder and hip-hop…
A nearly 80-minute rap opus that spans from blistering noise to soulful jazz rap
Hear “Change the Channel”
Kendrick’s surprise-released new album is his most immediate and least conceptual, but that’s not a problem
Hear “You’re the Only One Watching”
A reflection on the hip-hop pioneers’ entry into the Rock Hall of Fame
Nick McCann returns to discuss the documentary on the Hard Knock Life tour
Tyler offers some of his most raw and personal material on his latest
We spoke to the New York rapper about ‘Revelator’, frustration, hope, and social media
Plus 2025 tour dates
The emcee and one half of Armand Hammer delivers a noisier and more intense album, but one that still has a pronounced humanity at its core
An outstanding boom-bap statement from two decades-long hip-hop veterans
Curry reinforces his reputation as one of the best in rap today with a sequel to a mixtape more than a decade old
New dates in support of ‘The Legend of ABM’
The introduction of a singular force in hip-hop
K.Dot’s breakthrough 2015 album remains the loudest pronouncement of his artistic ambition
When this album dropped in 1988, hip-hop would never be the same.
The hip-hop duo’s third record is their most dazzling and best-sounding set of labyrinthine lyricism to date
Hear “HOT ONE,” featuring TiaCorine and A$AP Ferg
An enjoyable set of boom bap from a reliably solid rapper; nothing more, nothing less