Hip-hop

Armand Hammer

Hear a new song from Armand Hammer, “The Gods Must Be Crazy”

‘We Buy Diabetic Test Strips’ out on Friday

Fatboi Sharif

6 Essential Rap Albums You Might Have Missed This Summer

A roundup of a half-dozen essential hip-hop spins from the past few months

Armand Hammer We Buy Diabetic Test Strips review

Armand Hammer – We Buy Diabetic Test Strips

The rap duo deliver one of their most ambitious statements, including live band arrangements

Aesop Rock

Aesop Rock announces new album Integrated Tech Solutions

Hear new song “Mindful Solutionism”

Beastie Boys Square

Beastie Boys Square to be unveiled in New York City on Saturday

The site of the ‘Paul’s Boutique’ cover will be unveiled as Beastie Boys Square

Earl Sweatshirt Voir dire review

Earl Sweatshirt and the Alchemist : Voir Dire

Earl’s new collab with The Alchemist is one of the breeziest in his catalog

Earl Sweatshirt Doris

Earl Sweatshirt explored insular shades of gray on Doris

The L.A. rapper reintroduced himself via a hazy and dark debut album

How hip-hop changed culture forever

Born of the Streets: How Hip-Hop Changed Popular Culture Forever

A look back at the ground-up rise from one of the most important cultural movements of the past century

Armand Hammer Diabetic Test Strips

Armand Hammer tease new project We Buy Diabetic Test Strips

New album announced via postcards sent to fans

Aesop Rock Skelethon reissue

Aesop Rock announces Skelethon 10th anniversary reissue

Expanded version includes bonus tracks and instrumentals

De La Soul 3 Feet High and Rising Treble 100

Treble 100: No. 55, De La Soul – 3 Feet High and Rising

The beginning of a whole new era for hip-hop

Kassa Overall Animals review

Kassa Overall : Animals

A commanding presentation of both jazz and hip-hop, working together in harmony

Earl Sweatshirt Some Rap Songs

Treble 100: No. 64, Earl Sweatshirt – Some Rap Songs

The most personal album of Earl’s career is also his most musically innovative

Harrison Birds, Bees, The Clouds, The Trees review

Harrison : Birds, Bees, The Clouds & The Trees

Toronto-based artist Harrison Robinson summoned the vibration, harnessed the chi, for his third album by…

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billy woods & Kenny Segal : Maps

The emcee and producer’s second team-up, an album of surrealist travelogues, is at once introspective, funny and affecting

Killer Mike tour

Killer Mike announces summer “High & Holy Tour” dates

Dates lined up in support of ‘MICHAEL’, out in June