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How Jay Z’s Reasonable Doubt launched a hip-hop legacy

“Who do you think you are? Baby one day, you’ll be a star…” Jay Z…

Danny Brown’s new album is called Atrocity Exhibition

Last month, Danny Brown released a new video for “When It Rain,” and announced that…

DJ Shadow : The Mountain Will Fall

I can’t imagine the pressure popular musicians live and perform under when a debut album…

Schoolboy Q Blank Face review

Schoolboy Q : Blank Face LP

Because of Kendrick Lamar’s leap into critical and commercial superstardom, the loose collective of MCs…

El-P

El-P announces winner of Pokemon Rap Remix contest

It’s been a really weird week for El-P. After poking fun at Pokemon Go users…

YG Still Brazy

YG : Still Brazy

Within the first five minutes of YG‘s new album Still Brazy, the Compton emcee asks,…

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Watch a 35-minute documentary on Jay Z’s Reasonable Doubt

This week marks the 20th anniversary of Jay Z‘s landmark debut album, Reasonable Doubt. To…

clipping. : Wriggle

Where does an experimental hip-hop artist go after winning a Tony? Back to making some…

Magnificent Coloring World Tour

Chance the Rapper announces Magnificent Coloring World Tour

Chance the Rapper has announced a tour in support of his new album Coloring Book,…

Da Art of Storytellin’: Learning to do better

I tend to be pretty selective about my rap reading material. I try to concentrate…

Kanye West announces Saint Pablo Tour

Kanye West has announced a 30-date tour in support of The Life of Pablo that’s…

Danny Brown When It Rain

Danny Brown releases hallucinatory new video, “When It Rain”

Danny Brown is back with new music. Today, the Detroit emcee has released a new…

Clipping. Wriggle

Clipping. releases new EP, Wriggle

Fresh off of winning a Tony award for his performance in Hamilton, Daveed Diggs is…

Daveed Diggs of clipping. wins a Tony award for Hamilton

Daveed Diggs, emcee in Los Angeles noise-rap outfit clipping., has won a Tony. The rapper…

The Roots Picnic expands into New York City

The Roots have just announced the inaugural edition of The Roots Picnic NYC. The Picnic…

Vic Mensa new EP

Vic Mensa offers new EP to fans who pledge to vote

Vic Mensa has just released a new EP, titled There’s Alot Going On. The EP…

DJ Quik Rosecrans

DJ Quik and Problem : Rosecrans

DJ Quik is Compton’s unsung hero. While Dr. Dre has earned most of the fame…

Prophets of Rage

Rage Against the Machine, Public Enemy, Cypress Hill members to debut as Prophets of Rage

  Earlier this month, members of Rage Against the Machine, Public Enemy and Cypress Hill…

Chance the Rapper No Problem video

Watch Chance the Rapper’s “No Problem” video, Coloring Book now on Spotify

Earlier this month, Chance the Rapper released his long-awaited third mixtape, Coloring Book. Today he’s…

Shabazz Palaces live album

Shabazz Palaces to release Live at Third Man Records

Seattle hip-hop duo Shabazz Palaces is releasing a new live album through Jack White’s Third…