Hip-hop

Earl Sweatshirt Live Laugh Love review

Earl Sweatshirt : Live Laugh Love

A warmer, more joyful set of hip-hop

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ShrapKnel – Lincoln Continental Breakfast/Saisir Le Feu/Armature

The rap duo’s new triple-album pulls them in three different directions with consistently dazzling sounds and images

Tyler the Creator Don't Tap the Glass review

Tyler, the Creator : DON’T TAP THE GLASS

Less than a year after ‘Chromakopia,’ an album’s worth of danceable grooves

Gorillaz Demon Days Hall of Fame

Gorillaz designed a 21st century template on Demon Days

Damon Albarn and company broke down genre in playful ways in 2005

Tyler the Creator Don't Tap the Glass

Tyler, the Creator releases new album, DON’T TAP THE GLASS

Tyler releases a new 28-minute album less than a year after ‘Chromakopia’

Clipse Let God Sort Em Out review

Clipse : Let God Sort Em Out

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

MF DOOM albums guide

A guide to the complete albums of MF DOOM

A tour through one of the most colorful, animated and villainous catalogs in hip-hop

mckinley dixon magic, alive! review

McKinley Dixon : Magic, Alive!

The Richmond, Virginia-raised, Chicago-based rapper explores grief through grooves and everyday magic

Little Simz Lotus review

Little Simz : Lotus

The UK rapper emerges from a period of personal turmoil both frustrated and inspired

Aesop Rock Black Hole Superette review

Aesop Rock : Black Hole Superette

Aes’ 11th album is a deep dive into a carnivalesque capitalist hellscape

billy woods golliwog review

billy woods : Golliwog

woods navigates a stunningly unsettling gauntlet of horrors on a bold, chilling new set of songs

Backxwash Only Dust Remains - best albums of 2025 so far

Backxwash : Only Dust Remains

In clarifying the medium, Ashanti Mutinta clarifies the message

clipping. dead channel sky review

clipping. : Dead Channel Sky

The eclectic industrial rap group serve up dystopian hip-hop with extra electronics

billy woods

billy woods announces new album Golliwog

Hear “Misery,” produced by Kenny Segal

Wu-Tang Clan final tour

Wu-Tang Clan announce final tour

Run the Jewels opens all dates

10 of the best houston rap albums

10 Essential Houston Rap Albums

A guide to some of the greatest hip-hop sounds from H-Town

De La Soul Buhloone Mindstate - hall of fame

De La Soul’s Buhloone Mindstate is a sound from a different era

David Jolicoeur, a founding member of the hip-hop group De La Soul, who performed under…

McKinley Dixon

McKinley Dixon announces new album, Magic, Alive!

Hear “Sugar Water,” featuring Quelle Chris and Anjimile