JPEGMAFIA Archives

From prolific underground rap vets to mainstream up-and-comers

50 records from a year that overwhelmed us with great music

Our favorite songs from an eclectic year

Hear another new single from ‘We Buy Diabetic Test Strips’

Looking over the past six months of outstanding new music

The two emcees hit the road in support of ‘Scaring the Hoes’

A loose, fun and frequently bonkers set of hip-hop bangers from the two iconoclastic rappers

Plus HIRS Collective, JPEGMAFIA and Danny Brown, Angel Bat Dawid, Caroline Rose, and Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer and Shahzad Ismaily

Plus Vulture Feather, Alison Goldfrapp and Everything But the Girl

With Snail Mail and JPEGMAFIA

Plus Sky Ferreira, Perfume Genius, JPEGMAFIA and more

Our favorite rap albums and mixtapes from the past year.

Sixteen albums—14 new albums and two reissues—you have to hear this month.

Hear the rapper’s new album, featuring 18 new tracks.

New album due out this fall.

Gifts for the music lover in your life, or maybe just you. That works too.

The 11 best albums of the past month.

The oddball hip-hop artist tones down his most aggressive impulses but raises the bar.

Twenty albums you need to hear before the year’s over.

See an album trailer featuring James Blake and Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy.