Tag: rap
Run The Jewels – RTJ3
Notorious Bernie bro, Killer Mike, and his partner in rhymes, El-P, are back. The duo known as Run The Jewels, have returned with their...
Top 10 Favs of Hip-Hop: 2016
Everything that has a beginning has an ending, and thank God Jan. 1 is right around the corner, because 2016 needs to die. It’s...
A Tribe Called Quest – We Got It From Here, Thank...
In 1993, A Tribe Called Quest dropped Midnight Marauders and changed the hip-hop game forever. Nearly everything on the album, from the seductive jazz samplings...
Danny Brown – Atrocity Exhibition
If there’s anything Danny Brown, the 35-year-old Detroit MC, excels at, it’s making records that turn parties into functions with a capital F. Songs...
Travis Scott – Birds In the Trap Sing McKnight
Travis Scott is quickly becoming one of hip-hop’s most iconic voices. The “Antidote” rapper, whose sound falls somewhere between the braggadocio of Kanye West...
Vince Staples – Prima Donna EP
The summer of 2016 has been a dark time for hip-hop. The great influx of passionate rap as a result of increased social tension,...
The Roots’ Game Theory(10 Year Anniversary)
Game theory is the study of how rational decision makers will make choices in the face of conflict and cooperation. Games like Prisoner’s Dilemma...
Vince Staples @ The Loft, 5/18/16
There are few artists in hip-hop today that pack as much punch as Vince Staples. The 22-year-old MC from Long Beach, California built up...
Domo Genesis – Genesis
RT: One Below, My Own, Go (Gas), All Night
RiYL: Tyler the Creator, Oddisee, DOOM, Blu & Exile
Anyone who has paid attention to hip hop...
Retrospective: Prince Paul – A Prince Among Thieves
RT: “War Party”, “Mr. Large”, “What U Got”, “Pain”
RiYL: The Wu Tang Clan, Geto Boyz, De La Soul
In a genre that is as obsessed...