Sittin' Sidewayz... With Skinny Friedman
Don't Kid Yourself: Macklemore's Edgy Politics Are Not Edgy
It's 2013. Let's stop patting this guy on the back for his vague "let's all get along" message.
Meet Durkin, the Genius Behind "Khaled's Lament"
We interviewed the producer who laid DJ Khaled's marriage proposal over a pillow-fluffy beat and came up with magic.
Which 'Orange Is the New Black' Characters Are Like Which Popular Rappers?
Because I’m currently broke and I have air conditioning, I’m blowing through Netflix’s WASPy-girl-goes-to-jail drama Orange Is the New Black. Because I’m a one-trick pony, here’s who some of the characters would be if they were rappers.
You Shouldn't Write About Rap Music: Snarky Racism Edition
Everybody ready for another round of righteous indignation? OK this shouldn’t take long.
Ten Great Old El-P Productions
In celebration of El-P and Killer Mike's 'Run the Jewels,' we take a look back at some of El-P's great work that you might not be familiar with.
Rick Rubin Breaks Down What He Cut From 'Yeezus'
From Mortal Kombat samples to sage leaves, this is all the shit the legendary producer had to cut.
Meet Trackboyz, Who Produced Many Other Great Songs Besides J-Kwon's "Tipsy"
Kanye West love's J-Kwon's "Tipsy," so let's celebrate the producers behind it.
No One Cares That You Don't Like a Popular Rapper
The contrary opinions of music critics are increasingly worthless in the face of legitimate fandom. And it’s even more true when they’re ill-informed.
Sometimes the Rap Game Remind Me of the Cat Game
I just got two kittens. They are tiny and I'm terrified they're gonna die. I didn’t give them dumb rap-centric names. If I had, here are 50 possibilities I could have gone with.
The Five Best Things Made Out of Leather at Summer Jam 2013
Including 2 Chainz's pickelhaube, Raekwon's leather hood, and the back of Sean Kingston's shirt.
On Nicki Minaj Vs. Peter Rosenberg and Hip-Hop's Patriarchy Problem
Even though it’s a great time to be a woman who raps, the hip-hop community still finds femininity alien, if not wildly threatening. Meanwhile, Nicki Minaj's creative interests have outgrown the small box of what "real rap" can offer her.
I Saw Red Bull Music Academy's "Drum Majors" Event and Some it Was Great and Some of it Really Sucked
Red Bull Music Academy's “Drum Majors” was supposed to be an all-star line-up of hip-hop producers “exclusively reinterpret[ing] their biggest tracks live onstage.” What it actually was was an all-star line-up of hip-hop producers doing DJ sets of wildly