Al Shipley
The Unstreamables: The Family’s Page in the Prince Songbook
Though Prince's catalog is on Spotify and Apple, much of his music remains unavailable. We take a look at one such side project, the 1985 self-titled debut from The Family.
The Winter Remix Report Card: Fresh Faces Like Lil Uzi Vert and A Boogie Join the Posse Cut Ranks
This quarter, “Spend It” and “New Level” get taken to new levels.
The Fall Remix Report Card: Gucci’s Home and Running the Remix Circuit
Kanye West has deigned to appear on a few songs, too.
Guwop Home: How Good Is Gucci Mane's 'Everybody Looking'?
'Everybody Looking' is Gucci's most high profile release in years simply by virtue of his recent absence, and it finds Gucci more mature but still funny and defiant.
The Summer Remix Report Card Goes All The Way Up
The general appetite for overstuffed posse cuts appears to be at an all time low, but new remixes of hits like "All the Way Up" and "Cut It" may be better off for it.
It Goes Down In The Remix: The First Remix Report Card of 2016
From Lil' Wayne to Logic, no one is safe.
Endless French Montana: The Winter Remix Report Card Goes "HANH!"
The Weeknd, Migos, and E-40 were among the artists who got the all-star remix treatment this fall.
Happy Zoo Year: How Fetty Wap Keeps Us Hooked
Even with chart successes and co-signs, there was always a popular narrative to downplay Fetty Wap’s almost unprecedented rise—until it could no longer be denied.
Belieber-Directioner Deathmatch: Who Will Win the Greatest Pop Music Battle of Our Generation?
Justin Bieber and One Direction released new albums on the same day. Who will come out on top?
Eclipse The Quan: How "Hit The Quan" Became Bigger Than Rich Homie Quan
No Rich Homie Quan song has ever charted as high as "Hit the Quan." What does that mean?
Nothing Good Happens When J. Cole Rick Rolls Janet Jackson: The Remix Report Card, Third Quarter 2015
Plus, we grade remixes of Rita Ora, Lil Durk, Major Lazer, and more. Thank God for Fetty Wap.
Kane Mayfield Says Farewell to Baltimore with "Dream Killers"
The rapper is leaving a town that shaped him and has shared his goodbye track before a farewell show tonight in the city.