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  • Run The Jewels Announce North American Tour

    Run The Jewels Announce North American Tour

    Killer Mike and El-P are hitting the road again to promote their upcoming third album, Run the Jewels 3. The “Run the World” tour spans across North America, squeezing 33 shows into the first two months of 2017. The tour is supported by The Gaslamp Killer, on the heels of their 2016 album, Instrumentalepathy, as well as Spark Master Tape, and Cuz. … [continued]

  • Essentials: “Telephone Calls” – A$AP MOB 

    Essentials: “Telephone Calls” – A$AP MOB 

    A$AP MOB has #blessed us with the closing track from their upcoming album, Cozy Tapes Vol. 1. The track features bars from A$AP Rocky, Tyler, the Creator, Playboi Carti and Yung Gleesh. Listen below: Plu2o Nash produced the instrumentals for the track, featuring an unorthodox hook surrounding a droopy beat that goes hard as hell. A$AP… [continued]

  • Essentials: “Favorite” – Manus

    Essentials: “Favorite” – Manus

    We often listen to music to help us express all the emotions we can’t say, aided by the use of artists’ meaningful metaphors and coy similes. Drake‘s moody double-speak lyrics provide great fodder for sad tweets about fighting with your dickhead boyfriend, just as Beyonce‘s confident words allow us to convey bravado and poise when we’re #flexing… [continued]

  • Essentials: “MOTIVASIAN” – Bohan Phoenix

    Essentials: “MOTIVASIAN” – Bohan Phoenix

    What better way to learn English than to start rapping? That’s the approach that HuBei born, Brooklyn based MC Bohan Phoenix took after immigrating from China to Boston at age 11. The video for rapper’s latest single, “MOTIVASIAN,” is like if Keith Ape, JMSN, and Odd Future teamed up to do a modern riff on The Big Lebowski.… [continued]

  • Essentials: “Halos & Devil Horns” – Phora

    Essentials: “Halos & Devil Horns” – Phora

    PhoraOne finds the correct balance between soul and originality to make the song his, producing what undoubtedly will become an underground classic in years to come. [continued]

  • Rap and French Suburban Identity

    Je suis l’espace où je suis: Constructing banlieue identity in French rap music. [continued]

  • Gig Review: Heems

    December 2nd 2012, was a sad day for hip hop music. The dynamic, ironic, yet lyrically fantastic rap group that was Das Racist unceremoniously called it quits, with a series of mystical tweets raising question as to the relationships within the group and the future of Das Racist itself. That was it, no more witticisms… [continued]