A grown hip hop critic reflects on Jay Z’s music, business power, cultural influence, and why rap remains the root of his ...

As the year comes to an end, we’re paying tribute to our favorite albums and songs released across our favorite genres. This week, we tackled the very best K-pop songs of 2024, and today we’ve ...

The rapper and podcast host reflects on message boards, digital archiving and why the internet once invited listeners to dig ...

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Industry insiders mull over the history of 'experimental' as a label for hip-hop and whether the term is functional, redundant or useless.

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