Hip Hop

Hip Hop Rock 

Vince Staples Rocks Out On ‘Cry Baby’

June 9, 2026June 9, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2026, Black Jack Johnson, Cry Baby, Kid Cudi, Mos Def, Section 8 Arthouse, Slick Rick, Vince Staples, Yaasin Bey

Long Beach rapper turns up the volume on new LP

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Alternative Rock Hip Hop Techno House Jungle Etc. 

Mike D Says ‘Thank You’

June 8, 2026June 8, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2026, Beastie Boys, Capitol Records, Davis Diamond, Mike D, Mike D 5D, Mike Diamond, Skyler Diamond, Thank You

Solo debut from Beastie Boy out Aug. 28

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Hip Hop 

Talk This Way: Run-D.M.C.’s ‘Raising Hell’ Turns 40

May 17, 2026May 17, 2026 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1986, 40th Anniversary, Adidas, Aerosmith, DMC, It's Tricky, Jam Master Jay, My Adidas, Profile Records, Raising Hell, Rev Run, Run-D.M.C., Walk This Way

Looking back on the Queens trio’s breakthrough 3rd LP

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Hip Hop 

Mike D Goes Solo With ‘Switch Up’

May 8, 2026May 8, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments Ad-Rock, Adam Horovitz, Beastie Boys, Mike D, Switch Up, Very Nice Person

Single marks first new music from a Beastie Boy in 15 years

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Heavy Metal Hip Hop Rock 

Down Rodeo: Rage Against the Machine’s Evil Empire Turns 30

April 16, 2026April 16, 2026 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1996, 30th Anniversary, Brad Wilk, Bulls on Parade, Down Rodeo, Epic Records, People of the Sun, Rage Against the Machine, RATM, Tim Commerford, Tom Morello, Vietnow, Zack de la Rocha

This is for the People of the Sun…

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Country and/or Western Hip Hop Rock Southern Rock 

The Devil and El Demonio

March 12, 2026March 12, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2026, Born A Suspect, El Demonio, Kevin Smith, Krayzie Bone, Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg, Urban Outlaw Country

Catching up with the godfather of urban outlaw country

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Hip Hop 

Ready or Not: Fugees’ The Score Turns 30

February 17, 2026February 17, 2026 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1996, 30th Anniversary, Bob Marley, Columbia Records, Fugees, Lauryn Hill, Pras Michel, Roberta Flack, Ruffhouse Records, The Fugees, The Score, Wyclef Jean

Looking back on a singular rap classic

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Hip Hop 

Spark the Brain: Genius/GZA’s Liquid Swords Turns 30

November 13, 2025 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1995, 30th Anniversary, 4th Chamber, Cold World, Genius, Genius/GZA, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, Killah Priest, Liquid Swords, RZA

Reflections on a Wu-Tang Clan fan favorite

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Folk Funk Fusion Gospel Hip Hop Indie Rock Pop 

David Byrne Hits the Zeitgeist in Boston

October 6, 2025October 6, 2025 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 2025, Boch-Wang Theater, David Byrne, Matador Records, Talking Heads, Who Is The Sky?

A dispatch from the Who Is The Sky? Tour at the Boch-Wang Theater

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Hip Hop 

WATCH: Kurious Shares ‘1984’ Video

January 29, 2025January 29, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1984, 2024, 2025, A Constipated Monkey, Kurious, Majician, Metalface Records, MF Doom, Rhymesayers Entertainment

NYC rapper’s latest LP, Majician, out now on Metalface Records

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Hip Hop 

Madlib’s Home Burns Down in L.A. Fires

January 13, 2025January 14, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments Black Star, Eaton, Fire, Freddie Gibbs, Los Angeles, Madlib, Madvillain, MF Doom, Palisades, Wildfires

The legendary hip-hop producer and his family are safe

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Hip Hop 

Calling the Biz: The 25-Year Class Reunion of Handsome Boy Modeling School

October 20, 2024October 20, 2024 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1999, 25th Anniversary, Dan The Automator, Del the Funky Homosapien, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Prince Paul

How an old Fox sitcom informed a genre-bending hip-hop classic

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Films Hip Hop Irish Rap 

Kneecap: Luck of the Linguists

August 7, 2024August 7, 2024 Jason Gross 0 Comments Beastie Boys, Belfast, JJ "DJ Próvaí" Ó Dochartaigh, Kneecap, Liam Óg "Mo Chara" Ó hAnnaidh, Madman Films, N.W.A, Naoise "Móglaí Bap" Ó Cairealláin, Northern Ireland, Public Enemy, Sony Pictures Classics

Will the Irish rappers and their biopic overtake the States?

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Dance Electronic Hip Hop 

New KAYTRANADA Album, Timeless, Out This Friday

June 4, 2024June 4, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2024, Anderson .Paak, Channel Tres, Childish Gambino, Dawn Richard, Don Toliver, KAYTRANADA, Mariah the Scientist, PinkPantheress, Ravyn Lenae, RCA Records, Rochelle Jordan, Thundercat, Timeless, Tinashe

Listen to Channel Tres-assisted single “Drip Sweat” below

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Festivals Hip Hop Soul 

The Roots Picnic Re-Centers Philly in Black Music

June 4, 2024June 4, 2024 Dan Weiss 0 Comments Andre 3000, Babyface, Black Thought, Erykah, Erykah Badu, Ghostface Killah, J. Period, Jill Scott, Jilly from Philly, Lil Wayne, Method Man, Nas, Pharrell Williams, Questlove, Redman, Roots Picnic 2024, The Roots

In its 15th year, the annual fest remains a bustling intersection of musical quality and rich culture

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