Hip Hop

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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Funk Fusion Hip Hop jazz 

Kamasi Washington Crafts Jazz Boldly and Spiritually

May 25, 2024May 25, 2024 Jason Gross 0 Comments 2024, Cameron Graves, Fearless Movement, Flying Lotus, George Duke, Jazz, Kamasi Washington, Kendrick Lamar, Patrice Quinn, Ronald Brunner Jr., Ryan Adams, Snoop Dogg, Stanley Clarke, Stephen "Thundercat" Brunner, Twilight Singers, Young Records

A deep dive into his latest album, Fearless Movement 

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Hip Hop Rap 

Ghostface Killah Announces New Album Set the Tone (Guns & Roses)

May 7, 2024May 12, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2024, AZ, Bee-B, Beniton, Busta Rhymes, Chucky HollyWood, Fat Joe, Ghostface Killah, Harl3y, Iceman, Jim Jones, Mass Appeal Records, Method Man, Nas, October London, Raekwon, Remy Ma, Serani, Set the Tone, Shaun Wiah, Sheek Louch, Trevor Jackson

The LP, featuring cameos by Nas, Method Man, Raekwon, Busta Rhymes, Remy Ma and more, out this Friday

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Hip Hop Rap 

The Definitive Guide to Hating Drake

May 6, 2024May 7, 2024 Dan Weiss 1 Comment Aubrey Graham, battle, beef, DAMN., Drake, Euphoria, Family Matters, Future, Hip-hop, J. Cole, K-Dot, Kendrick Lamar, King Push, Like That, Meet The Grahams, Metro Boomin, Not Like Us, Pusha T

Enjoy the rap battle of the century, because we’ve never seen anything like this before

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Hip Hop Rap 

Inside OutKast’s Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik

April 26, 2024April 26, 2024 Jason Thurston 0 Comments 1994, 30th Anniversary, Andre 3000, Atlanta, Big Boi, Dungeon Family, Goodie Mob, Hot'Lanta, OutKast, Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik

What makes the hip-hop duo’s debut LP an important listen

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Hip Hop Rap 

How Nas Made The World His Own With Illmatic

April 19, 2024April 19, 2024 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1994, 30th Anniversary, 3rd Bass, AZ, Halftime, Illmatic, MC Serch, N.Y. State of Mind, Nas, Nasir Jones, Olu Dara, Q-Tip, Zebrahead

Looking back on 30 years of the Queensbridge rap great’s iconic debut

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Hip Hop jazz Remembrance Soul 

Musicians Pay Tribute to Casey Benjamin

April 2, 2024April 3, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Casey Benjamin, Derrick Hodge, Harriet Tubman, Jaleel Shaw, Jazz, Jeremy Pelt, Lakecia Benjamin, Living Colour, Lupe Fiasco, Marcus Strickland, Melvin Gibbs, RIP, Robert Glasper, Robert Glasper Experiment, Xtian aTunde Adjuah

Renowned New York saxophonist passed away at age 45

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Hip Hop Rap 

How Run-D.M.C. Revolutionized Hip-Hop in 1984

March 30, 2024March 30, 2024 Deborah Sprague 0 Comments 1984, Daryl McDaniels, DMC, Eddie Martinez, Hard Times, Hollis, Jam Master Jay, Jason Mizell, Joseph Simmons, Larry Smith, Queens, Rev Run, Rock Box, Run DMC, Run-D.M.C., Russell Simmons

Looking back on 40 years of the rap trio’s seminal debut

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Hip Hop Rap 

De La Soul and the Birth of the D.A.I.S.Y. Age

March 6, 2024March 6, 2024 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1989, 3 Feet High and Rising, 35th Anniversary, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, DJ Maseo, Native Tongues, Posdnuos, Prince Paul, The Jungle Brothers, The New Birth, The Turtles, Tommy Boy Records, Trugoy The Dove

How the legendary rap trio’s debut LP changed hip-hop forever

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Alternative Rock Hip Hop Indie Rock Rock 

Revisiting the Analog Odyssey of Beck’s Mellow Gold

March 3, 2024March 10, 2024 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1994, 30th Anniversary, Beck, Beck Hansen, Beercan, Bong Load Records, Carl Stephenson, DGC Records, Loser, Rap-A-Lot Records, The Dust Brothers

A meditation on the accidental fame of 1994’s slacker supreme

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Hip Hop 

If It’s Artificial Let It Be: The Roots’ Things Fall Apart at 25

February 24, 2024February 24, 2024 Justin Cober-Lake 0 Comments 1999, 25th Anniversary, Black Thought, Common, Erykah Badu, Hub, Malik B, Questlove, Rahzel, Scratch, The Roots, Things Fall Apart, You Got Me

Looking back on the album that put the Philly band on the mainstream map

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Funk Hip Hop Pop 

Nile Rodgers Unveils “The Creatives” on Saturday Night Live

February 5, 2024February 5, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments ” Chic, Jean-Michel Basquiat, LE SSERAFIM, Michael Holman, Nile Rodgers, Saturday Night Live, The Creatives, We Are Family Foundation

The Michael Holman-directed Art Ad features the Rodgers & LE SSERAFIM hit song “Unforgiven”

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Experimental Fusion Hip Hop jazz 

André 3000 is Taking New Blue Sun on the Road

January 23, 2024January 23, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Andre 3000, Andre Benjamin, Carlos Niño, Deantoni Parks, Diego Gaeta, Jesse Peterson, Matthewdavid, Mia Doi Todd, Nate Mercereau, New Blue Sun, New Blue Sun Live, OutKast, Surya Botofasina, V.C.R

Brief winter tour kicks off January 29th in Brooklyn

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Hip Hop Rap 

When Public Enemy Took On Arizona for Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 15, 2024January 17, 2024 Ron Hart 1 Comment Apocalypse '91... The Enemy Strikes Black, Arizona, By The Time I Get To Arizona, Chuck D, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Flavor Flav, Martin Luther King Day, MLK, MLK Day, PE, Public Enemy

Why “By The Time I Get To Arizona” still resonates in 2024

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