Having already collaborated on three separate projects, including an appearance on each other’s respective solo albums, Aesop Rock and Kimya Dawson - together known as The Uncluded - make collaborations between bombastic rappers and soft spoken singer-songwriters [...]
It seemed like just yesterday that the world couldn’t get enough of Eve Jeffers, the lone lioness from the Ruff Ryders camp who’s lyrical prowess never seemed to get the attention it fully deserved. It’s [...]
Heralded as an emerging force within Chicago’s new school, 20-year-old Chancelor Bennett (a.k.a. Chance the Rapper) represents a seldom seen, criminally slept on, faction of Windy City lyricists – a collective of writers that are [...]
In his sixth studio album Talib Kweli has finally broken free of his arrested development. For years he’s teetered in between the underground and mainstream. too lyrical for the pop light and too soft-spoken for [...]
After nearly 30 years in the rap game, LL Cool J now finds himself in an all too familiar situation for veterans of his ilk. He’s Ali against Holmes. Jordan in a Wizards uniform. A relic who desperately needs to retire. Moreover, [...]
Snoop‘s never been afraid to venture into the unknown. So when he decided to go to Jamaica for his latest project Reincarnated, it nary raised an eyebrow. It’s an easy effort to dismiss. On the surface it’s [...]
On paper Twelve Reasons to Die looks promising, like some sort of indulgent B-Movie waiting to unfold. Yet at every turn, every epic soundscape laid out by composer Adrian Younge, Ghostface holds back – each chapter playing out [...]
Gender, race, class and identity are all topics found on The Knife‘s fourth album, Shaking the Habitual - their first project together in six years. It’s a highly political venture that embodies everything from queer theory [...]
As the leader of rap’s brat pack, Tyler, the Creator is the epitome of a first world sociopath – a lyrical misfit with a loose cannon for a mouth. He’s a juvenile with a reckless [...]
Very rarely do sequels ever live up to any applicable hype. But when the bar is set so low, it’s not a difficult task. I Am Not a Human Being II is a lackluster effort, [...]
