Features
Wednesday, December 12 2012
The Best Hip-Hop of 2012
From riotous humor to sociopolitical commentary, hip-hop in 2012 gave us quality and variety.
Tuesday, December 13 2011
The Best Hip-Hop of 2011
Newcomers, giants, throwbacks, and collaborators -- 2011 was the year of diversity, in which rap fans were faced with enough variety to find whatever flavor of hip-hop they wanted.
Reviews
Wednesday, November 21 2012
The Coup: Sorry to Bother You
On communism's rhetoric of eschatology, and why dick jokes beat slogans.
Thursday, May 24 2012
Killer Mike: R.A.P. Music
Killer Mike and El-P revive the spirit of early '90s Bomb Squad productions from Ice Cube and Public Enemy as faithfully and forward-thinkingly as possible.
Friday, June 3 2011
Killer Mike: PL3DGE
Former Dungeon Family understudy releases his first major label album in years; despite typical major label rap issues, he shines as bright as usual.
Friday, August 22 2008
Killer Mike: I Pledge Allegiance to the Grind II
Killer Mike cut down on the promotional posse-cuts that took up half of his last album, thus rendering the second installment of his I Pledge Allegiance to the Grind series his most essential album, a fully realized example of his incredible promise.
Blogs
Tuesday, May 21 2013
Run the Jewels (El-P and Killer Mike) - "Get It" (stream)
The new song from hip-hop odd couple El-P and Killer Mike continues the synergy found on their outstanding 2012 solo efforts, finding the duo sliding into a masterful, sinister comfort zone that's the equivalent of two super villains doing battle over the world right before they decide to conquer it together.
Thursday, June 7 2012
Killer Mike - "Big Beast" NSFW (Video) + Tour Dates
Killer Mike has just dropped his video for the single "Big Beast" featuring featuring Bun B and T.I. The NSFW video comes across as a take on a Robert Rodriguez film.
News
Friday, June 29 2012
The innovators of hip-hop
Few would have imagined that one of the most powerful and acclaimed protest songs of the year, “Reagan,” would be about the Iran-Contra scandal of…
