The 15 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2015
No year in the best hip-hop was as eclectic as 2015, representing various gender identities, sexualities, geographies, worldviews, and genre infusions.
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Heems’ ‘VENNA LP’ Communicates Across Boundaries
On VEENA LP, Queens rapper Heems delivers a significant and sonically diverse work of NYC rap fueled by diaspora blues. It’s his best record as a solo artist.
The 80 Best Albums of 2015
Travel back five years ago when the release calendar was rife with stellar albums. 2015 offered such an embarrassment of musical riches, that we selected 80 albums as best of the year.
Swet Shop Boys: Sufi La EP
Swet Shop Boys’ new EP Sufi LA is a showcase for MC Himanshu Suri and is altogether stronger than their debut Cashmere.
Swet Shop Boys: Cashmere
Cashmere is a transatlantic hip-hop album that challenges representation of South Asian people in pop culture.
Northside Festival 2015: Run the Jewels & The Very Best + Heems (Photos)
Northside festival serves as the unofficial start of summer in Brooklyn as it brings a ton of (often free) music, film and tech events.
Heems: Eat Pray Thug
Heems, having broken away from rap group Das Racist, tackles politics, race and romance on his disparate yet ultimately compelling first solo album.