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Knox Fortune, On His Own Merits

Paradise transcends genre across time.

October 11, 2017

Open Mike Eagle’s Comic-Book Heroism

Brick Body Kids Still Daydream guides you through the projects with hope.

September 28, 2017

Dirtbag State of Mind

On Wiki's No Mountains in Manhattan and New York City rap.

September 19, 2017

Notes on an Imaginary Version of 21 Savage’s Issa

My bootsy wi-fi is acting up, so I'ma just guess how it's gonna sound.

July 18, 2017

Connecting Those Diaspora Dots: An Interview With Swet Shop Boys’ Heems

"This is not about me being from New York or Riz being from the UK. This is about a global feeling, influence, and connection."

May 10, 2017

Himanshu Suri (Das Racist) Talks J. Cole’s Born Sinner

J. Cole's "Power Trip" is currently in non-stop radio rotation and I'm OK with that. It's a soulful head-nodder of a sing-along rap song. It's one...

March 26, 2015

Ashok Kondabolu (Das Racist) Talks Quasimoto’s Yessir Whatever

I once saw a briefly-posted video on the Stones Throw label's website of a lecture Otis Jackson, Jr., aka hyper-prolific producer/rapper/musician...

June 26, 2013

Victor Vasquez (Das Racist) Talks Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d city

The new Kendrick Lamar album is hella good. Like, fuck Batman, feel me? Fuck Looper, this shit was better than Looper.

April 10, 2013

Ashok Kondabolu (Das Racist) Talks Wiz Khalifa’s o.n.i.f.c.

When "Black and Yellow" dropped in 2010 I was vaguely aware of Wiz Khalifa for his weird name and weed-heavy subject matter. After listening to...

March 20, 2013

Ashok Kondabolu (Das Racist) Talks Pharrell Williams: Spaces and Places I’ve Been

The music of Pharrell Williams and the Neptunes was a huge part of the meaty “trying drugs and sex” part of my childhood. The main part of my teen...

March 9, 2013