hip hop

Krizz Kaliko traveled back to happier times while listening to Hawthorne’s newest release.

Some notes on Death Grips.

Josh Strawn (Azar Swan, Vaura) breaks down how this hooky record tackles narcissism, the death of counterculture and a world on the brink of war.

Hood's playlist will make you laugh, cry and... cry some more.

Year-end top ten lists from Laura Jane Grace (Against Me!), Dave Depper (Death Cab for Cutie), Merrill Garbus (Tune-Yards), Spencer Tweedy and more.

Kendrick Lamar, Sufjan Stevens, Alabama Shakes and more topped the 2015 Talkies.

On his previous album, Kendrick Lamar was a filmmaker. On his new one, he’s a writer — and maybe one of the best of his generation.

This is the sound of one of today’s most bewildering emcees reining in his runaway imagination in an acknowledgement of the rap game’s conventions.

Two of the most interesting producer-musicians in contemporary music discuss everything from tricks of the trade to how they'll face the apocalypse.

The celebrated jazz bassist knows a good rhythmatist when he hears one: Mac Miller. But Miller's debut album already finds him at a crossroads.

As a "postmodern author," Pitbull intended for his new album to evoke a party vibe, and his many collaborators add to the overall feeling of euphoria.

The mixture of nighttime soap, family drama and gangster saga attracted ever-increasing audiences, and Fox's new year hit may get even better.