hip hop
Jana Hunter (Lower Dens) Talks King Krule’s 6 Feet Beneath the Moon
This is a record I want to like. I've felt this way a lot about King Krule. I like Archy Marshall, the little I know of him via his public presence.
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...
Stew (Passing Strange, the Negro Problem) Talks Talib Kweli’s Prisoner of Conscious
I’m on the B41 bus cruising north on Flatbush Avenue through Brooklyn towards my homestead. (Or am I really headed to Peppa’s Jerk Chicken?)
Aleksey Weintraub (Lakutis) Talks LL Cool J’s Authentic
"Ladies Love Cool James" was ill as hell when he popped out the couch in full couch camo in Toys, the movie that predicted drones like 20...
Angel Del Villar II (Homeboy Sandman) Talks Obey the Altar Native’s Musical Advancement: The Museum
Obey the Altar Native, which is a three-man crew out of Arizona consisting of emcees named Obey, Denone, and Ro Ruckus, just put out...
Stew (Passing Strange, the Negro Problem) Talks Ghostface Killah’s 12 Reasons to Die
The new release by Ghostface Killah and producer/film score composer/record store owner/entertainment law professor Adrian Younge...
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.
Hunter Hunt-Hendrix (Liturgy, Survival) Talks Death Grips’ No Love Deep Web
Death Grips have the ambiguous honor of being the most "now" band around right now. The originality of the music itself lies in their unique..
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...








