hip hop

Who is Big Sean? Is he a “heel” or is he a "face”? Maybe the gifted Detroit rapper's new album reveals what makes this guy tick.

Future Brown bring disparate sounds and people together on their pristine, powerful debut.

The Dru Hill singer's latest album re-establishes his cred as a vocal virtuoso with killer pipes and a sly wit.

Who is the real Nicki Minaj? And does her new album reveal the answer? Sylvan Esso's singer gets to the bottom of it… or tries to.

They are certified legends. And they also write for Talkhouse.

Can phantasmagorical hip-hop unseat oligarchs and führers? Son Lux's guitarist phantasmagorically explores this intriguing idea.

Every once in a while a hip-hop collective takes the world by storm and reminds us that power does indeed come in numbers. I recall how DMX, Eve...

In 2003, 50 Cent burst into the mainstream with his hugely successful hit song, "In da Club" from his massively popular debut album...

This is the type of hip-hop that can make you feel invincible. It makes you drive a little faster, scowl a little harder, move your head...

In 1999 in Wasilla, Alaska, there wasn't a lot going on. I was dropping out of my senior year in high school, working shitty jobs and partying with...

The beats on Pusha T's My Name Is My Name make you want to install and then blow a set of very expensive speakers as you drive your hooptie...

“This ain’t nothin' to relate to.” Pop music has enough victims. I don’t mean to say that pop music itself is some kind of toxic malignancy — this...