Like the simple yet deliciously tempting milk bottles on its cover art, Bas's latest release is a fresh batch of tracks that'll quench your...

Rap's most eclectic producer sets his sights on yet another genre, and once again draws on that style in inventive and exciting ways. This t...

Hip-hop's good guy has a confession to make. Yes, Chance the Rapper — the church-going, gospel-inclined, typically chipper MC — has learned...

Maxo Kream will sound like a true student of the game during your first listen to Brandon Banks, the Houston MC's major label debut. Back-ha...

For a rapper like Freddie Gibbs, any old beat would frankly do. So astute is his auteurist eye for nitty-gritty details, so athletically nim...

Who says growing old can't be fun? Willie Nelson makes it sound like a gas on Ride Me Back Home, his latest LP and one of the best in the li...

Panting. A racing pulse. Palpable, all but audible perspiration. Howling creatures in the distance.   These are but a few of the elements...

How can grief sound so gorgeous? Nevada City, CA singer-songwriter Mariee Sioux deftly pulls off that dichotomy on "Baby Wave," a key track...

NASCAR isn't a typical touchstone in hip-hop lyrics, to say the least. But leave it to Blu to boldly go outside the box and name-check drive...

We all know the worst hip-hop glamorizes materialism and excess. But some of the best rap elevates such desires into fantasies that can insp...

Hate Logic all you want — you're only giving him more ammunition.   He spits quicker than an automatic rifle on "Homicide" (the smash sing...

In the tradition of Curtis Mayfield's "Miss Black America" and Sam Cooke's "You're Always On My Mind," Carlton Jumel Smith's "Woman You Made...

By stripping down the songs from his masterful 2018 LP Both Ways on the newly released The Other Way, Donovan Woods has put a fresh spin on...

Good news, ScHoolboy Q fans: he's still as menacing, off-kilter and creative as ever, maybe more so. But this time, he makes all those compe...

Getting Chance the Rapper on your album is a tall order indeed. But to then steal the show from the esteemed Chicago MC? Why that would be a...

When you pack East coast venues with fans that holler your orchestral indie rock anthems to the rafters, how do you up the ante from there?...

"I felt detached from everything that was natural and good," says Tim Baker, frontman of the in-hiatus indie rock band Hey Rosetta!, of the...

Racially charged accusations; viral social media videos; heated comment section debates. These are but a few of the muses that Detroit MC an...

Sure, Quelle Chris raps like the rewind button was invented just for him. But even as you scramble to back up the track to that last intrica...

There are hopeless romantics, and then there's Matt Andersen, who is romantic enough to make you feel hopeful. Just try not to be swept up b...