Drizzy had a line from “Thank Me Now,” that aligned rappers and athletes because “we want to be them, and they want to be us.” Other than rappers getting to sit courtside (one becoming a brand ambassador and another being a former part-owner) and a few flopped mixtapes from a handful of players (out of […]
Read moreAlbum art oft takes a backseat when it comes to an entire piece of music, but the folks at Glitch Album Art have taken a stab at remixing a handful of classic hip-hop albums like Kanye West’s “College Drop Out,” and Nas’ “Illmatic,” to even more modern classics like, Kendrick Lamar’s “good kid, m.A.A.d. city,” […]
Read moreThere are few stars in hip-hop that can cross the line from being just a performer to an entertainer, and compared to most other music, that line is actually not very thin. Very few times have I attended a hip-hop show and walked away feeling satisfied, much less elated, than I did last Saturday after […]
Read moreI’m really sorry that I’ve neglected you this year, hip-hop. New waves of UK dance pop, PBR’n’B, and the budding chill-trap movement have distracted me from my deep roots with you. Songs by French Montana and 2 Chainz were shrug-while-fist-twisting worthy when I was at the club, but it made me cringe when I realized […]
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