Editors Picks

It’s been decades since sampling was uninhibited. Library music is changing everything.

The artist-fan relationship is as wrought as any other relationship in our lives.

The Bushwick rapper sang the one song a rapper isn’t supposed to sing.

In Korea, Junoflo is considered a “gyopo.” In America, he’s an Asian. At once, he’s from everywhere and nowhere.

“It’ll never be interesting for me to get to a place where I can’t connect with other people.”

You've been warned.

Yup, we did it.

At its genesis, the worldwide appeal wasn’t foreseeable, but now, almost 50 years later, it’s impossible to imagine a world without hip-hop and rap music.

Whatever happened to the places that helped shape hip-hop?

Brace yourselves for the ultimate butterfly effect.

For BROCKHAMPTON, growing up meant making more reflective, honest music.

“There’s a reason why all these people can be in one room.”

After hearing what Andrew Dawson did to each album he mixed, you might develop a newfound appreciation for some of your favorite records.

”The timing couldn’t be more perfect.”

“Show & Prove” is a testament to the camaraderie that helps push emcees to greater heights.

You have to listen to understand.

Hip-hop doesn’t expect artists to be good; hip-hop demands they are golden.

As the commonwealth clamors with questions, its public figures must remain indebted to its survival and reparation.

Rapsody is wisdom; wisdom is Rapsody.

Imagine Kanye in a Mickey Mouse costume playing the opening piano keys of "Runaway."

“I’m not gonna write a song in Spanish unless I feel like I can properly describe my feelings in Spanish.”

Tay-K has been sentenced to 55 years in prison for his role in a 2016 murder. But we keep on dancing.

“I don’t think he realizes how much of my life he got me through.”

In the Loop Digga I trust.