Opinion

Earl Sweatshirt metamorphosed into an artist blurring the lines between absurdist jazz and hip-hop.

‘The Allegory’ is, for a lack of a better word, woke.

The artist’s identity in music cannot be defined until they have an audience to define themselves against. It is cruel, but it is the truth.

“Real love, I’m searching for a real love.”

When done right, the posthumous album can serve to give fans necessary closure.

Matt Doo continues to inspire with his dense fusion of style and substance.

“Me and My Guitar” is emo-rap at its finest, a sleeper hit by any name.

The arc of sampling in hip-hop music and style mirrors the story of hip-hop as a whole.

Social media is the new 24-hour music television channel, where art and marketing intersect to create stars.

“Some might call this racist—not the French.”

“Why see the world, when you got the beach?”

‘UNLOCKED’ is an exercise in gut and viscera.

You haven’t fully experienced an album until you’ve held it in your hands.

“World getting warmer, we goin’ the other way.”

“Why must women rappers cleanse their material of stripper culture while the male rappers continue to profit from it?”

We ranked veteran producer Alchemist’s 10 best collaborative projects. See you in the comments.

“We’re behaving like teenagers.”

There isn’t a fisheye lens in sight, but, man, we can still feel the Hype.

Don't miss these 10 Latin trap acts.

‘Funeral’ is Lil Wayne, the mixtape rapper, puncturing original beats with consistent one-liners in a stream-of-conscious style that occasionally burns out.

We’ve ranked the 10 best rap songs from movie soundtracks. See you in the comments.

Esthero released a single on streaming services; too bad streaming services don't pay sh*t.

“My eyes don't shed tears, but boy, they pour when…”

Five more must-hear french rap songs.