Wu-Tang Clan A Better Tomorrow

Published Nov 28, 2014

One of the first voices you hear on the Wu-Tang Clan's first group album in eight years is that of the late Ol' Dirty Bastard. Intended to c...

Azealia Banks Broke With Expensive Taste

Published Nov 07, 2014

Fraught with interminable delays and self-sabotaging Twitter beefs, Azealia Banks' career was about to take yet another, potentially career-...

Sean Michaels Goes from Music Blog to Giller Prize Shortlist

Published Nov 07, 2014

With his first novel Us Conductors, a fictional novel based on the life of theremin inventor Lev Termen, being shortlisted for the prestigio...

Black Milk If There's A Hell Below

Published Oct 24, 2014

On If There's A Hell Below, Detroit's Black Milk picks up where his 2013 album, No Poison No Paradise, left off. That album focused on narra...

Black Milk Talks Random Axe, Jack White and Lyrical Growth on 'If There's a Hell Below'

Published Oct 23, 2014

Black Milk initially built his reputation on his production skills, but on his new album If There's a Hell Below, due out on October 28 on h...

Kendrick Lamar Talks Working with Flying Lotus, Prince and the Spiritual Origins of "i"

Published Oct 03, 2014

The release of the single "i" was the opening salvo of what to expect from Kendrick Lamar on the follow-up to his acclaimed 2012 album good...

Nas: Time Is Illmatic One9

Published Oct 02, 2014

It's been 20 years since Nas' seminal debut Illmatic was released, and there has been no shortage of the celebration of this fact throughout...

Diamond D The Diam Piece

Published Sep 30, 2014

It seems an antiquated notion now, but at one time the idea that a top-rated hip-hop producer could also be a highly competent MC were almos...

Nas: Time Is Illmatic One9

Published Sep 26, 2014

It's been 20 years since Nas' seminal debut Illmatic was released, and there has been no shortage of the celebration of this fact throughout...

Common Chicago State of Mind

Published Sep 09, 2014

Common's 10th album Nobody's Smiling focuses on the trials and tribulations of his hometown Chicago. Produced entirely by frequent collabora...

Edo G After All These Years

Published Sep 09, 2014

Boston MC Edo G may have gotten his most attention for his single "Be A Father to Your Child," but he's been a dependable underground stalwa...

Beyond the Lights Gina Prince-Bythewood

Published Sep 06, 2014

At first blush, Beyond the Lights might seem like an updated version of The Bodyguard. This is winkingly alluded to in an early scene, but w...

Samba Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano

Published Sep 05, 2014

After Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano's The Intouchables went on to become a phenomenon and one of the highest grossing French films of al...

Kimbra The Golden Echo

Published Aug 15, 2014

Despite being prominently featured on one of the most omnipresent and inescapable singles of this decade so far in Gotye's "Somebody I Used...

Dilated Peoples Directors of Photography

Published Aug 08, 2014

"Dilated never left, I'd like to welcome us back," says MC Rakaa (Iriscience) on "Directors," ostensibly the title track from Dilated People...

Common Talks Kanye, Nas, Acting and Working with Chitown Artists on 'Nobody's Smiling'

Published Aug 06, 2014

Common recently released his 10th solo album, the Chicago-focused Nobody's Smiling, and the record showcases the rapper taking a new approac...

OVO Fest Day Two with Drake, 50 Cent and G-Unit, Usher, J. Cole, Trey Songz and Lauryn Hill Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto ON, August 4

Published Aug 05, 2014

Before Drake's set started in earnest at the fifth annual OVO Fest, he hugged his mom. She was handed the mic to introduce the show, but som...

OVO Fest Day One with Outkast and YG Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto ON, August 3

Published Aug 04, 2014

Drake's OVO Fest is now in its fifth year, but this was the first year that the festival is a two-day affair. This was initially supposed to...

Dilated Peoples Talk Their Return with 'Directors of Photography' and Working with Aloe Blacc

Published Jul 29, 2014

After an eight-year hiatus, Dilated Peoples return with their fifth full-length album Directors of Photography on August 12 on Rhymesayers....

Common Nobody's Smiling

Published Jul 22, 2014

On his tenth album, Common chooses to focus on his Chicago hometown, a city that has been beset by increasing violence over the past few yea...