Music Analysis & Reporting:
Lost Ones: How Hip Hop Provides A Voice & An Ear To Foster Children by Luke Gibson
Can a Nerd Have Soul? by Rob Hoerburger
On Nerds, Retro-Soul, and the Stickiness of Writing About Race by Oliver Wang
No Sleeping On Buckwild by Werner von Wallenrod
The Original Anthology of Rap by Werner von Wallenrod
New Vocabulary by David Bevan
The Rap Game Is On Steroids AKA Dart Adams Is A Fuckin’ H8R by Dart Adams
On the Looming Crisis of Masculinity in Hip Hop…and why it’s a good thing by Sam Han
Strange Days AKA When Parody Met Reality by Dart Adams
A People’s History of Hip-Hop: Scarface-Old Joy by Jeff Weiss
Fact-Checking Jay-Z: Ten Instances in Which Decoded Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story by RapGenius
No Limit Records: A Retrospective by The Fool
Bloggerhouse Presents: 300 Slept On Tracks From The Last Decade (Eric’s Picks 41-50) by Eric C.
A Look Back At Eminem & Royce Da 5'9" by J-23
Kush Hour Starring Jackie Chain by Jeff Weiss
The 50 Greatest Dipset Songs by Ben Detrick
One Hitta Quittas, Vol. 4 by Danj!
Da Dirty 30: Strictly Hip-Hop by Danj!
Soap Opera Rap by Robbie
The Miseducation of Cassidy: How the Hustla Lost His Edge by Shlomo
Don't Sign With Diddy: A History of Bad Boy Fails by Andreas Hale
What Is "E-Diggin'" and Why BeatTips Endorses It by Amir Said
Music Nerdery’s List of Awesome 90′s Alternative Rock; Most of it I still listen to by Ericka
Barbie Recall: The 10 Most Absurd Lyrics From Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday by TSS Crew
The Rap Paul Orndorff by Jeff Weiss
Hip-Hop, Riches & The Fragile Egos Of Their Community by TC
The Future Is Now © Non Phixion by Dart Adams
The Funk League ft. Large Professor-”Through Good & Bad” by Jeff Weiss
Large Professor Waxes Particular: “Through Good and Bad” by Thun
BeatTips Daily Favorites: "The Mad Scientist;" Large Professor by Amir Said
The Negrofication of Pitchfork and the Death of White Man's Indie by Carles
Toure “decodes” Jay Electronica’s Exhibit C by FWMJ
Conversation Piece by Reeves Wiedeman
Currently Destroying Andrew’s Eardrums: Yelawolf by Andrew Martin
Pharcyde, Boogiemonsters, Cormega, and Bobby Creekwater: More Genre Personification by Thun
New Rap Music by Noz
Hip-Hop's Turntable Goes To The Great Lock Groove In The Sky by Frannie Kelley
The Bazooka Toothed Butcher by Jeff Weiss
100 Ways to Save Hip-Hop by Rizoh
Akinyele Meets Alejandro from Chop Shop by Thun
RIP Lost Tapes 2 by HL
The Lazurus Man by Jeff Weiss
Dr. Dre returns with 'Kush,' first single from long-awaited 'Detox' by Gerrick D. Kennedy
All Things Kanye:
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Rizoh
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by The Rap Up Brain Trust
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Max
Can We Get Much Higher? — A Round Table on Kanye West’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” by Jeff Weiss
Can We Get Much Higher? — A Round Table on Kanye West’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” by Sach O
Can We Get Much Higher? — A Round Table on Kanye West’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” by Doc Zeus
Can We Get Much Higher? — A Round Table on Kanye West’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” by Abe Beame
Can We Get Much Higher? — A Round Table on Kanye West’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” by Douglas Martin
Can We Get Much Higher? — A Round Table on Kanye West’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” by Sach O (again!)
Can We Get Much Higher? — A Round Table on Kanye West’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” by Disco Vietnam
Can We Get Much Higher? — A Round Table on Kanye West’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” by Aaron Matthews
Can We Get Much Higher? — A Round Table on Kanye West’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” by Floodwatch
Can We Get Much Higher? — A Round Table on Kanye West’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” by Jeff Weiss (again!)
The Making of “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” by Zilla Rocca
“Hell Of A Life” – Review Of Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by J. Tinsley
Kanye’s Dark Twisted Masterpiece by Bomani Jones
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Jake Paine
Currently Destroying Andrew’s Eardrums: Kanye West by Andrew Martin
Understanding Kanye: Sweet, Sweet Robot Fantasy, Baby by Mike Barthel
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Ryan Dombal
Kanye West's fantasy has come true – critics believe the hype by Dorian Linskey
Album Reviews:
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday by Rizoh
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday by Max
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday by Kathy Iandoli
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday by Margaret Wappler
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday by Scott Plagenhoef
Rihanna - Loud by August Brown
Rihanna - Loud by Ryan Dombal
Rihanna - Loud by Kathy Iandoli
KiD CuDi - Man on the Moon II: Legend of Mr. Rager by Rizoh
KiD CuDi - Man on the Moon II: Legend of Mr. Rager by Jayson Greene
Lloyd Banks - H.F.M. 2 (The Hunger For More 2) by Slava Kuperstein
Yelawolf - Trunk Muzik 0 to 60 by Jake Paine
J-Live - Undivided Attention EP by Amanda Bassa
Kno - Death Is Silent by Ryan Monk
GLC - Love, Life & Loyalty by RAJ
Nelly - 5.0 by Andres Vasquez
Bop Alloy - Bop Alloy by Fred Castano
Big L - Return of the Devil's Son by J-23
Eligh - Grey Crow by Andres Vasquez
Gangrene (The Alchemist & Oh No) - Gutter Water by Sean Ryon
Skillz - The World Needs More Skillz by TC
Jay-Z - The Hits Collection, Vol. One by Sean Fennessey
Termanology & Statik Selektah - 1982 by Paul Christiansen
Trill Fam - All or Nothing by Luke Gibson
Twista - The Perfect Storm by Rizoh
DJ Nate / DJ Roc - Da Trak Genious / The Crack Capone by Larry Fitzmaurice
Von Pea - Pea’s Gotta Have It by Brandon Rae
Syl Johnson - Complete Mythology by Douglas Wolk
Massive Attack - Atlas Air EP by Jess Harvell
PND - Dirty Words by Ali Elabbady
N*E*R*D - Nothing by Rizoh
Ne-Yo - Libra Scale by Edwin Ortiz
Norah Jones - ...Featuring by Margaret Wappler
Curren$y – Pilot Talk II by Jaap van der Doelen
Cassidy - C.A.S.H. by Amanda Bassa
Cap D - Poly Math by Jake Paine
Magestik Legend - The Great Escape by Francisco McCurry
Stereolab - Not Music by Rebecca Raber
Stereolab - Not Music by Doug Mosurock
The Brother Kite - Isolation by Arika Dean
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine by Tom Breihan
The Russian Futurists - The Weight's on the Wheels by Joshua Love
Remy LBO - Umpqua Fire by Marcus Moore
Bruce Springsteen - The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story / The Promise by Mark Richardson
Twin Shadow - Forget by Erik Stabile
Avey Tare - Down There by Brian Hodge
Time Crisis - Time Crisis by Nicholas Candiotto
Noise is the Trigger - Noise is the Trigger EP by Zach Cole
Profiles & Interviews:
Exclusive: Quincy Jones Lashes Out At Kanye West by Ian Drew
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth: Breakup To Makeup by Slav Kandyba
Interview: Z-Ro on DJ Screw and the S.U.C. by Jesse Serwer
Sheek Louch: True Blue by Haaron Hines
TSS Presents Smoking Sessions With Von Pea by MZ
TSS Presents Smoking Sessions With Lloyd Banks by TC
Underground Report: 7L & Esoteric And The Left by Sean Ryon
The Five Best Stories Jay-Z Told Last Night at the New York Public Library by Amos Barshad
The Fresh Air Interview: Jay-Z 'Decoded'
Yelawolf Talks About Rap by Noz
Q&A: Yelawolf Talks Dubstep, Harmony Korine, and Trunk Muzik 0-60 by Brandon Soderberg
What’s On My iPod: Rik Cordero by Jason H.
Non-Rapper Dudes Series – Mario Rodriguez Interview, Part 1 by Robbie
Politics:
How the American class struggle works by Richard Seymour
Music Linking Site Raided By Dept. of Homeland Security / ICE
10 Epic Failures of the Bush Tax Cuts by Jon Perr
How ‘Whiteness’ Dehumanizes Everyone by Bill Fletcher, Jr.
WTF/LOL:
Is Jay-Z literate? by Byron Crawford
Tax write-off season has begun by Byron Crawford
The real life Tyrone Biggums by Byron Crawford
Whip My Fez by Byron Crawford
Lost Ones: How Hip Hop Provides A Voice & An Ear To Foster Children by Luke Gibson
Can a Nerd Have Soul? by Rob Hoerburger
On Nerds, Retro-Soul, and the Stickiness of Writing About Race by Oliver Wang
No Sleeping On Buckwild by Werner von Wallenrod
The Original Anthology of Rap by Werner von Wallenrod
New Vocabulary by David Bevan
The Rap Game Is On Steroids AKA Dart Adams Is A Fuckin’ H8R by Dart Adams
On the Looming Crisis of Masculinity in Hip Hop…and why it’s a good thing by Sam Han
Strange Days AKA When Parody Met Reality by Dart Adams
A People’s History of Hip-Hop: Scarface-Old Joy by Jeff Weiss
Fact-Checking Jay-Z: Ten Instances in Which Decoded Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story by RapGenius
No Limit Records: A Retrospective by The Fool
Bloggerhouse Presents: 300 Slept On Tracks From The Last Decade (Eric’s Picks 41-50) by Eric C.
A Look Back At Eminem & Royce Da 5'9" by J-23
Kush Hour Starring Jackie Chain by Jeff Weiss
The 50 Greatest Dipset Songs by Ben Detrick
One Hitta Quittas, Vol. 4 by Danj!
Da Dirty 30: Strictly Hip-Hop by Danj!
Soap Opera Rap by Robbie
The Miseducation of Cassidy: How the Hustla Lost His Edge by Shlomo
Don't Sign With Diddy: A History of Bad Boy Fails by Andreas Hale
What Is "E-Diggin'" and Why BeatTips Endorses It by Amir Said
Music Nerdery’s List of Awesome 90′s Alternative Rock; Most of it I still listen to by Ericka
Barbie Recall: The 10 Most Absurd Lyrics From Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday by TSS Crew
The Rap Paul Orndorff by Jeff Weiss
Hip-Hop, Riches & The Fragile Egos Of Their Community by TC
The Future Is Now © Non Phixion by Dart Adams
The Funk League ft. Large Professor-”Through Good & Bad” by Jeff Weiss
Large Professor Waxes Particular: “Through Good and Bad” by Thun
BeatTips Daily Favorites: "The Mad Scientist;" Large Professor by Amir Said
The Negrofication of Pitchfork and the Death of White Man's Indie by Carles
Toure “decodes” Jay Electronica’s Exhibit C by FWMJ
Conversation Piece by Reeves Wiedeman
Currently Destroying Andrew’s Eardrums: Yelawolf by Andrew Martin
Pharcyde, Boogiemonsters, Cormega, and Bobby Creekwater: More Genre Personification by Thun
New Rap Music by Noz
Hip-Hop's Turntable Goes To The Great Lock Groove In The Sky by Frannie Kelley
The Bazooka Toothed Butcher by Jeff Weiss
100 Ways to Save Hip-Hop by Rizoh
Akinyele Meets Alejandro from Chop Shop by Thun
RIP Lost Tapes 2 by HL
The Lazurus Man by Jeff Weiss
Dr. Dre returns with 'Kush,' first single from long-awaited 'Detox' by Gerrick D. Kennedy
All Things Kanye:
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Rizoh
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by The Rap Up Brain Trust
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Max
Can We Get Much Higher? — A Round Table on Kanye West’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” by Jeff Weiss
Can We Get Much Higher? — A Round Table on Kanye West’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” by Sach O
Can We Get Much Higher? — A Round Table on Kanye West’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” by Doc Zeus
Can We Get Much Higher? — A Round Table on Kanye West’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” by Abe Beame
Can We Get Much Higher? — A Round Table on Kanye West’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” by Douglas Martin
Can We Get Much Higher? — A Round Table on Kanye West’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” by Sach O (again!)
Can We Get Much Higher? — A Round Table on Kanye West’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” by Disco Vietnam
Can We Get Much Higher? — A Round Table on Kanye West’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” by Aaron Matthews
Can We Get Much Higher? — A Round Table on Kanye West’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” by Floodwatch
Can We Get Much Higher? — A Round Table on Kanye West’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” by Jeff Weiss (again!)
The Making of “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” by Zilla Rocca
“Hell Of A Life” – Review Of Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by J. Tinsley
Kanye’s Dark Twisted Masterpiece by Bomani Jones
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Jake Paine
Currently Destroying Andrew’s Eardrums: Kanye West by Andrew Martin
Understanding Kanye: Sweet, Sweet Robot Fantasy, Baby by Mike Barthel
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Ryan Dombal
Kanye West's fantasy has come true – critics believe the hype by Dorian Linskey
Album Reviews:
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday by Rizoh
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday by Max
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday by Kathy Iandoli
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday by Margaret Wappler
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday by Scott Plagenhoef
Rihanna - Loud by August Brown
Rihanna - Loud by Ryan Dombal
Rihanna - Loud by Kathy Iandoli
KiD CuDi - Man on the Moon II: Legend of Mr. Rager by Rizoh
KiD CuDi - Man on the Moon II: Legend of Mr. Rager by Jayson Greene
Lloyd Banks - H.F.M. 2 (The Hunger For More 2) by Slava Kuperstein
Yelawolf - Trunk Muzik 0 to 60 by Jake Paine
J-Live - Undivided Attention EP by Amanda Bassa
Kno - Death Is Silent by Ryan Monk
GLC - Love, Life & Loyalty by RAJ
Nelly - 5.0 by Andres Vasquez
Bop Alloy - Bop Alloy by Fred Castano
Big L - Return of the Devil's Son by J-23
Eligh - Grey Crow by Andres Vasquez
Gangrene (The Alchemist & Oh No) - Gutter Water by Sean Ryon
Skillz - The World Needs More Skillz by TC
Jay-Z - The Hits Collection, Vol. One by Sean Fennessey
Termanology & Statik Selektah - 1982 by Paul Christiansen
Trill Fam - All or Nothing by Luke Gibson
Twista - The Perfect Storm by Rizoh
DJ Nate / DJ Roc - Da Trak Genious / The Crack Capone by Larry Fitzmaurice
Von Pea - Pea’s Gotta Have It by Brandon Rae
Syl Johnson - Complete Mythology by Douglas Wolk
Massive Attack - Atlas Air EP by Jess Harvell
PND - Dirty Words by Ali Elabbady
N*E*R*D - Nothing by Rizoh
Ne-Yo - Libra Scale by Edwin Ortiz
Norah Jones - ...Featuring by Margaret Wappler
Curren$y – Pilot Talk II by Jaap van der Doelen
Cassidy - C.A.S.H. by Amanda Bassa
Cap D - Poly Math by Jake Paine
Magestik Legend - The Great Escape by Francisco McCurry
Stereolab - Not Music by Rebecca Raber
Stereolab - Not Music by Doug Mosurock
The Brother Kite - Isolation by Arika Dean
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine by Tom Breihan
The Russian Futurists - The Weight's on the Wheels by Joshua Love
Remy LBO - Umpqua Fire by Marcus Moore
Bruce Springsteen - The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story / The Promise by Mark Richardson
Twin Shadow - Forget by Erik Stabile
Avey Tare - Down There by Brian Hodge
Time Crisis - Time Crisis by Nicholas Candiotto
Noise is the Trigger - Noise is the Trigger EP by Zach Cole
Profiles & Interviews:
Exclusive: Quincy Jones Lashes Out At Kanye West by Ian Drew
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth: Breakup To Makeup by Slav Kandyba
Interview: Z-Ro on DJ Screw and the S.U.C. by Jesse Serwer
Sheek Louch: True Blue by Haaron Hines
TSS Presents Smoking Sessions With Von Pea by MZ
TSS Presents Smoking Sessions With Lloyd Banks by TC
Underground Report: 7L & Esoteric And The Left by Sean Ryon
The Five Best Stories Jay-Z Told Last Night at the New York Public Library by Amos Barshad
The Fresh Air Interview: Jay-Z 'Decoded'
Yelawolf Talks About Rap by Noz
Q&A: Yelawolf Talks Dubstep, Harmony Korine, and Trunk Muzik 0-60 by Brandon Soderberg
What’s On My iPod: Rik Cordero by Jason H.
Non-Rapper Dudes Series – Mario Rodriguez Interview, Part 1 by Robbie
Politics:
How the American class struggle works by Richard Seymour
Music Linking Site Raided By Dept. of Homeland Security / ICE
10 Epic Failures of the Bush Tax Cuts by Jon Perr
How ‘Whiteness’ Dehumanizes Everyone by Bill Fletcher, Jr.
WTF/LOL:
Is Jay-Z literate? by Byron Crawford
Tax write-off season has begun by Byron Crawford
The real life Tyrone Biggums by Byron Crawford
Whip My Fez by Byron Crawford
