Context is important.
Music Analysis & Reporting:
The Ghost of Jay Electronica by Jeff Weiss
Complex Presents: Hip-Hop’s 50 Greatest Album Covers by Noz
The Soulja Boy Syndrome by Justin Boland
Pac Marks #2: Hypothetical, Political, Lyrical (In That Order) by Noz
2Pac vs. BIG: The Story by realniggatumlbr(?)
The Odd Couple: Tupac and Tabitha Soren by Fresh
2Pac: Do people still give a shit? by Byron Crawford
Supporters > Fans - What Will Be My Legacy? The Grind! by Mike Bigga a.k.a. Killer Mike
Kanye West, media cyborg by Robin Sloan
Diggin' in the Digital Crates: Rage Against the Machine – RATM by Sach O
Danny Brown & Tony Yayo f/ Lil B - “Trap Ball” (G-Unit, 2010) by Noz
New York Hip-Hop Institution Fat Beats Closes by Alexandra Phanor-Faury
The Greatest Rapper Alive: Jay-Z vs. Eminem by Amos Barshad
Rap Legacy: “Hometown Glory” by David D.
Snap Judgment: Kanye West – “Runaway” by Black Barbie & Sketch the Journalist
Possible proof T.I. is not a snitch by Byron Crawford
It’s too late to ‘pologize by Byron Crawford
Free Zombie by Jeff Weiss
Are Albums Dead? Not In Hip-Hop by Zoe Chace
Grime / Dubstep by Martin Clark
Trina is the Most Consistent Female Rapper of All-Time by Anslem Samuel
They Wanna Talk to Samson: Rappers Shill for Their Favorite Medical Marijuana Dispensaries by Chris Martins
Fiona Apple Reportedly Preps New Record by Kevin O'Donnell
Album Reviews:
Black Milk - Album of the Year by Nate Patrin
Black Milk - Album of the Year by Patrick Masterson
Black Milk - Album of the Year by Edwin Ortiz
Black Milk - Album of the Year by Curt Busch
Rah Digga - Classic by A.L. Dre
Atmosphere - To All My Friends, Blood Makes The Blade Holy by J-23
MF DOOM - Expektoration Live by Nate Patrin
Cymarshall Law & The Beatnikz - Freedom Express Line by D.L. Chandler
Dorrough - Get Big by Kevin S. Gary
Bilal - Airtight’s Revenge by Francisco McCurry
Black Mountain - Wilderness Heart by Daniel Levin Becker
Dibia$e - Machines Hate Me by Justin Boland
Weezer - Hurley by Ian Cohen
Sufjan Stevens - All Delighted People EP by Brian Hodge
Collective Efforts - Freezing World by Ali Elabbady
Mavis Staples - You Are Not Alone by Jennifer Kelly
Sadistik & Kid Called Computer - The Art of Dying by Marcus Moore
Profiles & Interviews:
Kid Cudi: Mad Man On The Moon by Joe La Puma
Bizzy Bone: The Marrow by Adisa Banjoko
Black Thought, Making Another Masterpiece by Aliya Ewing
Kid Cudi: How He Made It in America by Sean Fennessey
TSS Presents Fifteen Minutes With Bilal by LC Weber
Krizz Kaliko: Running The Gamut by Michael Sheehan
Literature:
Howl's Echoes by John Tytell
Politics:
Gingrich and the closet Kenyan by Eugene Robinson
¿Viva la Revolución? How has Cuba's socialist economy weathered the recession? by Brian Palmer
The Ghost of Jay Electronica by Jeff Weiss
Complex Presents: Hip-Hop’s 50 Greatest Album Covers by Noz
The Soulja Boy Syndrome by Justin Boland
Pac Marks #2: Hypothetical, Political, Lyrical (In That Order) by Noz
2Pac vs. BIG: The Story by realniggatumlbr(?)
The Odd Couple: Tupac and Tabitha Soren by Fresh
2Pac: Do people still give a shit? by Byron Crawford
Supporters > Fans - What Will Be My Legacy? The Grind! by Mike Bigga a.k.a. Killer Mike
Kanye West, media cyborg by Robin Sloan
Diggin' in the Digital Crates: Rage Against the Machine – RATM by Sach O
Danny Brown & Tony Yayo f/ Lil B - “Trap Ball” (G-Unit, 2010) by Noz
New York Hip-Hop Institution Fat Beats Closes by Alexandra Phanor-Faury
The Greatest Rapper Alive: Jay-Z vs. Eminem by Amos Barshad
Rap Legacy: “Hometown Glory” by David D.
Snap Judgment: Kanye West – “Runaway” by Black Barbie & Sketch the Journalist
Possible proof T.I. is not a snitch by Byron Crawford
It’s too late to ‘pologize by Byron Crawford
Free Zombie by Jeff Weiss
Are Albums Dead? Not In Hip-Hop by Zoe Chace
Grime / Dubstep by Martin Clark
Trina is the Most Consistent Female Rapper of All-Time by Anslem Samuel
They Wanna Talk to Samson: Rappers Shill for Their Favorite Medical Marijuana Dispensaries by Chris Martins
Fiona Apple Reportedly Preps New Record by Kevin O'Donnell
Album Reviews:
Black Milk - Album of the Year by Nate Patrin
Black Milk - Album of the Year by Patrick Masterson
Black Milk - Album of the Year by Edwin Ortiz
Black Milk - Album of the Year by Curt Busch
Rah Digga - Classic by A.L. Dre
Atmosphere - To All My Friends, Blood Makes The Blade Holy by J-23
MF DOOM - Expektoration Live by Nate Patrin
Cymarshall Law & The Beatnikz - Freedom Express Line by D.L. Chandler
Dorrough - Get Big by Kevin S. Gary
Bilal - Airtight’s Revenge by Francisco McCurry
Black Mountain - Wilderness Heart by Daniel Levin Becker
Dibia$e - Machines Hate Me by Justin Boland
Weezer - Hurley by Ian Cohen
Sufjan Stevens - All Delighted People EP by Brian Hodge
Collective Efforts - Freezing World by Ali Elabbady
Mavis Staples - You Are Not Alone by Jennifer Kelly
Sadistik & Kid Called Computer - The Art of Dying by Marcus Moore
Profiles & Interviews:
Kid Cudi: Mad Man On The Moon by Joe La Puma
Bizzy Bone: The Marrow by Adisa Banjoko
Black Thought, Making Another Masterpiece by Aliya Ewing
Kid Cudi: How He Made It in America by Sean Fennessey
TSS Presents Fifteen Minutes With Bilal by LC Weber
Krizz Kaliko: Running The Gamut by Michael Sheehan
Literature:
Howl's Echoes by John Tytell
Politics:
Gingrich and the closet Kenyan by Eugene Robinson
¿Viva la Revolución? How has Cuba's socialist economy weathered the recession? by Brian Palmer
