"Menorah" by Bekkah N.
Music Analysis & Reporting:
Q&A: Soul Singer Syl Johnson Prefers Money To Women, Loves Being Sampled By The Wu-Tang Clan, And Is Sorry He Had To Sue Cypress Hill by Phillip Mlynar
Kanye West’s relentless enthusiasms by Sasha Frere-Jones
Selling Herself Short: The Miscontexualization of Nicki Minaj by Emma Carmichael
The Top 30 Rap Singles of 2010 by Mo' Codenames
Ruthless Rod & MC Dollar by Werner von Wallenrod
BeatTips Beat Breakdown and MusicStudy: "Keep It Thoro;" Prodigy and The Alchemist by Amir Said
Real Live, Danny Brown, Rakim & Slee’Stackz: City Ruins by Thun
Bazerker by Werner von Wallenrod
25 Favorite Albums of All Time by Soulja Boy
Album Reviews:
Roc Marciano - Marcberg by Max
AZ - Doe or Die (15th Anniversary Edition) by Michael Sheehan
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Steven Potter
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by WULU
Curren$y - Pilot Talk II by Ryan J.
Curren$y - Pilot Talk II by Renato Pagnani
Curren$y - Pilot Talk II by Tom Breihan
Curren$y - Pilot Talk II by The Company Man
J. Cole - Friday Night Lights by Tom Breihan
Big L - Return of the Devil’s Son by Paul Christiansen
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday by Sach O
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday by TC
Twista - The Perfect Storm by RAJ
H.I.S.D. - The Weakend by Eric C.
Copywrite - The Life and Times of Peter Nelson by Remco Semaun
Slim Thug - Tha Thug Show by Edwin Ortiz
Lyrics Born - As U Were by Zach Kelly
PUSH! Montana - FreshDope by C. Paicely
Pugs Atomz - The Decade by D.L. Chandler
Simian Mobile Disco - Delicacies by Nate Patrin
John Regan - Sorry I'm Late by Kevin S. Gary
Magestik Legend - The Great Escape by Eric C.
Eligh - Grey Crow by Nicholas Candiotto
Black Eyed Peas - The Beginning by August Brown
Black Eyed Peas - The Beginning by Slava Kuperstein
Girl Talk - All Day by Ian Cohen
Jazmine Sullivan - Love Me Back by Margaret Wappler
Stereolab - Not Music by Erik Stabile
Nels Cline - Dirty Baby by Marc Medwin
Bomb Zombies - Sincerely Yours EP by Fred Castano
Profiles & Interviews:
DJ Premier: Dropping Gems Pt. 1 by Amanda Bassa
DJ Premier: Dropping Gems Pt. 2 by Amanda Bassa
Question in the Form of an Answer: Twista by Aaron Matthews
Interview: Jay Electronica by Matt Diehl
Full Clip: Shock G Breaks Down Digital Underground's Entire Catalogue, 2Pac & More by Keith Murphy
Leaders of the New School: Charlie Brown Speaks by Jesse Serwer
Slim Thug: I Live By My Own Rules by Sha'linda Jeanine
Non-Rapper Dudes Series: Mario Rodriguez Interview, Part 2 by Robbie
Soulja Boy: Headliner by Paul W. Arnold
Literature:
Word: Jay-Z’s “Decoded” and the language of hip-hop by Kelefa Sanneh
The Legitimation Crisis: The Question of Method and Art by Sam Han
The Hip-Hop/Comics Connection by Chris Sims
Law:
U.S. Government Seizes 82 Websites: A Glimpse at the Draconian Future of Copyright Enforcement? by Corynne McSherry
COICA: Counterintuitive Offense Is Crappy Approach by Amanda Bassa
Experts React To OnSmash, RapGodfathers Seizure by Alvin Blanco
U.S. Shuts Down Web Sites in Piracy Crackdown by Ben Sisario
Politics:
The Illuminati: Conspiracy Theory or New World Order? by Brian McManus
Wikileaks shows up our media for their docility at the feet of authority by John Kampfner
Smart Republicans, Stupid Democrats by Shankar Vedantam
Winning the Class War by Bob Herbert
Sports:
King James wants Spoelstra to bow to him by Adrian Wojnarowski
Matt Barnes: Just Tupac by Mike Trudell
Q&A: Soul Singer Syl Johnson Prefers Money To Women, Loves Being Sampled By The Wu-Tang Clan, And Is Sorry He Had To Sue Cypress Hill by Phillip Mlynar
Kanye West’s relentless enthusiasms by Sasha Frere-Jones
Selling Herself Short: The Miscontexualization of Nicki Minaj by Emma Carmichael
The Top 30 Rap Singles of 2010 by Mo' Codenames
Ruthless Rod & MC Dollar by Werner von Wallenrod
BeatTips Beat Breakdown and MusicStudy: "Keep It Thoro;" Prodigy and The Alchemist by Amir Said
Real Live, Danny Brown, Rakim & Slee’Stackz: City Ruins by Thun
Bazerker by Werner von Wallenrod
25 Favorite Albums of All Time by Soulja Boy
Album Reviews:
Roc Marciano - Marcberg by Max
AZ - Doe or Die (15th Anniversary Edition) by Michael Sheehan
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Steven Potter
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by WULU
Curren$y - Pilot Talk II by Ryan J.
Curren$y - Pilot Talk II by Renato Pagnani
Curren$y - Pilot Talk II by Tom Breihan
Curren$y - Pilot Talk II by The Company Man
J. Cole - Friday Night Lights by Tom Breihan
Big L - Return of the Devil’s Son by Paul Christiansen
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday by Sach O
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday by TC
Twista - The Perfect Storm by RAJ
H.I.S.D. - The Weakend by Eric C.
Copywrite - The Life and Times of Peter Nelson by Remco Semaun
Slim Thug - Tha Thug Show by Edwin Ortiz
Lyrics Born - As U Were by Zach Kelly
PUSH! Montana - FreshDope by C. Paicely
Pugs Atomz - The Decade by D.L. Chandler
Simian Mobile Disco - Delicacies by Nate Patrin
John Regan - Sorry I'm Late by Kevin S. Gary
Magestik Legend - The Great Escape by Eric C.
Eligh - Grey Crow by Nicholas Candiotto
Black Eyed Peas - The Beginning by August Brown
Black Eyed Peas - The Beginning by Slava Kuperstein
Girl Talk - All Day by Ian Cohen
Jazmine Sullivan - Love Me Back by Margaret Wappler
Stereolab - Not Music by Erik Stabile
Nels Cline - Dirty Baby by Marc Medwin
Bomb Zombies - Sincerely Yours EP by Fred Castano
Profiles & Interviews:
DJ Premier: Dropping Gems Pt. 1 by Amanda Bassa
DJ Premier: Dropping Gems Pt. 2 by Amanda Bassa
Question in the Form of an Answer: Twista by Aaron Matthews
Interview: Jay Electronica by Matt Diehl
Full Clip: Shock G Breaks Down Digital Underground's Entire Catalogue, 2Pac & More by Keith Murphy
Leaders of the New School: Charlie Brown Speaks by Jesse Serwer
Slim Thug: I Live By My Own Rules by Sha'linda Jeanine
Non-Rapper Dudes Series: Mario Rodriguez Interview, Part 2 by Robbie
Soulja Boy: Headliner by Paul W. Arnold
Literature:
Word: Jay-Z’s “Decoded” and the language of hip-hop by Kelefa Sanneh
The Legitimation Crisis: The Question of Method and Art by Sam Han
The Hip-Hop/Comics Connection by Chris Sims
Law:
U.S. Government Seizes 82 Websites: A Glimpse at the Draconian Future of Copyright Enforcement? by Corynne McSherry
COICA: Counterintuitive Offense Is Crappy Approach by Amanda Bassa
Experts React To OnSmash, RapGodfathers Seizure by Alvin Blanco
U.S. Shuts Down Web Sites in Piracy Crackdown by Ben Sisario
Politics:
The Illuminati: Conspiracy Theory or New World Order? by Brian McManus
Wikileaks shows up our media for their docility at the feet of authority by John Kampfner
Smart Republicans, Stupid Democrats by Shankar Vedantam
Winning the Class War by Bob Herbert
Sports:
King James wants Spoelstra to bow to him by Adrian Wojnarowski
Matt Barnes: Just Tupac by Mike Trudell
