Music Analysis & Reporting:
Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All Is Performing Rap on Its Terms by Jeff Weiss
Complex Exclusive: We Found Earl Sweatshirt by Ernest Baker & Jacob Moore
100 Hip Hop Jawns That Changed My Life (Compiled by Dart Adams) Part One (1-20) by Dart Adams
100 Hip Hop Jawns That Changed My Life (Compiled by Dart Adams) Part Two (21-40) by Dart Adams
In Defense of Albert Johnson by HL
Prodigy Speaks Freely by Laura Checkoway
The 10 Greatest Little Brother Recordings by HL & Deen
Mathematical Proof by Evan Nabavian
Katy B – On a Mission by Sach O
My Deep-Seated Issue with Frat Rap by Yayo
I’m Trying to Make a Million Dollars, Fuck a Million Downloads by Jeff Weiss
MTV Discovers L.A. Still Has a Hip-Hop Scene! by Rebecca Haithcoat
10 Music-Related Revelations From The FBI's File On Biggie's Murder by Phillip Mlynar
Smoking MoSS by Evan Nabavian
An Open Letter To Daniel Dumile by Abortatron
Trav’s Picks for Q1 of 2011: Instrumental Albums by Travis
The Lil’ B Formula by Abortatron
Saigon Continues To Triumph As A Great Orator by TC
Lil B - “Charlie Sheen” (Internet, 2011) by Noz
Maurice Garland Gets Kidnapped And Finds Good Music by J. Tinsley
Mean Doe Green’s “Black Suits and Shovels” by Aaron Matthews
Slaughterhouse Hit the Crossover Road by Phillip Mlynar
It’s Official: Freddie Gibbs Cliques Up With Jeezy and CTE… by Deen
African American & Jewish relations in Hip Hop by Harlem World
On My Five Current Songs For Spring by John Gotty
Smoke DZA: The Hustler’s Catalog by Deen
Rape me, my friend by The Great Gats, B
Why Vinyl Isn't Really Coming Back by Bob Boilen
'Breakfast With the Beatles' host Chris Carter hits 500th show on Sunday by Randy Lewis
Album Reviews:
Atmosphere - The Family Sign by Daniel Levin Becker
Atmosphere - The Family Sign by Nate Patrin
Pharoahe Monch - W.A.R (We Are Renegades) by Craig Monts
Snoop Dogg - Doggumentary by Francisco McCurry
J Rocc - Some Cold Rock Stuf by Emerson Dameron
Katy B - On a Mission by Patrick Masterson
TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light by Stuart Berman
TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light by Chris Barton
The Kills - Blood Pressures by Julien Loeper
Bob Dylan - In Concert: Brandeis University 1963 by Stephen M. Deusner
The Mountain Goats - All Eternals Deck by Arika Dean
Architecture in Helsinki - Moment Bends by Brian Hodge
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light by David Bevan
Paul Simon - So Beautiful or So What by Margaret Wappler
Paul Simon - So Beautiful or So What by Stephen M. Deusner
Profiles & Interviews:
“As Told To…” – Freddie Gibbs Talks Signing To Jeezy’s CTE by TSS Crew
Straight Outta Compton: Gwyneth Paltrow by Shawn Carter... Yes, That Shawn Carter
One on One with Fashawn by Aaron M.
Singled Out: DJ Quik's 'Luv Of My Life' by Frannie Kelley
Buckwild Tells All: The Stories Behind His Classic Records by Jaeki Cho
Q&A: Pusha T: "Instant Gratification Versus Slow Grind? I'll Take The Former." by J. Pablo
Black Hippy: No Cosigns Necessary by Andreas Hale
Question in the Form of An Answer: Frank Ocean by Jeff Weiss
Question in the Form of an Answer: Domo Genesis by Jeff Weiss
Michael Rapaport Addresses A Tribe Called Quest's Grievances and the Infamous E-Mail by Toshitaka Kondo
The iPod Five: Eternia by Amanda Bassa
One on One with Preemo by Aaron M.
Politics:
No surprise Bob Dylan is visiting the ‘neighborhood bully’ by Nima Shirazi
Why Ashley Judd Was 100% Right…And 100% Wrong by The Champ
Rap's Rape Culture: Ashley Judd Had a Point by James Baxton Petersen
Why Kobe's Slur Wasn't Anti-Gay by David Kaufman
Obama's "bad negotiating" is actually shrewd negotiating by Glenn Greenwald
Rick Santorum Borrows Campaign Slogan From Pro-Union Poem Written By Gay Rights Advocate by Ian Millhiser
Sports:
Baseball: This Is Your Game On Drugs by Freddie Gibbs
On The NBA Playoffs And Its “Glamour Teams” by J. Tinsley
The MVP, LeBron, and Media Oppression by Danny Savitzky
WTF/LOL/SMH:
Posse on Trendwatch: Tyler the Creator dictates reality by fiat (hence the name?) by Byron Crawford
Bargument: Ghostface vs. Ghostface Killah by Brenan Sharp
My high school nemesis might actually be undercover Mossad, as I suspected by Byron Crawford
ILB spotters’ guide to inane platitude Twitter accounts by Dom Passantino
Mickey Rourke Takes Back the Nice Things He Said About Megan Fox by Patti Greco
Women Are Addicted to Porn?!?! by Julius T. Leisure
Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All Is Performing Rap on Its Terms by Jeff Weiss
Complex Exclusive: We Found Earl Sweatshirt by Ernest Baker & Jacob Moore
100 Hip Hop Jawns That Changed My Life (Compiled by Dart Adams) Part One (1-20) by Dart Adams
100 Hip Hop Jawns That Changed My Life (Compiled by Dart Adams) Part Two (21-40) by Dart Adams
In Defense of Albert Johnson by HL
Prodigy Speaks Freely by Laura Checkoway
The 10 Greatest Little Brother Recordings by HL & Deen
Mathematical Proof by Evan Nabavian
Katy B – On a Mission by Sach O
My Deep-Seated Issue with Frat Rap by Yayo
I’m Trying to Make a Million Dollars, Fuck a Million Downloads by Jeff Weiss
MTV Discovers L.A. Still Has a Hip-Hop Scene! by Rebecca Haithcoat
10 Music-Related Revelations From The FBI's File On Biggie's Murder by Phillip Mlynar
Smoking MoSS by Evan Nabavian
An Open Letter To Daniel Dumile by Abortatron
Trav’s Picks for Q1 of 2011: Instrumental Albums by Travis
The Lil’ B Formula by Abortatron
Saigon Continues To Triumph As A Great Orator by TC
Lil B - “Charlie Sheen” (Internet, 2011) by Noz
Maurice Garland Gets Kidnapped And Finds Good Music by J. Tinsley
Mean Doe Green’s “Black Suits and Shovels” by Aaron Matthews
Slaughterhouse Hit the Crossover Road by Phillip Mlynar
It’s Official: Freddie Gibbs Cliques Up With Jeezy and CTE… by Deen
African American & Jewish relations in Hip Hop by Harlem World
On My Five Current Songs For Spring by John Gotty
Smoke DZA: The Hustler’s Catalog by Deen
Rape me, my friend by The Great Gats, B
Why Vinyl Isn't Really Coming Back by Bob Boilen
'Breakfast With the Beatles' host Chris Carter hits 500th show on Sunday by Randy Lewis
Album Reviews:
Atmosphere - The Family Sign by Daniel Levin Becker
Atmosphere - The Family Sign by Nate Patrin
Pharoahe Monch - W.A.R (We Are Renegades) by Craig Monts
Snoop Dogg - Doggumentary by Francisco McCurry
J Rocc - Some Cold Rock Stuf by Emerson Dameron
Katy B - On a Mission by Patrick Masterson
TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light by Stuart Berman
TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light by Chris Barton
The Kills - Blood Pressures by Julien Loeper
Bob Dylan - In Concert: Brandeis University 1963 by Stephen M. Deusner
The Mountain Goats - All Eternals Deck by Arika Dean
Architecture in Helsinki - Moment Bends by Brian Hodge
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light by David Bevan
Paul Simon - So Beautiful or So What by Margaret Wappler
Paul Simon - So Beautiful or So What by Stephen M. Deusner
Profiles & Interviews:
“As Told To…” – Freddie Gibbs Talks Signing To Jeezy’s CTE by TSS Crew
Straight Outta Compton: Gwyneth Paltrow by Shawn Carter... Yes, That Shawn Carter
One on One with Fashawn by Aaron M.
Singled Out: DJ Quik's 'Luv Of My Life' by Frannie Kelley
Buckwild Tells All: The Stories Behind His Classic Records by Jaeki Cho
Q&A: Pusha T: "Instant Gratification Versus Slow Grind? I'll Take The Former." by J. Pablo
Black Hippy: No Cosigns Necessary by Andreas Hale
Question in the Form of An Answer: Frank Ocean by Jeff Weiss
Question in the Form of an Answer: Domo Genesis by Jeff Weiss
Michael Rapaport Addresses A Tribe Called Quest's Grievances and the Infamous E-Mail by Toshitaka Kondo
The iPod Five: Eternia by Amanda Bassa
One on One with Preemo by Aaron M.
Politics:
No surprise Bob Dylan is visiting the ‘neighborhood bully’ by Nima Shirazi
Why Ashley Judd Was 100% Right…And 100% Wrong by The Champ
Rap's Rape Culture: Ashley Judd Had a Point by James Baxton Petersen
Why Kobe's Slur Wasn't Anti-Gay by David Kaufman
Obama's "bad negotiating" is actually shrewd negotiating by Glenn Greenwald
Rick Santorum Borrows Campaign Slogan From Pro-Union Poem Written By Gay Rights Advocate by Ian Millhiser
Sports:
Baseball: This Is Your Game On Drugs by Freddie Gibbs
On The NBA Playoffs And Its “Glamour Teams” by J. Tinsley
The MVP, LeBron, and Media Oppression by Danny Savitzky
WTF/LOL/SMH:
Posse on Trendwatch: Tyler the Creator dictates reality by fiat (hence the name?) by Byron Crawford
Bargument: Ghostface vs. Ghostface Killah by Brenan Sharp
My high school nemesis might actually be undercover Mossad, as I suspected by Byron Crawford
ILB spotters’ guide to inane platitude Twitter accounts by Dom Passantino
Mickey Rourke Takes Back the Nice Things He Said About Megan Fox by Patti Greco
Women Are Addicted to Porn?!?! by Julius T. Leisure
