It Begins... The Best of 2011:
Enjoy The Silence © Depeche Mode by Dart Adams
SPIN's 40 Best Rap Albums of 2011 by SPIN Staff
The A.V. Club's Best Music of 2011 by The A.V. Club Staff
The Token Best Rap Songs of 2011 List Post by Richard Tre Mane
The Worst Rap Songs of 2011 by Richard Tre Mane
A Roundup of the 2011 Music Industry Based Strictly on Band Names by Henry Adaso
The Top Five Seven-Inch Singles of 2011 by Douglas Martin
Music Analysis & Reporting:
US Government Gives Back Seized Rap Blog Domain After A Year of Denying All Due Process by Jaap van der Doelen
New Rap That Doesn’t Suck – November 2011 Edition by Robbie Ettelson
The Hard White Wolf: Empty Towns and Radioactivity by Jeff Weiss
The 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Skits by Gabriel Alvarez
Play Me Some Pimpin’: Juicy J & DJ Paul’s 10 Best Willie Hutch Samples by Greg Whitt
Six Awful Things About Karmin's "Crash Your Party" by Maura Johnston
Five 2011 Hip-Hop Albums Better Than Watch the Throne by Michael Edison Hayden
The Ruler’s Back: Why Hip-Hop Needs the Further Adventures of Slick Rick by Jaap van der Doelen
If Santa Claus Was A Rapper (A Holiday Poem By Tony Grands)
Get Your Mind Right: ?uestlove vs. Michele Bachmann by Brian Sims
Don’t Market Your Beats Like a Pack of Cheap Steak Knives by Amir "Sa'id" Said
15 More Skits That Didn’t Make Complex’s 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Skits List by Ego Trip
Why Does It Feel Important to Like Rap? (As A Jazz Fan) by Patrick Jarenwattananon
Classics Revisited: De La Soul – 3 Feet High and Rising by Aaron McKrell
Let That Boy Cook: Action Bronson’s Well Done Soul by Jonah Bromwich
Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire Gets Down With His Duality by Phillip Mlynar
Erykah Badu Review: Hip-Hop Star’s a Superhero at the Wiltern by Ernest Hardy
Live Review: Jay-Z and Kanye West in Houston by Henry Adaso
5 Depressing Facts About Birdman And Mack Maine’s Billionaire Minds Mixtape by David Dennis, Jr.
Song of the Day: Camp Lo - Luchini (Chopped & Screwed By SpaceGhostPurrp) by Mobb Deen
Mayer Hawthorne: A Motor City Kid Looks to the Future by NPR Staff
Snoop Dogg, Y.G. and Nipsey Hussle Remix Drake's 'The Motto' by Jeff Weiss
Why Is This White Girl Allowed to Use the N-Word? by Chris Walker
Rihanna, Talks That Talk by Hank Erins
Album Reviews:
Mac Miller - Blue Slide Park by Jordan Sargent
Yelawolf - Radioactive by Henry Adaso
Action Bronson & Statik Selektah - Well-Done by Francisco McCurry
The Roots - undun by Adam Fleischer
The Roots - undun by Ernest Hardy
The Roots - undun by Max
The Roots - undun by Kathy Iandoli
The Roots - undun by Nate Patrin
Mistah F.A.B. - I Found My Backpack 2: The Lost Notebook by Phillip Mlynar
Kendrick Lamar - Section.80 by Mobb Deen
Jet Life - Jet World Order by Aaron McKrell
Jet Life - Jet World Order by Phillip Mlynar
J. Cole - Cole World: The Sideline Story by Dag Diligent
The Black Keys - El Camino by Randall Roberts
Amy Winehouse - Lioness: Hidden Treasures by Andrew Ryce
Amy Winehouse - Lioness: Hidden Treasures by August Brown
Charlotte Gainsbourg - Stage Whisper by Joe Tangari
Moka Only & Chief - Crickets by Will Cleveland
Kid Sister - Kiss & Tell EP by Zach Kelly
Jónsi - We Bought a Zoo OST by Ian Cohen
Profiles & Interviews:
Common Explores Collaboration Chemistry With Nas And No I.D., Breaks Down Lines from Classic Songs by Jake Paine
TSS Presents Smoking Sessions With A$AP Rocky by Beware
Answers for Questions Vol. 62 w/Blockhead
K-Def’s 10 Favorite Sample Flips by Ego Trip
Shawn Pen Speaks About the Quad Studios Attack on Tupac, His History with Bad Boy and Roc-A-Fella Records by Paul W. Arnold
Q&A: 2 Chainz On Giving Back, Being Independent, And Fitting Work Into Every Hour of His Day by J. Pablo
Enjoy The Silence © Depeche Mode by Dart Adams
SPIN's 40 Best Rap Albums of 2011 by SPIN Staff
The A.V. Club's Best Music of 2011 by The A.V. Club Staff
The Token Best Rap Songs of 2011 List Post by Richard Tre Mane
The Worst Rap Songs of 2011 by Richard Tre Mane
A Roundup of the 2011 Music Industry Based Strictly on Band Names by Henry Adaso
The Top Five Seven-Inch Singles of 2011 by Douglas Martin
Music Analysis & Reporting:
US Government Gives Back Seized Rap Blog Domain After A Year of Denying All Due Process by Jaap van der Doelen
New Rap That Doesn’t Suck – November 2011 Edition by Robbie Ettelson
The Hard White Wolf: Empty Towns and Radioactivity by Jeff Weiss
The 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Skits by Gabriel Alvarez
Play Me Some Pimpin’: Juicy J & DJ Paul’s 10 Best Willie Hutch Samples by Greg Whitt
Six Awful Things About Karmin's "Crash Your Party" by Maura Johnston
Five 2011 Hip-Hop Albums Better Than Watch the Throne by Michael Edison Hayden
The Ruler’s Back: Why Hip-Hop Needs the Further Adventures of Slick Rick by Jaap van der Doelen
If Santa Claus Was A Rapper (A Holiday Poem By Tony Grands)
Get Your Mind Right: ?uestlove vs. Michele Bachmann by Brian Sims
Don’t Market Your Beats Like a Pack of Cheap Steak Knives by Amir "Sa'id" Said
15 More Skits That Didn’t Make Complex’s 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Skits List by Ego Trip
Why Does It Feel Important to Like Rap? (As A Jazz Fan) by Patrick Jarenwattananon
Classics Revisited: De La Soul – 3 Feet High and Rising by Aaron McKrell
Let That Boy Cook: Action Bronson’s Well Done Soul by Jonah Bromwich
Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire Gets Down With His Duality by Phillip Mlynar
Erykah Badu Review: Hip-Hop Star’s a Superhero at the Wiltern by Ernest Hardy
Live Review: Jay-Z and Kanye West in Houston by Henry Adaso
5 Depressing Facts About Birdman And Mack Maine’s Billionaire Minds Mixtape by David Dennis, Jr.
Song of the Day: Camp Lo - Luchini (Chopped & Screwed By SpaceGhostPurrp) by Mobb Deen
Mayer Hawthorne: A Motor City Kid Looks to the Future by NPR Staff
Snoop Dogg, Y.G. and Nipsey Hussle Remix Drake's 'The Motto' by Jeff Weiss
Why Is This White Girl Allowed to Use the N-Word? by Chris Walker
Rihanna, Talks That Talk by Hank Erins
Album Reviews:
Mac Miller - Blue Slide Park by Jordan Sargent
Yelawolf - Radioactive by Henry Adaso
Action Bronson & Statik Selektah - Well-Done by Francisco McCurry
The Roots - undun by Adam Fleischer
The Roots - undun by Ernest Hardy
The Roots - undun by Max
The Roots - undun by Kathy Iandoli
The Roots - undun by Nate Patrin
Mistah F.A.B. - I Found My Backpack 2: The Lost Notebook by Phillip Mlynar
Kendrick Lamar - Section.80 by Mobb Deen
Jet Life - Jet World Order by Aaron McKrell
Jet Life - Jet World Order by Phillip Mlynar
J. Cole - Cole World: The Sideline Story by Dag Diligent
The Black Keys - El Camino by Randall Roberts
Amy Winehouse - Lioness: Hidden Treasures by Andrew Ryce
Amy Winehouse - Lioness: Hidden Treasures by August Brown
Charlotte Gainsbourg - Stage Whisper by Joe Tangari
Moka Only & Chief - Crickets by Will Cleveland
Kid Sister - Kiss & Tell EP by Zach Kelly
Jónsi - We Bought a Zoo OST by Ian Cohen
Profiles & Interviews:
Common Explores Collaboration Chemistry With Nas And No I.D., Breaks Down Lines from Classic Songs by Jake Paine
TSS Presents Smoking Sessions With A$AP Rocky by Beware
Answers for Questions Vol. 62 w/Blockhead
K-Def’s 10 Favorite Sample Flips by Ego Trip
Shawn Pen Speaks About the Quad Studios Attack on Tupac, His History with Bad Boy and Roc-A-Fella Records by Paul W. Arnold
Q&A: 2 Chainz On Giving Back, Being Independent, And Fitting Work Into Every Hour of His Day by J. Pablo
