“War” and “Exposing Me”: When Drill Music Is Too Real For You

Chief Keef's "War" (2014) is a Drill classic (Fredo's "War" is hot too, RIP). FBG Duck and Rooga's "Exposing Me (Remix)" is quickly on...
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“180” S1 E3 – Are White People Guests in Hip-Hop?

For the 180 podcast episode, listen here. To keep up with 180, subscribe to the 180 RSS Feed. This...
Original Sugababes members at the 2022 Glastonbury Festival

Sugababes Literally Saved the Best for Last

Where do girl groups stand in the grand scheme of present-day Western pop culture? Once exhaustingly omnipresent (especially in...

The 5 Most Entertaining UK Drill Rappers, In My American Opinion

Disclaimers: This is a piece on my preferences, not an attempt at an official top-5 claim. Don't get ya feelings hurt. The label "entertaining"...

CL’s American Debut and Black Culture

With 5 million views in a week on her newest music video 'Lifted', K-Pop star CL is striving to make her way into the U.S. market....

Music Can’t Heal A Dishonest Artist

Read 'I Want To Support XXXTentacion, But Should I?' here. Making music can change an artist for the better. Music got Jay Z into clean-money entrepreneurship. Jay...

Remember When Soulja Boy Did Drill Music?

Soulja Boy is unforgettable. Roll your eyes, get hit with nostalgia, whatever. Soulja Boy's contributions to popular culture, summarized well by this DJBooth article,...
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How Rappers Have Shed The Corny Label

In my first piece on the subject of corniness in hip-hop, I pointed out which factors in an artist's music or persona contributed to...

Where did Future’s new hype come from?

He's always had hits. He's always been an astronaut. He's always been poured up. Even back when he was A1's freshest face and had Rocko...

We Made An Album Only Using Type Beats. It Was (Mostly) Incredible.

Nothing comes easy when you're trying to be a professional creative on a budget. But given its bad rep, I'm surprised that indie hip-hop...