During this pandemic, I’ve found my time alone to be particularly unstable. I often turn to podcasts to take me out of my day-to-day anxieties, but many of many favorite shows are focusing on the effects of a crisis that is currently affecting us all. …

Part Two: What To Be Excited About Now — It’s easy to complain about the past, but if British rap is going to have any chance of breaking into mainstream recognition, it needs to be consistent. Luckily, over the past few months, it has been. Some of the biggest names in a new generation of British hip hop are…

Part One: What You’ve Missed — Sunday marked another year of the Grammy awards, and inevitably, controversy ensued. Tyler, the Creator was frustrated with his album IGOR being placed in the rap category. Lana Del Rey fans protested Billie Eilish’s sweep of all the major categories. …

As 2019 winded down, releases (like my writing) slowed to a near halt. Many looked back at the year as somewhat of a disappointment. Were artists hesitant to drop so close to all decade lists? Are all of our favorite artists bad now? …

Despite my new love of the genre, Sturgill Simpson will not be boxed in as a country artist. In my country music article at the start of the summer, I wrote about how Simpson’s music brought me over to the dark side. The dark side, of course, being the sounds…

It’s unlikely that Pusha T will ever have another moment as viral as his 2018 Story of Adidon diss. That is very unfortunate, especially when you consider that Pusha has been putting out for over 15 years. …

Pop music is going through a big shift right now, and some of the biggest releases of the month of August have showed three of its biggest competing subgenres. Brockhampton’s Ginger, Lana Del Rey’s Norman F*cking Rockwell and the behemoth, Taylor Swift’s Lover. In my last article, I wrote about…

It’s about halfway through the summer, the heat is settling in and BBQ playlists are just about set. At this point last year, we were still recovering from a huge release weekend (Astroworld, Swimming and Stay Dangerous) and had found stability after the barrage of takes surrounding Kanye’s five albums…

Chance and Drake’s new releases mark another chapter in the death of the mixtape. Where are those low-pressure releases going? — This week, Drake dropped a collection of previously released songs onto major streaming services. The project, Care Package, is just the latest example of artists merging their past “mixtape” discography with their major studio releases. Chance the Rapper recently brought back his Acid Rap and 10 Day mixtapes to help…