El-P’s new album I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead drops today. I haven’t heard it, and truth be told, I’m not sure I’ll go too far out of my way to get my hands on a copy. There’s some artists that you want to listen to, and others you simply don’t—regardless of how much respect you have for them. El Producto has never had a sound that I can get into. I find many of his tracks too sonically dense, too cerebral, too abstract, too dark. His lyrics, on the other hand, fascinate me. The New York Times ran a big article ...

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Going on a year ago, the hip-hop department slash mail room over at MTV put together a list of the 10 Greatest MCs of All ...

Canibus is an enigmatic figure that has been revered for his lyrical ingenuity and criticized for his poor beat selection and inconsistent albums. Once hailed ...

Lil’ Wayne saying something questionable and controversial shouldn’t be news anymore. You almost come to expect it these days. But time and time again Hip ...

The first day of the week is already here again. Dayum! I remember getting home from hanging out on Friday night pretty early. ...

This might be the first year in the history of rap that more remixes have been produced than actual songs.  O.K.  That's a stretch, but ...

I read an article in the New York Times a couple of days ago about government-funded hip-hop programs for inner city youth. (Since the story ...

The consensus on the Internets re: hip-hop in 2007 seems to be that last year sucked balls and this year isn't going to be any ...