Bars for Gaza
October 29, 2024
Over a year after the Israel-Hamas war began, numerous rap songs have appeared that address the ongoing conflict.
ALL: Hip-Hop 2024
Blu & Exile, Love (the) Ominous World
October 27, 2024
Blu’s third album of 2024 revolve around familiar concerns: fulfilling his hip-hop ambitions, and trying to find spiritual sustenance.
Boldy James & Conductor Williams, Across the Tracks
July 4, 2024
On Across the Tracks, Boldy James illustrates a drug hustler’s lifestyle in colorful language, not thematic exposition or narrative tension.
Your Old Droog, Movie
June 23, 2024
Your Old Droog’s “Movie” isn’t quite a God-tier film, but it’s a solid excursion with quality production and “nutty bars.”
ShrapKnel & Controller 7, Nobody Planning to Leave
June 19, 2024
“Nobody Planning to Leave,” a collaboration between ShrapKnel and producer Controller 7 unfolds as a kind of fragmented tapestry.