23 years after breaking up, one of the foremost DJ/MC teams in hip hop history has decided to reunite. https://twitter.com/EricBandRakim/status/789237049312161792 Producer Eric B. and rapper Rakim released four albums between 1987 and 1992 (two of which went gold, one of which went platinum), and had massive hits like “Eric B. Is President”, “Microphone Fiend”, and… Read More Eric B. & Rakim Are Reuniting, 23 Years Later

Tomorrow (October 24th) is Drake’s 30th birthday, and to celebrate Drake took to his OVO Sound Radio show to present a special birthday mix. A lot of new music was played, new collabs were teased (more on that below), but the most noteworthy event of the show was the announcement of a new Drake project. Kind of.… Read More Drake Announces New Project, ‘More Life’

You know what time it is: New Music Fridays, featuring this week’s most notable releases in hip hop. Check ’em out below: Cakes Da Killa – Hedonism Cakes Da Killa is a big figure in the LGBTQ rap scene (along with artists like Mykki Blanco and Le1f), and after a well-received mixtape run that’s paired him up… Read More New Music Fridays: October 21st, 2016

Despite dropping half a year ago, nobody has gotten bored of Chance the Rapper’s gamechanging third album Coloring Book, which might very well be my favourite album of the year. Any hint of gospel that Kanye employed for The Life of Pablo was extended tenfold across Chance’s album, particularly in the Jay Electronica-assisted track “How Great”, which… Read More Chance Releases ‘How Great’ Music Video

Eminem just dropped a new single, “Campaign Speech” – his first song in three years – and while it’s a clear show of the celebrated rapper’s incredible lyrical dexterity, it’s hard to get past just how immature he still feels the need to be. Now don’t get me wrong, Eminem is one of my favourite rappers… Read More Maybe It’s Time For Eminem To Grow Up

A week ago, former GOOD Music signee and Kanye-affiliate CyHi The Prynce took to Instagram to show an unreleased verse he did for “Father Stretch My Hands”, a track off Kanye’s recent The Life of Pablo album. Since TLOP was dropped, unreleased leaks and snippets like this have been turning up like bad pennies, so I decided to delve into the… Read More How Leaks and Snippets Are Keeping ‘Pablo’ Alive

Today, Chicago singer/rapper and recent Top Dawg Entertainment signee Lance Skiiiwalker announced the name and release date of his debut album, Introverted Intuition (due October 18th, next Tuesday) via label head Anthony ‘Top Dawg’ Tiffith’s instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/BLjpIcFj_WD/ Back in March, when TDE announced that it had two mysterious new signees known only as John Doe 1 & 2, the… Read More Recent TDE Signee Lance Skiiiwalker Announces Debut Album

This week, the already impressive list of expected albums were joined by a host of unexpected, surprise-released projects from Anderson .Paak, Gucci Mane, and many more. Check out Audio Plug’s most recent NMF below: Coleman Hell – Summerland Toronto’s ‘Sideways’ collective has been an underground favourite of the city for a while, and the group was… Read More New Music Fridays: October 13th, 2016

Pusha T blasted onto the scene more than 15 years ago as the scene-stealing half of Clipse (with his brother, No Malice), a Neptunes-produced duo that essentially ushered in the subgenre of ‘coke rap’. No Malice effectively ended the partnership in 2014, and while his solo career has gone largely unacknowledged, Pusha T has only gotten… Read More Pusha T Season Is Upon Us

When teenage Indonesian vine star Brian Imanuel started a rap career under the inflammatory name of ‘Rich Chigga’, I don’t think anyone ever expected it to catch on as well as it did. But when the kid who taught you how to microwave #bread dropped the music video for his breakthrough single “Dat $tick“, everything changed.… Read More Rich Chigga Releases ‘Dat $tick’ Remix