cover story: rema, i-D
cover story: denzel curry, port
central cee, the uk’s biggest rap star, the guardian
rae sremmurd: going from party boys to party men, i-D
the skiifall genre, ssense
(print only) glue skateboards, dazed
the strange, beautiful music of moses sumney, the guardian
jpegmafia: “black people have things to be mad about,” the guardian
5-10-15-20: el-p, pitchfork
rising: mavi, pitchfork
5-10-15-20: scarface, pitchfork
070 shake moves beyond the buzz, pitchfork
moodboard: danny brown, pitchfork
kourtnee & kanesha: in the family, dazed
earl sweatshirt does not exist, pitchfork
(print only) meet wetware, dazed
elucid tried to warn us, pitchfork
the many faces of ishmael butler, pitchfork
first person: open mike eagle, pitchfork
rising: maxo kream, pitchfork
rising: pi’erre bourne, pitchfork
goldlink: live from the go-go, complex
remy ma never rests, the fader
how saul william’s broke out of the lyricists lounge, the guardian
5-10-15-20: danny brown, pitchfork
genf: gaika, the fader
icebreaker: aesop rock, pitchfork
soulection: the collective making genres a thing of the past, the guardian

on the tupac murder case, npr
on the music of parchman farm, the guardian
all rap is local, npr
the perils of the posthumous rap album, the new yorker
how drakeo made a masterpiece on a jail phone, pitchfork
rap labels aren’t signing women, pitchfork
tokyopop rises from the dead, vice
figure 1 is like instagram, but for doctors, vice
pop record odds makers, the fader
why is bobby shmurda still in jail, the guardian

my twenty favorite albums of 2022, npr
my thirty favorite albums of 2021, the new yorker
my thirty favorite albums of 2020, the new yorker
songs of the ‘10s: #1, kendrick lamar’s “alright,” pitchfork
albums of the ‘10s: #2, kanye west’s mbdtf, pitchfork
best albums of 2017: #1, kendrick lamar’s damn., pitchfork
the 20 best rap albums of 2017, pitchfork
the 15 lyrics that defined 2017, pitchfork
2016, the year of the mixtape, the guardian
the 26 weirdest adult swim shows, deadspin
lil wayne mixtapes, ranked, deadspin
best rap of 2015 (vince, fetty, stizz, heems, beatking), spin
songs we love: allan kingdom’s “fables,” npr
songs we love: anderson .paak’s “room in here,” npr
songs we love: freddie gibb’s “extradite,” npr
which migo are you? quiz, deadspin
dragon ball z characters, ranked, complex
on the best post-reasonable doubt debuts (dmx, big boi, ma$e, el-p, waka), spin