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JPEGMAFIA and Danny Brown find organize chaos on Scaring the Hoes!

Hailing from Baltimore and Detroit, respectively, producer/rapper JPEGMAFIA and rapper Danny Brown have established successful solo careers with their own distinctive styles, but last year teased the possibility of an album together with a collaborative track they previewed on NTS Radio in March 2022. A month later, they debuted the song live during Brown’s set at Smoker’s Club Fest. Just as people were starting to ... read more

MF DOOM birthed a generation on Operation: Doomsday

Back in Hip Hop’s golden age, KMD a young rap group out of New York which featured Zev Love X, his brother DJ Sub-Roc, and Onyx was in some cases primed to be the next big thing. Like that of Native Tongues collectives such as A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, & Brand Nubian the group’s first album Mr. Hood in 1991 would be a conscious piece filled with witty neighborhood stories and folklore allusions. What happened after ... read more

Little Simz is exhausted on “No Thank You”.

Little Simz has become a bona fide UK star since the release of her highly acclaimed albums The Grey Area & Sometimes I Might Be Introvert, which earned her a Brit Award for Best New Artist at the top of last year. But despite all her success in her native England, conquering America has shown to be a huge roadblock for the talented lyricist. This became apparent during April 2022 when fans were met with a candid post on social media ... read more

On “SOS,” SZA sends out the distress signal for all of you in need!

Like everyone else on the planet I loved SZA’s 2017 debut opus CTRL. The record was a definite victory lap and one that sat within the string of strong releases coming out of the biggest hip hop crew, Top Dawg Ent (TDE). SZA, although the only female artist at the time in TDE, still stood her own against some of hip hop’s heavyweights on the label such as Kendrick Lamar, School boy Q, and Jay Rock, just ... read more