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Go Away, Stay Awhile

What happens when a song tells you to leave, but the title makes you curious enough to stick around? That title does some heavy lifting before a single bar gets heard....

Coyote Reverie: Lo-Fi for the Daily Grind

What if the daily grind is the real trip—and the only way out is to sink a little deeper into the beat? Somewhere between the morning scramble, the bills that...

Edd Stark Makes Rome Feel Right

What if the best kind of escape isn’t running from the world, but finding a little more joy in the middle of it? With “When in Rome,” Minnesota...

Grief Goes Double-Time

What do you do when life starts swinging, your coping mechanisms get questionable, and the only thing left to do is put that shit on a beat? Jared, better known as...

Kelsea Martinez Says Speak Up, Not Shut Up

What if the loudest thing in the room is the pain nobody knows how to talk about?...

Conscious Hip-Hop Is Done Asking Nicely

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Boys Noize’s “1 1 1”: The Run Never Ended

There’s a difference between having a moment and making the moment look small. Boys Noize has spent the better part of his career understanding that distinction,...