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....
Big Hit, Boom Bap
What happens when hip-hop leaves the glossy stuff at the door and gets back to the business of bars? There is a reason boom bap keeps finding its way back into the...
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...
Chaka Boy Says Stay Unboxed
Chaka Boy’s “North Division” sounds like a reminder that hip-hop gets a little more interesting when nobody’s asking permission. Released October...
Kanye’s “Streetcar” Gets a New Passenger
What happens when a familiar Kanye West song gets handed to a new voice, a new beat, and a different corner of the internet? There’s a particular kind of nerve in...
nebula. & mayre Put Their Own Frame on Baton Rouge Hip-Hop With Through My Lens
When was the last time you let an artist show you the world without asking them to explain every damn thing first? Baton Rouge MC nebula. is linking with producer mayre...
Edd Stark x LYHE — “Sigil” Finds Its Own Frequency
Some rap doesn’t need to kick the door down. Sometimes the mood is the message, the melody is the meeting point, and the real magic sits somewhere between a...
Calm Pens, and Glitch Noise: Folded Waffle Review Roundup
Jump to: A heavy 808 kick drops against a pitch-bent synth loop while dusty snares cut through the monitor mix. This Folded Waffle review roundup brings three distinct...
