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Foxy Lady: A Name With Swagger

Can a track called “Foxy Lady” bring enough attitude to turn heads before the first note even hits? Because swagger comes in different flavors. It can arrive...

niceymost Keeps It 4EVERDAT

What does it take to make a moment last forever when the internet has already moved on to the next thing? Music has always been a place to wrestle with that question. A...

Frame After Frame: Art in Motion

What happens when life keeps rolling, one moment bleeding into the next, and the only way to make sense of it is to keep looking? UGLYpupPEZ brings us “Frame after...

FETE Brings the Party

What happens when one word carries the promise of a whole night out, but the real magic depends on what happens when the beat drops? The Plug Network brought...

Dro From Watts: Forever in the Feeling

What happens when a rapper leaves the words at the door and lets the beat do all the talking? Dro From Watts brings that question to the table with “4 Ever,”...

Bass After Dark

What happens when roots reggae takes a midnight ride through the circuitry of modern electronica? Sandman Theory and ikigai dubworks are betting that the answer starts...

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...

T-Brazin Takes Off

What happens when a vacation fling starts feeling like the main attraction? Some trips are about the destination. Others are about the person who makes you forget you...

4410: Let the Beat Talk

What happens when a producer leaves the microphone untouched and lets the music handle the conversation? Sometimes, the smartest move in hip-hop is knowing when to shut...

Tom Cruise: No Stunt Double

Tom Cruise is a name that carries decades of blockbuster associations: impossible odds, high-speed action, big-screen confidence, and a leading man who built a...