Music

Active since 1987, the year he debuted behind Guru as one-half of Gang Starr, DJ Premier is one of the most crucial figures in hip-hop. No more than three producers (Dr. Dre, RZA, and Prince Paul) can test Premier's status as the most important trackmaster of the '90s, and no style is more distinctive. Aggressive…

Big shoutout to my man Macedonia for including me in his latest podcast offering. I feel honored to be included among the dope songs in this podcast. Tracklist 1.  Everybody Stopped Calling Me by Friends Or Whatever 2.  In Matacumbo by Cosmic Analog Ensemble 3.  Mango Tree by Chandeliers 4.  The Shoreline by Big La vs. Todd  5.  Datenight by Jonny…

Fiona Apple never quite belonged to a specific scene. The closest she came was at the dawn of her career, when her debut album Tidal arrived as the alternative rock wave reached its crest in 1996. Apple spent her time in MTV's Buzzbin and on tour with Sarah McLachlan's Lilith Fair revue, earning a hit…

Just something about Bad Snacks' melodic sound that really inspires me to make music. She's capture what I hear in my head, and what I try to create. Her joint "Technicolor" stayed in my head rent free for months... just hearing the incredible strings and airy vocal background... Simply marvelous. Her newest joint, "alright, ok"…

Bokoya is a four-piece Jazz/Hip-Hop band from Cologne who plays improvised beat music. Like a four-headed human drum machine, Bokoya improvise, shape, and develop beats in the electric field of repetition and variation. It's impossible to put a tag on Bokoya's music. BADBADNOTGOOD, Dilla, Krautrock, Ambient and dub might work as rough reference points for…

I don't how i missed this song back in 2017. The 9th Wonder production alone got me open. The release of Rap's greatest hits joint, "Goated" has me finding more joints I missed back in the day. Epic!

There are some albums/projects that randomly pop up in your life that seem to stand the test of time. It may be months or years, but when you rediscover them, it's almost like the first time you've heard it. I've never followed any of the other GASOLINE projects. I've never had the need. But there…

Pink Siifu and producer Ahwlee named their group B. Cool Aid after brown Kool-Aid, a potion made by mixing so many flavors of the powdered beverage that the colors smear. “I was like, ‘Oh shit, that’s us,’” Siifu reflected in a Fader interview. “We mix everything together, and it’s Black too.” Brown Kool-Aid has no set recipe, but it…