After an eight-year wait, A$AP Rocky's 'Don't Be Dumb' proves he hasn't lost his touch as a stylistic and mature force in rap.
Rap Blog is a weekly showcase of a standout rap song. ADVERTISEMENT Rapper Maajins first crossed my radar in April 2023 with “matchmyracks,” a Jersey club fever dream dunked in shimmering synths that ...
Rap Blog is a weekly showcase of a standout rap song. ADVERTISEMENT It’s summer break 2001. You’re ten years old and at your grandparents’ house, watching TV, trying to savor the last remaining days ...
On Kendrick Lamar’s sixth studio album, “GNX,” he’s angry, swaggeringly arrogant and fiercely self-assured — and he has every right to be. Even before this monumental year, Lamar sat among some of rap ...
Rap music in 2025 was a rich mix of introspection, experimentation and cultural significance. As mainstream rap fell in and out of favor, the genre flourished with adventurous producing, serious ...
Every year, we’re told that hip-hop is in crisis. But if you ask us, it feels like there’s too much heat to keep up with. What’s lost on the chart-watchers lamenting rap’s mainstream lull is that the ...
Kendrick Lamar has won Best Rap Song for “Not Like Us” at the 2025 Grammy Awards. On Sunday afternoon (Feb. 2), hours before ...