Cherry Bomb, the highly anticipated new album from Tyler, The Creator, will be released in physical format on April 28, 2015. Tyler, The Creator is the leader and co-founder of the alternative hip hop collective Odd Future, and he has rapped on and produced songs for nearly every Odd Future release to date. His debut album Bastard, was …
Sour Soul is the collaborative album from Toronto jazz/hip-hop band BADBADNOTGOOD and Staten Island rap champ Ghostface Killah. Inspired by 1960s and 70s music – taking inspiration from the recording techniques and production of that era, and eschewing sampling in favour of live instrumentation, BBNG with producer Frank Dukes have created a dramatic, cinematic musical staging for Ghostface’s …
This album has a long list of collaborators: Daft Punk, Hudson Mohawke, RZA, Chief Keef, King L, Justin Vernon, Travis Scott and Charlie Wilson all chipped in, and Rick Rubin showed up late in the game and got an executive producer credit. Full of rattling 808s, electro clatter, waves of fuzz and heart-racing BPMs. ‘On …
2011 release from the American rapper. With a life story that no book could contain, the artist born Michael Atha could have auditioned for the most interesting man in the world title. After years of toiling in the rap chitlin circuit, the mixtape matrix and doing hooks for a spectrum of artists ranging from Juelz Santana to …
Even in hip-hop–a genre famous for auspicious debuts–Black Star, the first album from the team of Mos Def and Talib Kweli, stands out. It’s not just because these guys know their history (an update of Slick Rick’s classic “Children’s Story,” a fine jack of BDP’s “The P Is Free” on “Definition,” and shout-outs to 2Pac, Biggie, and the …