Here's a new one from Top Dawg Entertainment's former secret weapon Ab-Soul, a track that finds Soul getting lose on a hypnotic, murky piece of production from JMSN. It samples pieces of his Control…   Read Story »

L.A.'s Black Hippy may be one of the most exciting rap crews to emerge in recent years, but all four members of the group don't appear together on the same song very often. When they do, it's cause…   Read Story »

Last week, Ab-Soul, the Cali rap crew Black Hippy's resident bug-out specialist, released a very strong album called Control System. Now we've got a video for "Terrorist Threats," his…   Read Story »

On the strength of tracks like "ILLuminate," "Empathy," "SOPA" and "Terrorist Threats," we're hyped about the new record from Black Hippy member Ab-Soul, who is poised for a big look. Control System…   Read Story »

The songs we've heard from Ab-Soul's Control System -- tracks like "Empathy," "SOPA," and "Terrorist Threats" -- show that the formerly unheralded Black Hippy member is well overdue for some shine.…   Read Story »

Ab-Soul is the furthest-out of the four rappers in Black Hippy, and his solo project Control System, based on tracks like "Terrorist Threats" and "SOPA," seems to be coming together beautifully. On…   Read Story »

None of the four members of the great California rap crew Black Hippy can sing. But that didn't stop all four of them (along with some unidentified fifth guy) from singing the Temptations' "My Girl"…   Read Story »

The frizzy-haired livewire Ab-Soul may be the least-known member of the left-coast rap quartet Black Hippy, but that seems like it might change soon, since everything he's been doing has been pure…   Read Story »

Frizzy-haired energy-bomb Ab-Soul may be the least-known member of the ascendant L.A. rap crew Black Hippy, which also features Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, and Jay Rock. But that seems destined to…   Read Story »

Hey, everybody, it's that time again! South By Southwest 2012. Are you ready? How's your hashtag game? Can you feel the early-onset FOMO? As the Austin institution grows larger and larger, with more…   Read Story »