The Luca Brasi Story, the new mixtape from the Baton Rogue native Kevin Gates, just might be my favorite mixtape of the year. It's a tough and blustery but emotional ride, and it touches on a few…   Read Story »

On his new mixtape New Jet City, released just yesterday, the heavy-lidded and crazy-prolific New Orleans rapper Curren$y went big, lining up a very serious roster of guests: Rick Ross, Wiz Khalifa,…   Read Story »

Over the past few years, Curren$y has become a model of online cult-rap consistency, a guy who reliably cranks out three or four eminently listenable mixtapes per year. And at a certain point, that…   Read Story »

The endlessly laconic, terrifyingly prolific New Orleans rap staple Curren$y has already released a ton of music this year, as is his custom, and now he's got more for us. His new tape Priest…   Read Story »

Curren$y's crew Jet Life will put out another posse record later this fall, and today they released the first single, a wobby, knocking single called "No Sleep." Hear it below. Jet World Order…   Read Story »

In this space, I usually try to write something about whatever connecting threats might run through the five videos I pick for the week. That's not happening this week. I absolutely cannot think of a…   Read Story »

On his new single "Push Thru," underground rap lifer recruited two of his up-and-coming younger peers in Curren$y and Kendrick Lamar. And in the beautifully photographed new video, directors Scott…   Read Story »

Underground rap veteran Talib Kweli is working on a new album with the utterly detestable title Prisoner Of Conscious, and he's just released a collaboration with two of the sharpest, most dependably…   Read Story »

The prolific, nimble New Orleans rapper Curren$y hooks up with producer-of-the-moment Harry Fraud for a quick EP jaunt, a five-track release featuring drop-ins from Smoke DZA and collaborator Styles…   Read Story »

Sleepy-eyed New Orleans rapper Curren$y releases his new album The Stoned Immaculate today, and now he's also got a minimal black-and-white video for "Capitol," his slow-rolling collaboration with…   Read Story »