Russian Roulette, the new album from veteran rap producer Alchemist, is a long and freaked collage of raps and found-sound splurges and bits of old Soviet propaganda. So it only makes sense that the…   Read Story »

As part of Yours Truly's Songs From Scratch series, Detroit rap firebreather Danny Brown and MPC-bashing producer AraabMuzik recently linked together, banging out a hard-as-fuck new track called…   Read Story »

At ginormous festivals like Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza, it's pretty tough to craft a narrative -- when there's something like 200 bands playing over a weekend, it's next to impossible to really sew a…   Read Story »

The Alchemist has been producing rap records for something like two decades now, going back to the days when he was in a major-label white-rap duo with a teenaged Scott Caan. Lately, he's been making…   Read Story »

This week for videos just fucking absolutely ruled, so before we get into what made this list, let's take a moment for all the videos that missed the cut. Among the casualties: Two eye-grabbing clips…   Read Story »

In the tradition of Spike Jonze's classic clip for Notorious B.I.G.'s "Sky Is The Limit" comes Greg Brunkalla's joyous video for Danny Brown's "Grown Up," featuring a kid replica of Danny. This is…   Read Story »

It must be pretty awesome to be a producer with Danny Brown's phone number. The veteran Detroit beatmaker House Shoes will soon release his album Let It Go, and he summoned Brown to breathe fire all…   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 »

Danny Brown has amassed most of his sizable buzz over the last year or so, but he's also a veteran of Detroit's rap scene, and he worked with legendary stoner-rap producer J Dilla when Dilla was…   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 »