Fool's Gold, the label that champion DJ A-Trak co-founded with Nick Catchdubs, is getting ready to release a new compilation from Loosies, and the first track we've heard from it is one of A-Trak's…   Read Story »

The great Detroit spitfire rapper Danny Brown has a new song called "Grown Up," an irresistibly sunny memory-lane trip about being broke as a kid and not quite as broke now. It's absolutely gorgeous,…   Read Story »

Danny Brown's free online album XXX, released about six months ago, continues to age remarkably well, especially once you get used to that keyed-up yawp of a voice. And today, he gives us a new video…   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 »

Despite the simple notion that making a list of a year's top 10 new rappers has become obsolete in the days of overnight Internet sensations (eXquire, A$AP, etc.), rap mag XXL still keeps pumping out…   Read Story »

The members of New York's suddenly-awesome underground rap scene aren't exactly the most conventionally attractive group of dudes on the face of the earth, but they do know how to look cool. And the…   Read Story »

All three members of Das Racist are planning to release solo mixtapes in 2012, and a couple of weeks into the year, two of them have already done it. We've already posted The Palm Wine Drinkard, Kool…   Read Story »

Even in an era when rappers rarely share studios with their collaborators, emailing in their contributions instead, the art of the guest verse is alive and well. It's still a point of pride for one…   Read Story »

In his video for his chorus-free sprint "Monopoly," Detroit firebreather Danny Brown keeps things simple, blaring his punchlines at an out-of-focus vintage camera on a set with only one prop: An…   Read Story »

Two leaders of the new school -- Main Attrakionz and Danny Brown -- collaborate on "Suffocation," a track that rides on a hazy, vibrant beat. Recently, the duo also dropped a collaboration with…   Read Story »