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 »

Their stock may be falling, but the well-adjusted young people in the Odd Future rap collective are staying productive. The generally unhinged Hodgy Beats, for one, posted a couple of new songs on…   Read Story »

A few months ago, UK remix specialist Star Slinger released the Green Label Sound single "Dumbin'," an all-original collaboration with singer Reggie B that Diplo promptly remixed. And now we've got a…   Read Story »

ASAP Rocky gets a lot of credit for being a New York rapper who's figured out how to play with Southern rap sonics, but in a way, his fellow New Yorker French Montana has him beat. The Moroccan-born…   Read Story »

I met legendary Memphis rap producer and Academy Award winner Juicy J once, about three years ago. It was one of the last days I was working at the Village Voice, and I'd gone across to the pizza…   Read Story »

Earlier this year, Juicy J, one half of the legendary Memphis fight-rap team Three 6 Mafia, teamed up with producer Lex Luger to release the hard-as-fuck Rubba Band Business 2 mixtape, an effort that…   Read Story »

Clipse MC Pusha T has assembled a pretty strong gutter-rap all-star team for his new single "Body Work." The track co-stars Philly livewire Meek Mill, Bronx slow-flow stylist French Montana, and…   Read Story »

Though the sound system was never totally en pointe, or though the fact that many of the featured rappers didn't do much actual rapping, yesterday's Fool's Gold day off was a pretty fun scene…   Read Story »

Juicy J's clip for "Me," like his music, rides a simple, yet novel concept to full force. Here, we find the Memphis rap demigod in the forefront facing the camera while a sped up Scarface streams in…   Read Story »