https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPQfcG-eimk Imagine driving down the highway in a convertible overlooking the beach under an orange California sky. The lighting is the kind that turns teal eyes blue,...

Canadian singer-songwriter Allie X is beginning her push into the mainstream pop universe using her own unique sound as a battering ram. Her debut EP, CollXtion I, went largely under the radar...

Paramore is a band that grabbed 2007 by storm. If you were in middle school in the mid-2000s then you were exposed to Hayley William’s fantastic vocals and bright orange hair. Even with personnel...

On Kendrick Lamar’s fifth studio album, the Compton rapper touches on the themes of religion, race, and success in society. Kendrick creates music that questions society at large, and the subject matter...

  Keeping a band together during your college years is easier said than done. Between booking shows, getting studio time, forming connections and keeping the creative juices flowing in between...

When I think of the rap collective Odd Future, a few terms come to mind. Vulgar, obscene, immature, sacrilegious, misogynistic, violent, “edgy” — the list could go on for days (and this is coming...

We are slowly creeping into the postmodern age of hip-hop. Similar to the divergence of rock into an innumerable amount of sub-genres in the late 80s and early 90s, the older generation of hip-hop artists...

2016 was undoubtedly the biggest year for Atlanta’s three musketeers of trap. The magnetic hook-master Quavo, the raspy, fast-spitting Takeoff and the capable-yet-underappreciated Offset struck gold...

Frameworks: Smother Frameworks are lowkey running their own underground establishment of a new type of rhythmic hardcore that is blowing the old heavy style out of the water. Smother has this unique way...

Three notable rappers are dropping albums this holiday season: J. Cole, Kid Cudi and Gucci Mane. We broke down what to expect from each one so you can pick your soundtrack for the holiday season. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VeU4v10iA0&feature=youtu.be J....

From being cast in an upcoming Star Wars spinoff, to the widespread success of his FX show Atlanta, Donald Glover has had what most would consider an amazing year. Musically, his last project STN MTN...

While songs like “Hella Hoes” and “Trillmatic” teased the potential of an A$AP Mob posse-cut, devoted fans of the Harlem-based rap collective have had two years to ponder the possibilities. But...