Madlib shares “REEKYOD” featuring Black Thought and Your Old Droog via his Madlib Invazion label. The producer lays down drums fit for a soldier’s walk, skulking bass lines, operatic horns, a Twilight Zone-sounding key, and a James Brown sample for his first release since the Sound Ancestors album released inContinue Reading
El Michels Affair and Black Thought release their Glorious Game album. Leon Michels and Black Thought started working on the album in 2020 during the pandemic. Michels’ band is known for playing live but GG inspired a different approach. The musician decided to use lots of samples of his liveContinue Reading
El Michels Affair and Black Thought drop “That Girl” from their upcoming Glorious Game album. The Roots frontman and Leon Michels’ band unify to pay tribute to the emcee’s muse. The falsetto-led doo-wop sample collapses and a numbing beat comes in as the bedrock for Black Thought’s ode to hisContinue Reading
Sunday night The Grammys celebrated 50 years of hip-hop with a lineup of some of the most prominent rappers of the genre. Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel, Run DMC, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Queen Latifah, Salt-N-Pepa, Rakim, Mr. Scarface, Busta Rhymes, Too Short, Ice-T, Method Man, Lil Baby, GloRilla, LL Cool JContinue Reading