D’Angelo Will Always Be the Blueprint
And the guests Benito should bring out when he takes the stage.
Editors' Picks
- Who Are All These Alternate Album Covers For?
Who Are All These Alternate Album Covers For?
The flood of album art shows no sign of subsiding.
- How Does Justin Bieber’s ‘Swag II’ Compare to ‘Swag’?
How Does Justin Bieber’s ‘Swag II’ Compare to ‘Swag’?
Less than two months after his surprise drop, Bieber delivered a sprawling follow-up with big aspirations.
- JJ’88’s Freedom Dreams
JJ’88’s Freedom Dreams
The star of Netflix’s ‘Songs From the Hole’ wrote and recorded his debut album while serving a double life sentence and freed his soul in the process.
Public Domain
- Fergie Baby Floats Over a 101-Year-Old Sample on ‘Public Domain’
Fergie Baby Floats Over a 101-Year-Old Sample on ‘Public Domain’
DJ Kanai and Kajun dig for the loop and lace the beat.
- Bbearded Loops Up a 101-Year-Old Track for Journey Montana on ‘Public Domain’
Bbearded Loops Up a 101-Year-Old Track for Journey Montana on ‘Public Domain’
Journey goes in over a sample from Irving Berlin’s ‘Lazy.’
- Chow Lee Goes in Over a 104-Year-Old Loop on ‘Public Domain’
Chow Lee Goes in Over a 104-Year-Old Loop on ‘Public Domain’
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Hayley Williams Wants Her Fans, Not Bots, at Her First Solo Tour
Williams is using a presale platform designed to keep bots and scalpers at bay.
- Childish Gambino Is Crowdsourcing His Camp Flog Gnaw Setlist
Childish Gambino Is Crowdsourcing His Camp Flog Gnaw Setlist
From “Pink Toes” to “This Is America,” fans are shaping the entire performance through live-ranked voting.
- JT and Rosalía Went in New Directions This Week. Fans Are Obsessed.
JT and Rosalía Went in New Directions This Week. Fans Are Obsessed.
Rosalía’s ‘Lux’ and JT’s “Girls Gone Wild” prove that when artists stop playing it safe and fully switch lanes, the results can be electric and maybe even career-defining.
- Kendrick, No Carti, Album Art, and Another Year of Grammy Nominations
Kendrick, No Carti, Album Art, and Another Year of Grammy Nominations
The biggest takeaways from this year’s announcement.
- Why Do Musicians Love Soundtracking Movies?
Why Do Musicians Love Soundtracking Movies?
As Charli XCX unveils her track “House” for the upcoming ‘Wuthering Heights‘ adaptation, she highlights a long-running trend.
- 2 Jews and 3 Black Dudes Walk Into a Podcast Studio
2 Jews and 3 Black Dudes Walk Into a Podcast Studio
Every week, the Lox and two rap nerds, ItsTheReal’s Jeff and Eric Rosenthal, sit down in Yonkers to talk cinema for ‘2J3BD,’ a podcast you probably didn’t expect to happen.
- Summer Walker’s Very Unserious Album Rollout Is the Most Fun She’s Ever Had
Summer Walker’s Very Unserious Album Rollout Is the Most Fun She’s Ever Had
The R&B star is finally loosening.
- Megan Thee Stallion’s “Lover Girl” Puts Rap Back in the Top 40—for Now
Megan Thee Stallion’s “Lover Girl” Puts Rap Back in the Top 40—for Now
After weeks of panic over rap’s disappearance from the charts, Megan Thee Stallion’s new single “Lover Girl” has swooped in to save the genre.
- Why Does Nicki Minaj Keep Going Viral on TikTok?
Why Does Nicki Minaj Keep Going Viral on TikTok?
The clock app loves Nicki too much to let her go.
- A Decade in, Twice Is Still Building Its Legacy
A Decade in, Twice Is Still Building Its Legacy
Ten years of the supergroup, as told through 10 pivotal moments in its run.
- No Way Out: A Timeline of Diddy’s Years in Prison
No Way Out: A Timeline of Diddy’s Years in Prison
With the White House denying his sentence will be commuted, Diddy is set to remain in MDC Brooklyn.
- Rap Vanished From the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40. Does That Matter?
Rap Vanished From the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40. Does That Matter?
The last holdout, Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “Luther,” fell off the chart last week.