Complex caused quite a stir by ranking the top personalities in hip-hop media, and AI can now make anyone sound like Jay-Z, Kendrick, Eminem, and more. Is rap in trouble? Let's chat!
For the last 17 years, the Library of Congress has made a selection of various recordings it thinks is essential to preserve for posterity in its National Recording Registry. They've just announced their selections for 2019.
June had a ton of great new albums and music videos from the likes of Drake, Florence + The Machine, XXXTENTACION, and Beyoncé & Jay-Z; and it also featured some interesting trailers for A Star Is Born, Creed II, and Widows. We've highlighted some of the best drops over the month and now we're ready to crown the best album, movie trailer, and music video.
January had a ton of great new albums and music videos from the likes of James Blake, Ty Segall, JAY-Z, and Django Django; and it also featured some interesting trailers for Ant-Man and the Wasp, The China Hustle, and The Death of Stalin. We've highlighted some of the best drops over the month and now we're ready to crown the best album, movie trailer, and music video.
Jay-Z Announces Historic Yankee Stadium Shows for ‘Reasonable Doubt’ & ‘The Blueprint’ Anniversaries
Jay-Z will perform two historic shows at Yankee Stadium celebrating Reasonable Doubt and The Blueprint. Here’s everything you need to know.
The Book Of Hov, an exhibition dedicated to Jay-Z has opened this past weekend at the Brooklyn Public Library, and explores Jay-Z’s global impact as a musician, innovator, entrepreneur, and philanthropist.
We return to the Grammys to check our results on our winner predictions and see who came out on top. We also give our general reactions and thoughts about this years awards show and we fix the Grammys biggest problem. Then we end things out talking about some of the latest news and music out there.
December had a ton of great new albums and music videos from the likes of Miguel, N.E.R.D, JAY-Z, and SZA; and it also featured some interesting trailers for Ready Player One, Sicario 2: Soldado, and You Were Never Really Here. We've highlighted some of the best drops over the month and now we're ready to crown the best album, movie trailer, and music video.
Check out some of this weeks most talked about and interesting music videos from JAY-Z, Run the Jewels, Macklemore, Kesha, and more.
We kick off the first volume of Compilation 2 of our Musicphiles podcast by taking a quick look back at some of our favorite projects to drop in 2016 and giving our overall rating for the year. Then we list our top 10 most anticipated albums of 2017 from artists like Andre 3000, Lorde, Kendrick Lamar, Japandroids, Drake, Kanye West, and many more. We finish things off with a discussion about the latest release from Run the Jewels, Tory Lanez, and others.
Check out some of this weeks most talked about and interesting music videos from Jay-Z, Selena Gomez, Kendrick Lamar, Jaden Smith, Meek Mill, and more.
Check out some of this weeks most talked about and interesting music videos from Jay-Z, Kesha, Travis Scott, Coldplay, Major Lazer, and more.
June had a ton of great new albums and music videos from the likes of Kendrick Lamar, JAY-Z, Lorde and Arcade Fire; and it also featured some interesting trailers for Black Panther, The Boy and the Beast, and American Made. We've highlighted some of the best drops over the month and now we're ready to crown the best album, movie trailer, and music video.
We're back with Volume 4 of our Musicphiles podcast and we talk about the recent trend of musicians (especially rappers) getting political, the albums of the month, what we thought about Dreamchasers 4, and discuss new releases. Check out the full episode and you can see the time-stamps for the various topics on the full post.
In order to be distinguished from what’s not real, every movement needs its own distinctive traits and symbols; the hip-hop movement claimed its own identity through elements like fresh kicks and gold chains.
July had a ton of great new albums and music videos from the likes of Meek Mill, JAY-Z, Kendrick Lamar and Lana Del Rey; and it also featured some interesting trailers for Borg vs. McEnroe, The Disaster Artist, and The Shape of Water. We've highlighted some of the best drops over the month and now we're ready to crown the best album, movie trailer, and music video.
We're back and talking about the tragic news of XXXTENTACION's death at the young of 20 and the need for a mentality change in the culture and community at large. Then we touch on Nas' latest Kanye produced project, 'Nasir', and Beyoncé & Jay-Z's long rumored joint album, 'Everything Is Love.' We give our reactions and opinions and discuss if both projects lived up to the immense hype surrounding them.
In a recent interview, LL Cool J listed his Mount Rushmore of Def Jam rappers, with some notable omissions. But was he still right?
The rift between the festival's organizers and its financial backers has led to much confusion and speculation about its status.
Jay-Z will headline the 2026 Roots Picnic alongside The Roots, marking a major return to the stage with a stacked lineup in Philadelphia.
Kendrick Lamar is headlining the Super Bowl halftime show, and Lil Wayne fans and supporters pissed, and blaming Jay-Z for it.
AI is the talk of the town these days, and with its ease of use and availability its made its way into nearly every part of our lives. Music not excluded. With this newfound ability to sound like anybody in rap, including some of the all-time greats like Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, and Eminem, it's raising a lot of serious questions about its usage and ethicality.
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4:44 is Jay-Z's shortest, sharpest, and most concise album yet. He has a lot to get off his chest and he doesn't hold anything back, whether that relates to Beyonce, Kanye, or this new generation of rappers. This is the most hip-hop shit to drop all year with the exception of maybe Kendrick.
With Jay-Z in the news cycle, M.I.A. hopped onto a podcast to air some grievances she's had with the rapper/former manager.
