Reynolds’ weekly column exploring songs and scenes at the intersection of music and digital culture, separating shitpost genius from shitpassé lameness. This week, Kieran ruptures his eardrums ...

Clean, this isn’t (in every sense), but the deliberately dusty, grimy sound soon became synonymous with one of hip-hop’s most influential groups, and helped make chief producer, RZA, the go-to ...

Here are the 30 best underground hip-hop albums. Combining one of Sage Francis’ most controlled, straight forward performances and a collection of eclectic soundscapes from producer Joe Beats, ...

Types of Merchandise Utilized by Underground Hip-Hop Artists From exclusive vinyl prints that double up as artwork to those snapbacks declaring unrivaled beats, underground hip-hop artists have ...

they produced their own brand of Parliament/Funkadelic-sampled grooves over hip-hop beats before Dr. Dre delivered his brand of G-Funk on The Chronic album in 1992. Digital Underground was the ...

The answer: He was listening to a lot of the Bomb Squad and De La Soul/Prince Paul beats. No matter what else happens in hip-hop, I’ll ... DNA of both popular and underground rap that pretty ...

Beats Bodega aims to break up that clique ... for this — we're going to be known for hip-hop and rap, true, underground hip-hop." "It's just good people, good vibes and good music coming ...