Hip-Hop Gets Its Own ‘Vinyl’
Back in February, when TV critics gleefully piled on HBO’s beleaguered Vinyl, the most common complaint concerned the show’s outré...
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Frank Ocean And The Art Of The Incomplete ‘Masterpiece’
The first time I listened to Frank Ocean’s Blonde, I was just starting a six-hour drive from Chicago to Minneapolis....
Donald Glover’s New Series Emanates Deadpan Passion
In the new FX series Atlanta, Donald Glover plays Earnest “Earn” Marks, a twentysomething striver stuck in a dead-end sales...
Thundercat’s ‘Drunk’ is 2017’s Best Album About God, Sex, and Cats
Session musicians rarely become cult heroes anymore the way that members of Motown’s Funk Brothers or Phil Spector’s Wrecking Crew...
U2’s Spot On The New Kendrick Lamar LP Is Very Un-U2-Like
Getty Image / TDE When word came down that Kendrick Lamar’s highly anticipated new album, DAMN., featured a U2 collaboration...
Tom Morello, Chuck D On Debut’s Righteous Anger
When Tom Morello corralled Chuck D and DJ Lord of Public Enemy, B-Real of Cypress Hill and the rhythm section...
The Worst Songs Of 2017
Getty Images/Uproxx Studios Picking the worst songs of the year is serious business. It’s like I always say: Saying something...
Kanye West’s ‘Ye’ Is The Final Step In A Long Decline From Greatness
Def Jam/GOOD Music/Getty Images Kanye West was at a do-or-die crossroads in his career. He had been widely criticized, even...
A Dad Rock-To-Dad Rap Conversion Guide
Getty Image Once upon a time, way back in the ’90s, some music critic — it’s not clear who exactly,...
Remembering Aretha Franklin’s Greatest Live Performance Ever
Getty Image It’s incredible to witness someone be so much better at a particular profession than anyone else that she...