After playing sideman and sax man, Kenneth Whalum’s latest role is frontman. His latest album, Broken Land, showcases his metamorphosis from arranger and jazz musician to full-featured R&B/soul star. […]
MUSIC: Little Simz – Days Like This
Little Simz (aka Simbi Ajikawo) came up with Space Age, her multi-talented crew of models, artists, and musicians in Islington, North London. Since hitting the scene with her […]
The List: Five Seminal Hip-Hop Moments from The Stretch & Bobbito Show
In the beginning, Adrian “Stretch” Bartos and Robert “Bobbito” Garcia were merely a couple of young hip-hop heads from Upper Manhattan. But when they scored a radio show […]
INTERVIEW: Raising Hell with DOROTHY
Dorothy Martin is a badass frontwoman who sings like a banshee and prowls the stage like a summa cum laude graduate from the School of Rock. When paired […]
The Next Movement: The Roots' Things Fall Apart, Revisited
Things Fall Apart, the 1999 masterpiece from The Roots, opens with a clip of dialogue from Spike Lee’s Mo’ Better Blues, wherein a trumpet player (Denzel Washington) is […]
REVIEWS: Drake Drops His Blueprint 2
In 2001 Jay-Z was the biggest rapper in the world. A string of crossover hits over his career (Hard Knock Life, Can I Get A) along with records […]
MUSIC: Beyonce's Lemonade freed from Tidal
The beyhive was faced with corundum over the weekend; their grand mistress dropped her new gospel on Tidal…the service owned by her husband and current enemy to their […]
MUSIC: The Knocks – New York City (feat. Cam'ron)
EDM mavens The Knocks enlisted Cam’ron for this compelling ode to their city. It serves as a neat rejoinder to the 2009 Jay Z/Alicia Keys smash “Empire State of Mind”: […]
INTERVIEW: Allow Lili K to Reintroduce Herself
Even if you’ve never heard a Lili K. song yet, you might already know that voice: she’s stolen the spotlight on tracks by Vic Mensa (“Hollywood LA”), Chance The […]
MUSIC: Beyonce – Die With You
I got into a discussion with a friend about the new streaming service Tidal launched by Jay-Z and friends on if it would be successful or not. My […]