LiAngelo Ball’s “Tweaker” Will Have You Bent and Swerving
The basketball player-turned-rapper’s new single is less embarrassing than you might expect.
Song Review
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Brooklyn Drill Trio 41’s “Chill Guy” Is the Platonic Ideal of Meme Rap
This surprisingly relaxed track is a dissociative vibe—whether you know the chill guy in question or not.
Give Estevie Her Cumbia Crown Now
On "Hombre Malvado," the young Mexican American cumbia-pop singer croons herself through a particularly hellacious breakup.
Sky Ferreira Returns? We’ve Heard This Song Before
Unpacking the forever-embattled pop singer’s new single, “Leash”
Beckah Amani Just Wants You to Pick Up the Phone
The Tanzanian Australian folk-pop artist explores the peaks and pitfalls of love on “Call Home,” a highlight from her new album, ‘This Is How I Remember It.’
Hide Your Toes (Or Don’t!) From Detroit Trio HiTech
The ghettotech legends-in-the-making continue their hot streak of definitive genre tracks and bananas videos.
“Mum Does the Washing” Is the Spoken-Word Anthem I Didn’t Know I Needed
This miraculous song by Nigerian British poet Joshua Idehen is a manifesto, stand-up routine, and dancefloor banger rolled into one.
“Into Your Garden” Is the Most Fascinatingly Weird Song on 070 Shake’s Proggy New Album
How about a classical piano ballad about cunnilingus featuring City Girls’ JT threatening to scrap?!
Ethel Cain Is Only Getting Darker
The gothic doomsayer returns with a droning seance inspired by *checks notes* an infamous murdered pedophile.
Narcy and Redveil Bring the Fight for Palestine to the Booth on “Sword”
In the powerful song, Iraqi Canadian rapper Narcy pays tribute to—and shares solidarity with—victims of the genocide in Gaza.
Don’t Cry for Bon Iver
Justin Vernon skewers his own tortured artist myth on ”Speyside,” the standout track from his new bare-bones EP.
Papo2oo4 and Subjxct 5’s “Quickspeed” Transforms Tri-State Rap Into a Castlevania Level
New Jersey and New York hip-hop visionaries unite to punch us in the face with digital grit