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As the year of 2016 reaches its home stretch, we reflect on some notable music and less recognized music that was released during the frantic year. The year of 2016 has been nothing short of emotional and hectic. The copious amounts of political turmoil...

Dear Korean, I'd love to hear your opinion on what it would take for a Korean or Korean-American act to "make it" in the US music industry. You could answer that from a macro (shifts in music business corporate strategies, national news outlet coverage...

ICYMI: 1993 was an insane year for rap. A Tribe Called Quest dropped their third album, Midnight Marauders; KRS-One brought back the boom bap; and Snoop Dogg’s Doggystyle laced Gangsta rap with funk and wit. Rising above all the...

Jordan Bumpus aka JayBump’s single, “Love Be Real (Feat. Louis Maestro)” is proof that you can be one of underground hip-hop’s hottest producers and still be proficient at writing and delivering rhymes. Yes, the beat on this track as hot as those he...

  Kendrick Lamar lit a fire under some of New York’s finest (and slightly dormant) MCs with his verse on “Control.” We break down the quality of responses. Who was dope, who was wack, and who should have stayed silent? If you...