Rap Music
A little corner of our blog dedicated to the rap music and artists we cover.
According to ‘Rollercoaster,’ it’s Cadence Weapon vs. the internet
On his latest hyper pop-inspired release, the Ontario-based rapper speaks computer language and discusses hip-hop culture.
Interview: Meet Fatboi Sharif, the rising emcee turning his nightmares into psychedelic rap grooves
“They’ll remember me as a rapper who inspired the next generation of writers to push it further and further out there with their ideas.”
Interview with Chester Watson: Documenting memories through a decade’s worth of music
“I want people to hear what I have to say, live with that, and feel my presence while I’m here. The whole posthumous shit is cool, but I want to connect with people while I’m on the planet.”
On ‘Casper’s Glove,’ Mary Sue balances delicate hope against harsh truth and past trauma
Catchy and disorienting, energetic yet lethargic, luscious and mystifying but proudly lo-fi, delivered nonchalantly with tender passion.
She-Nut’s ‘Demarcation’ directly confronts the demons of the Black community
The New Orleans-based artist is the latest in a long line of trans creatives who use their art to hold up a mirror to a broken society.
‘Fiction Prediction’ is dystopian futurism according to Planet B
To listen to a punk project is to listen to a dystopian future spat back at a world that either is willfully ignorant of the hell within or for those feeling helpless to change it all.