Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Something very, very strange has happened during quarantine. For the past couple months, no matter ...

Like all mutating scenes, the lo-fi movement in hip-hop began as something far different from what it has become. In the beginning, it was purely an aesthetic choice. Beatmakers like J Dilla, Nujabes, ...

When the lanky, pointy-jawed wrestler Edge debuted in the WWF in 1998, looking like a Rob Liefeld drawing, he was an evil, grinning goth in a leather trench coat, the acolyte of a wrestling vampire ...

Shangri-La Records' "Lo-Fi in Hi-Fi" series returns for a second season, celebrating 1990s Memphis hip-hop. The series will be held at the B-Side venue in Minglewood Hall and livestreamed. Each month ...

Out of the ether, Samsa emerged. And that’s all we knew him as — from the beginning to the end of his brief career, his real name was never revealed. During 2017, he released about a dozen lo-fi hip ...

In our Beat Building series, we're showing you how to produce beats, grooves and drum patterns in a variety of styles and genres, touching on various eras of production, to help you understand the key ...

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One of the more unlikely songs to enter the Billboard Top 40 this year is “Look at Me!” from Broward County, Florida’s XXXTentacion. The unnerved track has a blown-out sound like it’s emerging from a ...

Under the moniker yuckgod HD, Ian Michael Lindsay lets his voice become the centerpiece in an unmastered collection of raps meant to soundtrack your lethargy. You might know Lindsay as the former ...

So much rap music comes out all the time, and especially with frequent surprise releases, it can be hard to keep track of it all. So, as a way to help keep up with all of it, here’s a roundup of the 7 ...