I'm not entirely sure this week's pick for best video even qualifies as a music video; it certainly stretches the definition. But in its impeccable planning and its flawless execution, it captured…   Read Story »

The great Queens rap redbeard Action Bronson is working on a full-length mixtape with the New York producer Harry Fraud, and the pair let one go earlier this year when they posted "Strictly 4 My…   Read Story »

Before we get into Saturday, let's not bury the day's big lede: R. Kelly joined Phoenix on stage to perform his biggest crossover that isn't from the Space Jam soundtrack, "Ignition (Remix)." Not…   Read Story »

The venerated, excitable, shouty New York DJ Funkmaster Flex hasn't released a mixtape in a long time, but he'll return to that world next week when he releases his titanic and excellently titled…   Read Story »

The Hot 97 DJ and backpacker hero Peter Rosenberg can come off a bit like a traditionalist goon at times, but he's also been a big booster of New York's resurgent roster of underground rap weirdos.…   Read Story »

Our SXSW 2013 coverage continues below, with Rhye, Autre Ne Veut, Savages, Pissed Jeans, Solange, Parquet Courts, and so many other bands you may or may not care about. Only one way to know for sure!…   Read Story »

The New York rap producer Harry Fraud has spent the past couple of years building a serious name by releasing full-length collabs with a ton of different rappers and by crafting an aesthetic that…   Read Story »

A morning where we get a new blast of frantic free-associative shit-talk from Queens rapper Action Bronson is a good morning. On the stray Soundcloud blast "Strictly 4 My Jeeps," Bronson tears up a…   Read Story »

If you're a fan of Action Bronson and the Alchemist's collab-mixtape Rare Chandeliers and wish it was just a tiny bit longer, you are in luck. Just a month after its release (and being crowned…   Read Story »

On "1 Train," a massive six-minute posse cut from his forthcoming LONGLIVEA$AP album, A$AP Rocky has lined up pretty much every single rapper who's had the internet going nuts in the last couple of…   Read Story »