Lots of good music videos this week! Serial killers! Shadow-puppet dogs! Primary colors! Air rifles! Inexplicably clownish rap-star art direction! Members of the extended Stereogum family! There's…   Read Story »

Nicki busted out "Stupid Hoe" late last year before promising an accompanying clip to drop this week, and though it's coming in late Friday, she's a woman of her word! And, my stars, is it a flashy,…   Read Story »

In which a hip hop artist pairs his future-forward flow with a movie reference from yesteryear. But you can pardon Lil Wayne for being a shade off the beat in building "6 Foot 6 Foot"'s video around…   Read Story »

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy's most triumphant brass fanfare meets the Star Wars font it was always intended for, along with a cameo from Rihanna with Ye on top of a cop car and Cudi in red…   Read Story »

Not that guy. This Hype Williams is the sneaky, lo-fi, dubbed (and weeded)-out, art world-ready electro/bedroom-based project of London's D. Blunt (aka Roy Blunt aka Roy Nnawuchi) and Estonia's Inga…   Read Story »

At long last here's the 35-minute short film Kanye briefly teased at the VMAs last month. The usual suspects -- Pusha T, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj (in a Brit accent), and Bon Iver -- make vocal assists,…   Read Story »

Drake performs on a two-story platform that is on fire, but it's not any worse than Kanye West's performance in absolute darkness, or Weezy's refusal to even get up off the couch to deliver his…   Read Story »

It is possible that Kanye will make a video for every one of 808s' heartbreaks. And that could be fun. This new one, directed by Hype Williams and shot in Hawaii, however, strikes me as an elaborate…   Read Story »

In July Common released the two-track Announcement EP, which was really just that: an announcement that there was a new record on the way, of which Pharrell Williams figured to be a big part. The…   Read Story »