When Le1f released Fly Zone this year, "Spa Day" was one of the tracks I immediately latched on to. One of the places where Le1f excels is picking beats that sound like they're the kind of rap tracks…   Read Story »

Our SXSW 2013 coverage continues with a detailed report from that FADER Fort show that brought us Future, T.I., and of course, Usher + Sinkane + The Afghan Whigs. Jump in: Disclosure @ FADER Fort…   Read Story »

The New York rapper Le1f delivers all of his lines in a quasi-mumbly back-of-the-throat snarlpurr, to the point where it can be tough to tell what he's saying. But on first listen to his new tape Fly…   Read Story »

With last year's Dark York mixtape and Liquid EP (the latter a collaboration with Boody), Le1f placed himself at the forefront of a new and exciting wave of tough, snarly, out-and-proud New York…   Read Story »

Greedhead rapper Le1f garnered a lot of attention in 2012 for his mixtape Dark York -- which landed at No. 38 on Tom's Top 40 Rap Releases of 2012 -- and particularly its deep-throated, lead single…   Read Story »

I didn't write one of these lists last week because it was the day after Thanksgiving and that is simply not the type of thing that you do on the day after Thanksgiving. (What you do on the day after…   Read Story »

With his Dark York mixtape and his great "Wut" video, the New York rapper Le1f has placed himself at the forefront of an increasingly freaky club-rap scene that would've been impossible to imagine…   Read Story »

Later this month, Brooklyn rappers/friends BOODY & LE1F will pair up to release the Liquid EP, a record that features production and vocals from both artists. Head below to preview all the tracks…   Read Story »

As we approached last week's CMJ marathon, thought-leading haymakers of all stripes were of a single mind: This year there just wouldn't be much hay to make. There appeared to be no big story to…   Read Story »

When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to select the rising bands which have connected them, someone wrote a long time ago. Or, something close to that. Here's what…   Read Story »