A visual artist who built his career on creating covers for independent rap records laments how AI is bastardizing his life’s work.

How Bun B’s flawless performance on UGK’s 1996 classic “Murder” changed the parameters for all of rap music.

Plus intergalactic dance music to throw ass to.

The unfiltered Baltimore MC talks about the apocalyptic horniness of the Four Tops, the sociopolitical genius of Stevie Wonder, and why Biggie is the best storyteller in hip-hop history.

A veteran culture writer surveys the radically transforming journalistic ecosystem.

The story of a message board that changed hip-hop forever

An in-depth look into the past and present of rap’s favorite drug.

Plus avant-garde shoegaze-jazz-rap-soul for the apocalypse.

The velvet-voiced club songwriter and producer on making her delectable debut album, 2025’s 'Sweet Tooth,' and what comes next.

How Bun B’s flawless performance on UGK’s 1996 classic “Murder” changed the parameters for all of rap music.

Join us for a concert featuring two of our favorite singer-songwriters on October 7 in New York City.

A veteran culture writer surveys the radically transforming journalistic ecosystem.

Plus down-to-earth country-rock

How Bun B’s flawless performance on UGK’s 1996 classic “Murder” changed the parameters for all of rap music.

Plus: Are those samples having sex?

The hilarious and big-hearted guitar-pop songwriter talks about balancing irony and sincerity, roasting your friends on record, and the genius of “Fast Car.”

Plus gauzy shoegaze meets outré Latin trap and a Swedish ambient musician's hauntological field recordings

A veteran culture writer surveys the radically transforming journalistic ecosystem.

Plus bubbly Japanese synth-funk and more

Plus the 11-years-later return of the Alabama Shakes.

Honoring the late country icon with a story about her appearance at a rodeo in 1978.

Plus synth music that will make you want to go rodent mode

Plus a Must Hear album from a prolific ambient-rap stalwart, a lovelorn tribute to UK funky house, a frenetic hip-hop reunion, and Weezer's latest nostalgia grab.

The legendary New York hip-hop producer dissects tracks by Black Sheep, Prince Paul, Fiona Apple, and more.

Presenting one of the year's best pop singles

Plus Must Hear experimental pop, emotive música Mexicana for the club, emo-pop to bring you out of your shell, and a follow up to an 11-year-old New Jersey hardcore hip-hop cult classic.

How the Australian artist broke all the rules en route to becoming an unlikely cult sensation.

And a king of sad raps gets happy

Sometimes professional failure isn’t your fault.

Plus bubbly nonchalant California rap, empowering UK R&B, North Indian classical singing mixed with space-jazz and post-rock, and an icy electronic debut from a new Cambridge duo

The Maryland rapper talks through recent purchases, including her favorite energy drink, hair products, and a recent splurge on Nobu tacos.

Houseflies, beware.

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Plus a Detroit veteran's velour instrumental album, a Ghanaian-American pop star's kaleidoscopic mixtape, a digicore wunderkind's groovy new EP, and an indie rock stalwart's rage against the industry's little boxes

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...at least from time to time.

Plus regret-soaked Americana and haunting Irish folk.

How ‘The Vampire Lestat’ is resurrecting the archetype of the sexy, sweaty rock frontman.

Plus an ultra-rare hi-fi audio collage, a dispatch from a rising Memphis rap star, and deconstructed footwork meant to approximate the chaos of the timeline

A first-time beatmaker’s case for the nuances of developing style and gatekeeping within rap production.

A first-time beatmaker’s case for the nuances of developing style and gatekeeping within rap production.

A first-time beatmaker’s case for the nuances of developing style and gatekeeping within rap production.

Plus Four Tet’s un-Googleable new album, Syd’s grown-woman swagger, and a high-wire act of underground rap

The whole HT crew reconvenes for a podcast episode about songs that just might piss some people off.

Plus Four Tet’s un-Googleable new album, Syd’s grown-woman swagger, and a high-wire act of underground rap

Plus Four Tet’s un-Googleable new album, Syd’s grown-woman swagger, and a high-wire act of underground rap

Plus Four Tet’s un-Googleable new album, Syd’s grown-woman swagger, and a high-wire act of underground rap

“If you have it broken down as organic versus AI, the AI is gonna win our world. The good guy doesn’t win this one.”

Plus: Cain Culto shredding on the fiddle like the devil went down to Lexington, and vocals that sound like a gremlin suffocating inside a steel box.

Plus sepia-toned sample loops and a Beyoncé loosie.