The fifth installment of our series reexamining hip-hop in the year 2001 is an excerpt from Joseph Rathgeber’s Catch Us Before We Fall Off: a [ch]oral history of anticon.

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Fifty years after Songs In The Key Of Life, four songs from Stevie Wonder’s famously impenetrable vault have been made public.

Protomartyr’s latest record, Hotel Usona, is an examination of this American moment. It’s not exactly subtle—but what about the present is?

The anticon. co-founder talks about his new album, David Lynch, Mark Rothko’s suicide, and much more.

The Rap-Up considers the most notable singles of the past week. Today, Harley Geffner reviews new work from JRedie, 50Droppin, Sayy Dat, and more.

Big Boi and Andre 3000 are suing an up-and-coming rapper over a practice that predates all parties involved.

As part of We Outside, his ongoing project to document the industry of live music, Pranav Trewn speaks to Portola Music Festival founder Danny Bell.

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Jeff Weiss traces the vision and indomitable work ethic that led Coltrane to, through, and beyond A Love Supreme.

Jeff Weiss returns from Nevada reflecting on 30 years of American conspiracies, 2Pac’s long, strange afterlife, and the power to end it all.

The Rap-Up considers the most notable singles of the past week. Today, Anthony Seaman reviews new work from Ghostface, Kool G Rap, Scarface, and more.

From late-summer haze to zero-gravity hyphy, these are the most memorable sets that the last month had to offer.

The Philadelphia-based rapper’s new album, YAPHET, is out tomorrow.

Podcast Episode · Infamous · September 17 · 31m

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The renowned Bay Area producer died on September 12. He was 59 years old.

For the fourth installment in our series reexamining hip-hop in the year 2001, Nitish Pahwa reexamines Boots Riley’s sickle-wielding, speaker-melting masterpiece.

Three decades after his death, Tupac Shakur remains a magnetic presence — perhaps more than ever

As part of his ongoing project to document the industry of live music, Pranav Trewn speaks to the filmmaker Lina Abascal.