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The Optimist: Remembering Ryan Porter
Will Schube revisits his profile of the ascendant jazz great, who died on May 16.
11 hrs ago • Will Schube
We Make a Mean Team: Run-DMC's Raising Hell at 40
On its 40th anniversary, Paul Thompson revisits rap's first blockbuster.
May 19 • Paul Thompson
I've Had Sex Four Times This Week
Paul Thompson reviews Drake's trio of new albums through the lens of the artist's shifting sexual politics.
May 18 • Paul Thompson
Beat It
Paul Thompson reviews Drake's trio of new albums through the lens of the Kendrick Lamar beef.
May 18 • Paul Thompson
Certified Copy
Paul Thompson reviews Drake's trio of new albums through the lens of obsessive imitation and suffocating nostalgia.
May 18 • Paul Thompson
The Rap-Up: Lineages
Donald Morrison considers new tracks from R3 DA Chilliman, FrostydaSnowmann, Mike Sherm, and more.
May 15 • Donald Morrison
The Dream Has Left the Building: An Interview with Meaghan Garvey
Paul Thompson speaks with Meaghan Garvey about her new book, trading Eve Babitz for Lucia Berlin, and how sometimes a title is all you need.
May 14 • Paul Thompson
A Little Deeper Than Usual: Joan Didion on The Grateful Dead
Didion's never-before-read essay on the Dead comes from the late writer's New York Public Library archives.
May 13 • Jeff Weiss
HavinMotion Was More Than a Tragedy
Josh Svetz remembers Dwayne Omar Isaacs Jr., who was shot and killed last month.
May 12 • Josh Svetz
From Florida, With Love
Anthony Seaman reports from the BIG Culture and Arts Festival in Gainesville, a display of creative resilience in dark times.
May 11 • Anthony Seaman
The Rap-Up: Dusted Chicken
Steven Louis highlights new tracks by Los Kemet, Bby Kell, T.F., Kenny Mason, Isaiah Rashad, and more.
May 9 • Steven Louis
Stop Being Sober
Paul Thompson reviews Isaiah Rashad's 'IT'S BEEN AWFUL,' the Chattanooga rapper's extraordinary new album.
May 8 • Paul Thompson
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