New York

Raise the Flag: An Interview With Wiki

Donna-Claire speaks to the New York emcee about his latest album 14K Figaro reflecting his journey & patterns of destructive behaviour, rapping as a…

Dec 11, 2023 • Donna-Claire

It Happened On Eastern Parkway: A Soca Mixtape for Labor Day

Abe Beame presents both a primer on Soca music and a mixtape to bump at Carnival.

Sep 3, 2018 • Jeff Weiss

An Interview with Embaci

Will Gottsegen speaks with Embaci about New York public schools, electronic music's new voices, and working with NON Projects.

Jun 28, 2018 • Will Gottsegen

Oh Yeah, I Love that Place: Onyx Collective Swing on "2AM at Veselka"

Will Schube takes a look at the latest single from Onyx Collective.

Jun 7, 2018 • Will Schube

Beautiful Noise: The New York Rap Roundup, April 2018

Beautiful Noise returns with words on Dee Aura, Sheck Wes, and more.

May 7, 2018 • Alphonse Pierre

Beautiful Noise: The New York Rap Roundup, November 2017

Beautiful Noise returns with words on Czarquan, Sheff G, and more.

Dec 4, 2017 • Alphonse Pierre

Check MIKE: On The Latest NYC Hope

Ryan Meaney takes a look at MIKE, an extremely talented young rapper living in New York.

Aug 11, 2017 • Ryan Meaney

"East New York Is Where I Became Myself": An Interview with Jimi Tents

Donna-Claire speaks with Jimi Tents about gentrification in New York, his new record, 'I Can't Go Home,' and his favorite rap records.

Jul 13, 2017 • Donna-Claire

De La Soul's 'Stakes is High' & Tribe's Beats, Rhymes & Life' At 20

Joel Biswas takes a look at New York in the '90s, and De La Soul's brilliant, underrated Stakes is High.

Jul 13, 2016 • Joel Biswas

Rap, Reggae, and the West Indian Diaspora in New York

Get ready for New York's J'ouvert festival with this excellent mix and history from Abe Beame.

Jun 30, 2016 • Jeff Weiss

Rework the Angles: Jay-Z's Magna Carta Holy Grail

Zilla returns with a re-working of Jay-Z's Magna Carta Holy Grail.

Jun 14, 2016 • Zilla Rocca

Silence is Golden: The Alchemist and Havoc Team Up on 'The Silent Partner'

Alchemist and Havoc get together for The Silent Partner and the results are as good as you'd expect.

Jun 10, 2016 • Dean Van Nguyen

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