This is a project of great interest to us here at LIAS. Mike Brodie, also known as “the Polaroid Kid”, left home with a camera and spent the next several years hopping trains all over America. The collected photos of the era have since toured the country in exhibits, ultimately settling down into the 104-page book […]

Producer/turntablist/Duck Saucier/DJ/all-around bad-ass A-Trak and ATL-based producer Lex Luger have put their heads together to form the Low Pros, and to drop their now-downloadable EP simply titled EP1. After digging down south for this treasure of Fool’s Gold, the EP features contributions from rap and trap rousers such as A$AP Ferg, New Orleans Cash Money icon Juvenile, […]

A good day for rap, as Marshall Mathers makes a comeback on his strongest track in about a half decade, while 2 Chains throws up a nostalgic homage to the best southern rap crew ever. “Rap God” is just that: Eminem staking his claim to the crown with a series of throwback versus that makes you […]

I’ve personally been a fan of VICE for over a decade, and have marveled at its transformation. From a hilarious but juvenile free rag that you picked up at the skate shop which concentrated on such pressing social issues as “Which race could stand more heat”, and “Who gave better blowjobs — men or women”, […]

Lil Wayne made his name in the mixtape game, rising from Juvenile’s sidekick in Hot Boyz to establishing himself as the Best Rapper Alive by delivering a withering assault of free mixtapes that matched the epic prolificness only with the cleverness of his wordplay. Now after nearly half a decade since the last iteration, Lil […]

One half of highly regarded French fashion & music label Kitsuné, Gildas Loaec, just released his followup to the aptly titled Gildas Kitsuné Club Night Mix. The well curated followup effort features the A-Trak remix of The Rapture’s “How Deep Is Your Love?”, Madeon’s “Shuriken” and Mark Ronson, plus some of Gildas’ own work. Unlike many […]